Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Bishop sends ‘urgent’ call to Catholics to mobilize against same-sex marriage

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Bishop Larry Silva sent an “urgent request” to pastors Aug. 22 to include in parish bulletins over the weekend of Aug. 24-25 a “very important” letter that urges parishioners to ask their state legislators to oppose same-sex marriage. The letter also asks Catholics to pray the rosary daily over the next several weeks, “if possible” […]

Carondelet Sisters’ 75 years of service a ‘patchwork quilt of the love of Christ’

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Visiting Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet stand as they are introduced at the Mass celebrating the 75th anniversary of the order in Hawaii. Standing from left, Sister Anna Bridget Kearns, Sister Helen Janssen and Sister Karen Kennelly. (HCH photo | Patrick Downes) “Yes, we are getting old,” smiled Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet […]

75 years of aloha: Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet became a vital force in the shaping of the church in Hawaii

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It took more than pleading to get the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet to come to Hawaii. There was also some conscience tugging involved. Hawaii’s Bishop Stephen Alencastre’s 1936 cabled entreaty to the mother superior general in St. Louis, Mo., for “at least six” sisters ended with this guilt-inducing conclusion: “Otherwise obliged to close […]

Back to School | High school enrollment up while overall numbers continue slide

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Catholic grade school enrollment in Hawaii continued its downward drift last year, while high school numbers increased slightly, thanks mostly to student body growth at Damien Memorial and Saint Francis, which have recently gone co-ed. But overall enrollment — preschool through grade 12 — dropped 458, from 9,794 for the start of school 2011 to […]

Remembrance: Deacon Jerry Nunogawa ‘left things better off than he found them’

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Jerry Nunogawa “loved doing the Lord’s work.” That’s how Michael Shizuma remembered him in a eulogy he offered to his fellow deacon in services in Hilo, where Nunogawa lived and worked, and on Oahu. Nunogawa died on June 17 after collapsing at St. Stephen Diocesan Center a day after assisting at a formation weekend for […]

Back to School | Tuition rates increase for most, but not all

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The universal truth that Catholic school tuition will always go up was not practiced universally this year as at least five schools kept their prices the same as the year before. One school even lowered its base tuition cost for one of its grades: Damien Memorial School reduced its sixth grade tuition by $300, while […]

Obituary: Francis Matthew Popish, Christian Brother, taught at Damien High 22 years

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Christian Brother Francis Matthew Popish, who taught at Damien Memorial School for more than two decades, died after a brief illness July 19 at Hale Nani Nursing Home where he had been living since January. He was 85 and had just celebrated his 70th anniversary of religious life. His funeral is Aug. 10 in the […]

Back to School | Augustine Educational Foundation fills a growing need

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The need keeps growing, and the Augustine Educational Foundation is happy to find different ways to fill it. The need: tuition assistance for Hawaii Catholic school students. This year, more than 1,100 applications have come in already for the 2013-2014 school year, according to Sue Ferandin, the foundation’s executive director. As of July 24, the […]