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2014 Hawaii Primary Election Candidate Survey

07/03/2014 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

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Pope to presidents: Only God can bring peace to Holy Land

06/20/2014 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Israeli President Shimon Peres, Pope Francis and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attend an invocation for peace in the Vatican Gardens June 8. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY Praying for peace in the Holy Land alongside leaders of long-antagonistic nations, Pope Francis called on God to act where human efforts had failed, to end what […]

Bishop ordains Nick Brown a deacon on path to priesthood

06/20/2014 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Bishop Larry Silva ordained seminarian Nick Brown a deacon June 7 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa bringing him one step closer to the diocesan priesthood. Brown, 48, is a Honolulu native and a co-cathedral parishioner, the youngest of seven children of Jack and Nati Alfaro. He is an alumnus of St. Theresa School and […]

Music of Kalaupapa discovered

06/20/2014 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

An open page from the Hawaiian Catholic hymn book recently rediscovered at the Damien archives in Leuven, Belgium. (Photo © Eric Dewaersegger) Large, old handwritten book of Latin and Hawaiian hymns found among Damien artifacts A large, old handwritten book of Latin and Hawaiian hymns, bound in woven lauhala, was discovered recently in an old […]

‘Good job, Gene’: St. Stephen Diocesan Center’s jack-of-all-trades ‘graduating’ after 34 years

06/20/2014 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Gene Pollock on the grounds of St. Stephen Diocesan Center’s Castle building, June 10. (HCH photo by Darlene Dela Cruz) Tall, tanned and fit at 74 years old, wearing a T-shirt, walking shorts, athletic shoes and a broad-rimmed canvas hat, Gene Pollock was up for a tour of St. Stephen Diocesan Center, his domain […]

Parish assessments to diocese going up 30 percent

06/20/2014 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

The diocese will be raising the overall amount of its “parish assessments” — the “tax” collected from the Islands’ 66 parishes and two ethnic Catholic communities to help pay for diocesan operations — by about 30 percent at the start of this new fiscal year, July 1. The diocese now collects a total of $2.7 […]

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

06/06/2014 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

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 […]

Pope Francis in Holy Land: Easing fears, raising hopes, posing questions

06/06/2014 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople kiss the Stone of Unction in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher May 25. The two leaders marked the 50th anniversary of the meeting in Jerusalem between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras. (CNS photo) VATICAN CITY Given the Holy Land’s long and complex history of […]

Congratulations Hawaii Catholic High School Classes of 2014

06/06/2014 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

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Manaolana | Priesthood calling: Different paths, one burning desire, as vocations are discerned

06/06/2014 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Father Joseph Cazenavette, right, and other clergymen lay their hands on men during their ordination Mass at St. Dominic’s Church in Washington May 23. Statistics for this year’s ordination class show that the median age of the men is 32 and a Catholic education stands out as a strong factor in their background. (CNS photo/Bob […]