Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Longtime educators honored at annual conference

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By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Catholic school faculty from across the state gathered Jan. 30 to celebrate their peers and do some learning themselves. Trading places with their students, who enjoyed a day off from class, hundreds of teachers, administrators and staff members headed to Kaimuki for the Annual Conference for Catholic School […]

7 schools gain new administrators

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Hawaii Catholic Herald Seven schools across the state welcomed new administrators in the 2025-26 academic year — many are familiar faces on campus, and all have extensive experience in education. The top administrators at three schools previously served in their positions: Elsewhere in the Hawaii Catholic Schools system: Read below for brief biographies or messages […]

Photo: Warm welcome

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Members of the Sacred Hearts Academy Girls Scout Troop 614 and their leaders recently prepared and distributed welcome-home kits to children and mothers residing at The Shelter, a transitional housing facility program. The Scouts’ outreach motivated them to plan and coordinate an end-of-summer celebration for the families at Dave and Buster’s at Ala Moana Center […]

Hawaii Catholic Schools honors top educators

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Hawaii Catholic Herald Faculty, staff and administrators from campuses across the state gathered May 15 for the annual Hawaii Catholic Schools Recognition Luncheon, at which departing school leaders were honored and the winners of the Golden Pine“apple” awards were announced and celebrated. Led by Superintendent Llewellyn Young, the event at Natsunoya Tea House in Alewa […]

Photo: Schools celebrate historic bridge

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Saint Louis School, Chaminade University of Honolulu, Sacred Hearts Academy and the Marianist Center of Hawaii came together Feb. 7 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Palolo Stream Bridge, which Marianist Brother Dennis Schmitz of the Marianist Center called a powerful connection between the world and Kalaepohaku, the hill that both Chaminade and Saint […]

Educators celebrate their peers at annual conference

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By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald At the annual conference dedicated to Hawaii’s Catholic school educators Jan. 31, it was perhaps not a surprise that many of the hundreds of teachers and staff attending from across the state arrived early for the first part of the day — Mass, followed by the distribution of […]

Photo: Academy students earn national recognition

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Four students from Sacred Hearts Academy have been selected to represent Hawaii next year in the American Choral Directors Association’s National Honor Choir for boys and girls in grades 5-7. Emalani Burns, Bella Kuvac and Kyra Tong, class of 2031, and Taely-Rae Kuamoo-Rivera, class of 2032, were among nine students from across the state chosen […]

Sacred Hearts Academy celebrates 115 years

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Hawaii Catholic Herald Sacred Hearts Academy marked 115 years of providing Catholic education this month with a weeklong celebration highlighted by an assembly and pep rally on Sept. 12. The all-girls college preparatory school was founded by 11 Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary sisters, who in September 1909 opened a campus […]