A Maui man’s book-length meditation on Christian matrimony, inspired by the faltering and recovery of his own 40-plus-year-old marriage, is a work of both spiritual reflection and practical advice for others who are married. The 187-page “Fruits of Cana: A Handbook Reflection on Roman Catholic Marriage,” by Richard A.P. Martelles, examines the many facets of […]
Five days of fraternity: Priests to gather for annual convocation
It will be hard to find a priest in Hawaii next week, unless you are staying at the Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu’s north shore, where you will run into about 115 of them. May has arrived and that means “convocation” time for all Island priests. It’s their annual gathering where they build fraternity and […]
Bishop Silva to lead annual Corpus Christi co-cathedral-to-cathedral street procession
Bishop Larry Silva on June 2 will lead the diocese’s annual 1.25-mile Corpus Christi procession from the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Kalihi-Palama to the downtown Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. The observance of the feast, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, will begin with […]
The Herald is back online
The Hawaii Catholic Herald is back online. After about a year lost behind some cyberspace cloud, www.hawaiicatholicherald.com is again an existing and accessible destination. The Hawaii Catholic Herald site went down last year due to unknown factors. The new site was created fresh by Herald staffer Darlene Dela Cruz. It now has local material from […]
St. Damien’s feast day not the customary date of death
The feast day of St. Damien, May 10, is an unusual date selection but an appropriate one. It is customary to chose for a saint’s feast the date of his or her death, the day that he or she entered into eternal life. That day, in St. Damien’s case, is April 15, and for years, […]
Bishop Silva making pilgrimage to Lourdes with Order of Malta
Bishop Larry Silva is traveling to France April 30-May 8 to join thousands of fellow Knights of Malta on their annual pilgrimage to Lourdes. He will make the trip with two other Hawaii members of the charitable order and two “malades,” persons with illnesses who are given free travel to the Marian apparition site known […]
Kapiolani Park celebration planned to cap Year of Faith
The Diocese of Honolulu is planning a festive day in the park to mark the end of the Catholic Church’s Year of Faith in November. Tentatively called the Catholic Cultural Celebration, the event being planned for Kapiolani Park in Waikiki, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Nov. 23 will feature a prayer service, entertainment, music, food and inspirational […]
Hawaii clergy and religious joyfully celebrate jubilees
Twenty-nine men and women marking anniversaries of their religious lives as priests, sisters and brothers were honored at the annual diocesan jubilee celebration for clergy and religious April 6 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Bishop Larry Silva presided at the mid-morning Mass attended by a churchful of family, friends and well-wishers. Eighteen priests concelebrated, […]
Islanders delighted with Peter’s new successor
“I miss my pope,” said Linda Cacpal, a St. Elizabeth, Aiea, parishioner who has an immense fondness for Benedict XVI, his clear, scholarly teaching, and his gentle and courteous ways. Nevertheless, she has already started a file of news clips on Pope Francis, although it may take a while before it matches the size of […]
Carnegie Hall, here they come: St. Anthony High School band heads for the big time
It’s been a “crazy year,” said St. Anthony Junior-Senior High school band director Everett Yamashita. Well, the idea itself sounds a bit outlandish — a band from a small Maui Catholic high school playing Carnegie Hall. But it’s going to happen, and on April Fool’s Day yet. The 40-plus musicians of the Wailuku school’s symphonic […]