Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Eva Andrade: A thousand cuts

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  HAWAII CATHOLIC CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE REPORT Many people asked me what to expect for this year’s session of the State Legislature. I told them that after holding back physician-assisted suicide for 20 years, there wasn’t any equivalent big “moral” issue on the horizon. However, I warned them that I expected the outlook to be “death […]

Catholic Charities offers free tax prep for seniors

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Catholic Charities Hawaii is teaming up with AARP and Goodwill to provide tax assistance for Hawaii seniors and its housing clients. Hawaii elders and others who need assistance preparing their 2018 tax returns have two Catholic Charities locations to go to get help. Walk-in appointments are available at the agency’s Clarence T.C. Ching Campus on […]

Love, marriage & family

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  The diocese is gathering a plethora of programs to help strengthen home life in Hawaii Here’s a snapshot of the groups that fall under the Marriage and Family Ministries program that Bishop Larry Silva called together about 10 years ago. Compiled by Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Marriage and Family Ministries Program Introduced to […]

World Youth Day Hawaii attendees energized at vigil

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  By Kacie Yamamoto Special to the Hawaii Catholic Herald The culmination of World Youth Day in Hawaii took place at an overnight event on Saturday, Jan. 26, at Chaminade University’s Mystical Rose Oratory. It centered on food, new friendships and a renewed sense of faith. The event drew young adults from around Oahu. The […]

Photo: Happily engaged

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Congratulations to the 19 couples who experienced the Engaged Encounter Retreat Jan. 25-27, at St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe. Mahalo to Oahu representatives Will and Mona Bacarro, host couple Walter and Ruby Espiritu, Mass celebrant Father Mark Gantley, and presenters Deacon Romeo and Susan Ganibe, James and Donna Baguio, and David and Denise Oliveira. “A […]

St. Joseph principal named associate superintendent of Hawaii Catholic Schools

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By Mona Ishihara Special to the Herald Superintendent of Hawaii Catholic Schools Michael Rockers announced Jan. 21 the appointment of Llewellyn Young, the principal of St. Joseph School, Hilo, for the past five years, as the new associate superintendent. He will succeed Betsey Gunderson who retires June 30. Originally from Kauai, Young attended the University […]

‘In the service of peace’

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  Red Mass speaker Cardinal Peter Turkson offers a spiritual view of ecology, work, politics By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Cardinal Peter Turkson, head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, offered Hawaii’s civil servants a consecrated view of work, politics and environmental stewardship in his talk at Hawaii’s Red Mass, Jan. […]