Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Korean Catholic Community now part of the (Holy) Family

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Korean Catholic Community, formerly headquartered in Manoa at St. Pius X Church, has relocated across town to Holy Family Church, in the area between the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The reason: “lack of space.” Ever since St. Pius X Parish “de-clustered” with […]

Battle of the pancit

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Three Maui Vicariate priests joined in the first annual priest cook-off at the Kula Catholic Community’s 127th Holy Ghost Feast June 9. It was the “Battle of the Pancit” (Filipino rice noodles) as each priest brought his talents and flavors to the table. In the end, the “Judges’ Choice” went to Father Michael Tolentino, second […]

Two deacons leading pilgrimages to Passion Play

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In Europe in the early 17th century, sentries guarded towns, villages and hamlets to protect them from a silent, deadly and relentless killer — the bubonic plague. No one could get in or out without the proper clearances and medical screening. For months the small village of Oberammergau in Bavaria, Germany, maintained its precautionary measures […]

Hawaii Catholic Herald wins six press awards

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  The Hawaii Catholic Herald took home six Catholic Press Association awards at the Catholic Media Conference in St. Petersburg, Florida, June 21. The awards were for work done in 2018. Here’s what the Diocese of Honolulu’s biweekly newspaper won: Second place awards “Best Annual Report — Catholic Non-Profit Organization” for the 2017 Diocesan Stewardship […]

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a hands-on children’s religious education program, is taking root in Hawaii

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‘The child in all of us’ By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald On a sunny weekday morning in June, preschoolers at Mary, Star of the Sea Early Learning Center in Waialae-Kahala were busy working at their “free choice” activities out on the school lanai — scooping from a water table, playing house, building with blocks. […]

Photos: Taking Jesus to the streets

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Anthony Selvanthan of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, leads the one-and-a-half mile procession through the streets of Honolulu from the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa to the cathedral basilica, on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, otherwise known as Corpus Christi, June 23. Altar servers join in the procession. Deacon […]

Condolences

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Condolences: The Hawaii Catholic Herald sends sincerest condolences to the family of Paul Shodo Yempuku and Hawaii Hochi, the local publishing company of which he was president for 45 years. Hawaii Hochi has printed the Hawaii Catholic Herald for more than 40 years. Yempuku died on May 20 at his home in Kaimuki at age […]

Divine Mercy conference focuses on Fatima message

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The Eucharistic Apostles of the Divine Mercy hosted the conference, “Divine Mercy and the Message of Fatima,” at the Hawaii Convention Center, May 24-26. The conference focused on the connection of the Divine Mercy devotion, inspired by apparitions of Jesus to St. Faustina Kowalska, to the messages given by Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal […]