By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Fewer Hawaii Catholics are going to church. A lot fewer, according to the annual count of Mass-goers conducted by the diocese last October. The chancellor’s office, which coordinates the count, tracked 107 parishes, missions and ethnic communities. Of them, 85 saw a drop in Mass attendance over the past […]
Years served only hint at Isle jubilarians’ immeasurable impact
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Seventy years. Sixty years. Fifty years. Twenty-five years. Adding up the decades is how we feebly try to measure the immeasurable impact of the 33 Hawaii religious men and women and priests honored on the anniversaries of their religious commitment to God and humanity at a special morning […]
Damien Day scenes
Top, Indonesian Sacred Hearts Sister Romeka Situmorang venerates the relic of St. Damien on his feast day, May 10, after an evening Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace celebrated by Bishop Larry Silva. Above, students from Saint Louis School’s halau chant as they present a lei before the statue of St. […]
Blessed Sacrament Parish celebrates Divine Mercy with a consecration
By Lei Kondo Special to the Hawaii Catholic Herald The Feast of Divine Mercy was celebrated at the 7 a.m. Mass at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Pauoa Valley on April 28. A 6-foot picture of Jesus with streams of light emanating from his heart was beautifully bedecked with a braided ti leaf lei entwined with […]
School’s first May Day Queen performs 55 years later
Special to the Hawaii Catholic Herald For more than 30 years, Lynda Paishon has shared her love of music and hula with the students of Holy Family Catholic Academy in Honolulu. A member of the school’s third graduating class, Paishon has seen Holy Family through the eyes of a student, parent and faculty member. Paishon […]
Be still … St. Anthony Retreat Center offering a silent, directed retreat
A retreat is a time of quiet and prayer where you can get away from the daily rigors of life to gain a better and deeper perspective on life and your relationship with God. Many people have experienced a “preached” retreat — a group retreat that is advertised as having a theme on which all […]
Photo: row champs
Nine boys and girls from St. Ann Parish, Kaneohe, and St. Joseph Parish, Waipahu, ages 9 to 14, are the winners of the 2018-2019 Knights of Columbus Hawaii State Council Free Throw Championships, March 2, at St. Joseph School. Nine-year old champions were Julynerose Escala of Council 10475 (Waipahu) in the girls bracket and Luke […]
With each step of restoration, cathedral improves fire safety
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald As people worldwide watched in horror as flames engulfed the roof and spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris April 15, in Hawaii one couldn’t help but wonder, and worry, about our own historic cathedral and its flammable potential. Like the Paris church, the Cathedral Basilica of Our […]
‘Life is like li hing mui’
Saint Francis ohana gathers for ‘A Day of Appreciation’ as school prepares to close By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The bitter sometimes comes with the sweet, like with li hing mui. That was the theme emphasized by Msgr. Gary Secor, the Diocese of Honolulu’s vicar general, in his homily at the April 26 “Day […]
Photo: Passion play
The Vietnamese Holy Martyrs Catholic Community commemorated Good Friday April 19 with a dramatic interpretation of Christ’s passion at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu. (Photo courtesy of Dann Ebina)
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