Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: Cheering their own

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Students at St. Anthony Junior-Senior High School received special permission to watch the first game of the World Series Oct. 28 in the school library because the school’s famous graduate, Shane Victorino, was playing. Earlier, the students, dressed in the red and white colors of his team, the Boston Red Sox, gathered in the science […]

Photo: Big Island Catechist retreat

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Fifty-two people from seven parishes attended the Big Island Catechist Retreat Sept. 14 at Immaculate Heart of Mary parish hall in Papaikou. Daughter of St. Paul Sister Irene Regina Hoernschemeyer gave a presentation on Pope John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body.” Diocesan religious education director Jayne Mondoy led a discussion on implementing what the […]

Back to School | St. Anthony Junior-Senior High School: New head of school has roots on Maui

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St. Anthony Junior-Senior High in Wailuku, Maui, has selected veteran Catholic school teacher and administrator Betsey Hughes Gunderson as its new head of school. St. Anthony’s school board unanimously appointed Gunderson, the director of curriculum at Maryknoll High School in Honolulu, after a 10-month long reassessment of school operations. The selection process followed a series […]

Info sessions for new Maui Catholic radio

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Immaculate Heart Radio, a California-based Catholic radio station that plans to start broadcasting on Maui this fall, will hold information sessions at four Maui churches in August. The schedule is as follows: Christ the King Parish Hall, Kahului, Aug. 3, 6 p.m. St. Anthony Church, Wailuku, Aug. 6, 6:30 p.m. Maria Lanakila Church, Lahaina, Aug. […]

Photo: Ready for radio

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Bishop Larry Silva poses with Janet and Doug Sherman of Immaculate Heart Radio, a new Catholic station scheduled to go on the air on Maui in September or October, at a reception for the project, June 23, at St. Theresa Church in Kihei. Founded in 1997, Immaculate Heart Radio is based in Loomis, Calif., and […]

Maui’s St. Anthony High seeks new head of school to oversee operations

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St. Anthony Junior-Senior High School, Maui’s only Catholic high school, is looking to hire a “head of school,” a new position that will oversee campus management and operations, while the principal remains to concentrate on academics, ministry and student activities. It is a governance model emphasizing economic sustainability adopted in recent years by Oahu’s Catholic […]

Military archdiocese seeks isle residents who knew saint candidate

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The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, is proceeding with the cause for beatification of Maryknoll Father Vincent Robert Capodanno and is asking people who knew the priest during his short stay in the Islands to come forward and provide further information about him for possible beatification. Father Capodanno was born Feb. 13, 1929, in […]

Photo: The early morning bread crew

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Patricia Tavares, Sarah Tavares and Leona Tavares of the Kula Catholic Community lead the crew of women and men who tirelessly bake their famous Holy Ghost Portuguese sweet bread once a month, sometimes getting up as early as 2:30 a.m. to get the ingredients and supplies ready. Their dedication and love for the Maui parish, […]