Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Honokaa church joins 21st century in time for coronavirus pandemic

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LETTER FROM THE BIG ISLAND By Dale J. Hahlbeck Special to the Herald Our Lady of Lourdes is the name of our parish in the rural town of Honokaa on the Big Island of Hawaii. Nestled along the Hamakua Coast, this quiet little town was once a bustling sugarcane plantation community. The majority of our […]

St. Anthony, Wailuku, hoolaulea to feature luau, alumni hall of fame

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St. Anthony School in Wailuku will hold its annual Hoolaulea, Saturday, June 22, on the campus’ Sullivan Athletic Field. The event opens at 5 p.m. with a luau buffet beginning at 6 p.m. “Nevah Too Late” will provide dinner music, and the “Shamrocks” will rock the field with dance music. The evening program will also […]

Photo: Relics rest in Kona

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Bishop Larry Silva on Dec. 8 blessed 14 rare relics, mostly of saints, at St. Michael Parish in Kailua-Kona, donated to the Big Island church by Richard and Virginia Fischer of Virginia. Each relic came with its letter of authenticity, most dated from the 1950s. Here is how the relics were labeled: Relic of the […]

Maui parish, school narrowly miss fire whipped up by Hurricane Lane winds

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald It was fire, not water, that caused the biggest Hurricane Lane-related damage on Maui. Brushfires in West Maui, which started early on Aug. 24, quickly spread due to high winds caused by the storm. Dry ground cover after a spell of warm summer days didn’t help. The Maui Fire […]

Newly ordained Jesuit returns home to Kauai for first Mass

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Father Kyle Shinseki will spend part of the summer in the islands celebrating Masses in Spanish By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald LIHUE, KAUAI — Tourists who attended the 9:30 a.m. Mass on June 17 at Immaculate Conception Church in Lihue might have wondered if the parish usually had such colorful Sunday liturgies. At this […]

Hanalei mission church continues temporary role in flood victim relief

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald It’s been more than two months since 50 inches of rain fell on Kauai’s North Shore between April 14 and 15, overflowing the Hanalei River and causing extensive water and mud damage. St. William Mission Church in Hanalei had 14 inches of water in its church sanctuary. Pews, carpet, […]

Friendly Isle’s topside parish adds ‘Molokai’ to its name

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At the “request of the parish,” Bishop Larry Silva made a slight modification to the official name of Molokai’s topside parish, from “St. Damien Catholic Parish” to “St. Damien of Molokai Parish,” effective May 31. According to the pastor, Sacred Hearts Father Sioneata Christopher Kaitapu, the parishioners felt that the parish’s patron saint is closely […]

Photo: Visiting choir

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St. Joseph Mission in Kaupo, Maui, celebrated its first Mass of 2018 on April 29. After a rainy winter that had brought many road closures, prayers for good weather were answered. St. Joseph is the most remote mission of the already distant St. Mary Church in Hana. The music for the Mass was provided by […]

Flooded Hanalei mission now a temporary relief center

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The mid-April floods that ravaged Kauai’s north shore left the Catholic mission church of St. William unusable as a place of worship, but for now, that’s OK. It has become a relief center. The 60-year-old Polynesian long house-shaped structure at 5292 Kuhio Highway was “totally flooded,” said pastor Father […]