Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

St. Marianne: Arrival from Syracuse, a second and final time

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Honolulu again will give an aloha welcome to Hawaii’s beloved saint who is returning for permanent rest St. Marianne Cope’s remains will return to Hawaii to be enshrined in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace nearly a decade after they were exhumed in Kalaupapa to rest at her motherhouse in Syracuse. All that is […]

Viriditas: Sister Miriam Dionise Cabacungan, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities

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Providence will provide Our first patient in our newly opened hospice program in Nuuanu was an elderly Hawaiian-Japanese lady. She was dying of cancer and very weak. It was hard to even sit her up in a chair. One day, as I was trying to figure out how to help her, I bent over, put […]

Bishop incardinates Sacramento priest

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Bishop Larry Silva incardinated Father Arnold Ortiz, administrator of St. Elizabeth Parish, Aiea, into the Diocese of Honolulu on June 12, the day the priest was issued an indult of departure from the Oblates of St. Joseph, the religious order to which he had belonged. Father Ortiz’ status changed from administrator of the Aiea church […]

Ordination here of Indian priest marks anniversary of Island saint’s priesthood

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Newly ordained Sacred Hearts Father Ajit Baliar Singh celebrates the Liturgy of the Eucharist with Bishop Larry Silva, May 21. In front of the altar is the relic of St. Damien, who was ordained in the cathedral 150 years ago in 1864. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz)   As Sacred Hearts brother Ajit Baliar […]

Viriditas: Sister Jessie Kai, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

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‘My grace is enough for you’ St. Damien Catholic Parish in central Molokai includes the mission churches of St. Vincent Ferrer of Maunaloa town to the west of the island, and the churches which St. Damien de Veuster himself built — St. Joseph Church at Kamalo and Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Church at Kaluaaha […]

Bishop praises jubilarians’ ‘amazing work over the years’

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Dozens of well-wishers gathered at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa May 3 to honor 19 jubilarians who are celebrating 70, 60, 50 and 25 years of service in religious and priestly life this year. The co-cathedral was festively decked with colorful springtime flowers, and a spirit of gratitude flowed throughout the congregation as Bishop Larry Silva […]