Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Stewardship Day offers inspiration, ideas, networking opportunities

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Stewardship Day 2020 will bring together local and mainland church leaders offering inspiration, practical ideas and networking opportunities, Saturday, Feb. 8, 8 a.m.-noon, at Resurrection of the Lord Church, 94-1260 Lumikula Street in Waipio, Oahu. The main speaker is Jo Ann Paradise, a long-time educator, consultant and retreat director from the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Her […]

Official report to Rome describes Hawaii church as ‘very much alive’

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “The Diocese of Honolulu is a local church that is very much alive in its ministry, its spirituality and its outreach to those in need,” reads the summary of the “Quinquennial Report,” the official accounting of the state of the Catholic Church in Hawaii sent to the Vatican in […]

Photo: Commendation and thanks

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The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives of the 30th Legislature of the State of Hawaii on Dec. 20 presented a certificate of commendation to Deacon Walter Yoshimitsu, on the occasion of his retirement as director of the Hawaii Catholic Conference, which lobbied at the legislature on behalf of the Diocese of Honolulu. The […]

2019 in review

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A look back at the events and images from the past year in the Diocese of Honolulu Compiled by Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Here is a month-by-month review of the Catholic news in Hawaii in 2019 as reported in the Hawaii Catholic Herald. January A landslide on the Kalaupapa trail, which was discovered on […]

New portraits of Hawaii’s saints stand out above the cathedral’s altar

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Two new faces can be seen in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Specially commissioned portraits of St. Marianne Cope and St. Damien de Veuster went up in December on each side of the crucifixion scene on the high altar. The new paintings depict the two Hawaii […]

Red Mass speaker is a millennial youth and young adult minister

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Next month’s Red Mass speaker will be atypical. Instead of the usual bishop, cardinal or established community leader, the congregation of politicians and other civic leaders on Jan. 14 in Honolulu’s Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace will hear the views of a local lay millennial. Not that […]