Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: Unified by the cross

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Participants in the 2020 Prayer for Christian Unity at the Newman Center, University of Hawaii-Manoa, pray around the Taize cross Jan. 24. The annual event, hosted by the Diocese of Honolulu, brings together Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Eastern Rite and other Christians in supplication for unity. The Taize prayer service, which includes hymns, Scripture readings, and […]

St. John Vianney School marking its 10th annual breakfast with bishop

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St. John Vianney Parish in Kailua will host its school’s 10th annual “Breakfast with the Bishop,” Feb. 9, with Bishop Larry Silva. A delicious buffet will be served at 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and noon in the parish hall at 920 Keolu Drive. The event is a benefit for the school’s Welcome Grant Program Among […]

Scrub Bucket Ministries offers Lenten retreat

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Scrub Bucket Gospel Ministries is offering the morning Lenten retreat, “The Will of the Father,” Saturday, Feb. 22, 8:30-noon, at St. Anthony Parish Hall, Kailua. The event is open to all at no charge, though there will be an opportunity to make a free will offering. For information, contact Pat Tom, 261-8104, 729-2991, or Maxine […]

Devotions to a holy infant icon

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The Philippine festival of Santo Nino, the Holy Infant Jesus celebrating the island nation’s oldest religious icon, Santo Nino de Cebu, is becoming more popular in Hawaii, especially in anticipation of the 500th anniversary next year of the Catholic faith coming to the Philippines. Last month, the Big Island came together for Island-wide devotions to […]

Hawaii Catholic Schools superintendent to retire this year

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Schools Hawaii Catholic School’s leader for close to a decade, Michael Rockers, will retire at the end of this academic year. The official announcement came on Jan. 8 via an email from the diocese’s human resources director, Dara Perreira, and an email from Rockers to pastors and school administrators. Rockers […]

Calendar: Jan. 24, 2020

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Calendar: Jan. 24, 2020 January 24 Friday St. Francis de Sales 7 p.m., Prayer for Christian Unity service, Newman Center, University of Hawaii-Manoa March for Life. Washington, D.C. 25 Saturday The Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle 26 Sunday Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday of the Word of God (Pope Francis established this Sunday […]

David and Sarah Herrmann: How can we give what we don’t have?

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EMBRACING FAMILY It’s impossible to share the faith with our children without embracing it ourselves. “Well, that’s why I send them to Faith Formation or Catholic School!” Not quite! Sharing the faith is primarily the responsibility of the parents. We are the domestic church. Take a moment and envision Jesus walking among us today. If […]