Sacred Hearts Academy announced the appointment of the first male to head the 110-year-old all-girl school at a morning assembly Feb. 28. Scott Schroeder, a dean and professor at Chaminade University of Honolulu, was introduced to the student body and faculty by Sister Regina Mary Jenkins, president of the Sacred Hearts Academy Corporation, and superior […]
Diocesan Stewardship Day: sharing all our resources to do God’s work
By Naomi Amuro Special to the Herald It was a cool, brisk Saturday morning, Feb. 9, when hundreds gathered at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Pearl City for the annual diocesan Stewardship Day, sponsored by the diocesan Office for Stewardship and Development. Participants came from across Oahu and also from Maui, Kauai, the […]
Bishop’s Circle campaign second mailing this week
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Nine months into the Bishop’s Circle 2018/2019 appeal, the campaign has collected just over $200,000 of its total $350,000 goal. The campaign is hoping to reach that goal with a second mailing hitting island mailboxes in the first week of March, “to coincide with the beginning of Lent,” said […]
Chaminade University a training ground for religious ministry
By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “I need to see you,” said Marianist Brother Edward Brink, Vice-President for Mission and rector of Chaminade University of Honolulu, trying to pin me down for a meeting amid both of our busy campus schedules. “How about 7:30 a.m.?” I suggested. That became 2 p.m. as […]
Most of Hawaii’s active priests come from outside the diocese
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Close to half of the priests serving in Catholic parishes in Hawaii are here on loan from other largely foreign dioceses, according to the 2019 Directory of the Catholic Church in Hawaii. There are 116 priests in active ministry in the Islands. They include 32 who belong to the […]
The Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii: A Corporation
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A recent announcement by Bishop Larry Silva of a change in membership in the Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii Corporation, and news of significant transitions at two Catholic schools in Hawaii, raises questions about how the Catholic Church is organized and operates in Hawaii. In Hawaii, […]
Anyone can minister to the dying
Diocese wraps up well-attended discussion sessions on Hawaii’s new physician-assisted suicide law By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald After Hawaii’s physician-assisted suicide bill went into effect Jan. 1, the Diocese of Honolulu scheduled discussion sessions throughout the islands on the pastoral implications of the new law. Around 700 people attended the nine meetings held between […]
2019 Lenten regulations for the Diocese of Honolulu
FASTING In the dioceses in the United States, Catholics aged 18 through 59 are bound to fast on both Ash Wednesday (March 6) and Good Friday (April 19). To fast means to consume one full meal a day at most, although taking of other, smaller quantities of food at the other customary mealtimes is permitted. […]
Grand giveaway at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School family fair
Come one, come all for a day of food, fun, and fellowship at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help School’s Grand Giveaway and Family Fair 2019, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, March 2, on the school grounds at 91-1010 North Road in Ewa Beach. The grand giveaway grand prize is $1,500. The second prize […]
Cathedral’s capital campaign wins international stewardship award
The $15 million capital campaign to renovate the 175-year-old Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace received an award last fall from the International Catholic Stewardship Council, an organization that promotes Christian stewardship and Catholic philanthropy. The Parish Capital Campaign Materials award for excellence was presented to the cathedral’s capital campaign core committee members Mark […]
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