Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

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 […]

Seven schools across state welcome new administrators

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Hawaii Catholic Herald Seven Catholic schools statewide, ranging from preschool to high school, have new top officials this academic year. Damien Memorial School, Maryknoll School, Sacred Hearts Academy, St. Anthony Preschool in Wailuku, St. Anthony School in Kailua, St. Patrick School and St. Theresa School in Kekaha all have new administrators. In Wailuku, Kimberly Smith […]

SHA students get head start on college

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By Sr. Malia Dominica Wong, O.P., Chaminade University instructor Special to the Herald In the fall of 2023, 17 Sacred Hearts Academy juniors made an unprecedented commitment to their academic pursuits. In partnership with Chaminade University of Honolulu, they enrolled in Chaminade’s Early College Program which will allow them to graduate from SHA with their […]

Zita Leimomi Mookini Lum, Sacred Hearts Academy alumna: In time, answers always come

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Viriditas2: Soul Greening Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Daughter of a mighty father, Maiden patron of the May; Angel forms around thee, gather, Macula non est in te. (There is no stain in thee.) (Catholic Youth Hymnal, 1871) Ever since I was a little girl at Sacred Hearts Convent, I […]