Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Father Juan Pablo Galeano, diocesan priest: In Christ I can do many things

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I never imagined anything like Hawaii. When Bishop Larry Silva had recruited me in Colombia, he was looking for priests for the Hispanic ministry in Hawaii. Not knowing English, I thought the only thing I needed to do was to say Mass in Spanish. When I arrived at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Kailua-Kona, […]

All creation sings God’s praise, but people are silencing it, pope says

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A bronze statue of St. Francis of Assisi with a lamb stands in the Rose Garden at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in the saint’s hometown. Legend has it that St. Francis once threw himself among the garden’s bushes, hoping its thorns would rid him of a spell of doubt and temptation. Thorn-less […]

Church teaching on ecology: statements from popes and bishops

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The Sheldon Glacier with Mount Barre in the background is seen from Ryder Bay near Rothera Research Station, Adelaide Island, Antarctica, in this undated handout photo. Climate change is causing the world’s glaciers to melt at an unprecedented rate. (CNS photo/NASA handout via Reuters) Pope Paul VI Octogesima Adveniens “Man is suddenly becoming aware that […]

Manaolana: Hawaii rep at national ministry summit returns with insights, ideas

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The National Young Adult Ministry Summit meets in Washington, D.C., last month. (Photo Courtesy of Makana Aiona)   Creating collaborations between Catholic young adults and their communities was a hot topic at the National Young Adult Ministry Summit in Washington, D.C., May 5-7. The first-ever such meeting, organized in part by the National Catholic Young […]

Bishop expects a priest at Kalaupapa for the ‘foreseeable future’

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A view of the Kalaupapa peninsula from the top of the switchback trail that leads down the cliff to the settlement. (HCH file photo)   Shortly after St. Damien made his historic first step onto the shore of Kalaupapa on May 10, 1873, and assessed the situation, he informed his superior, Bishop Louis Maigret, that […]

Pope accepts resignations of St. Paul archbishop, auxiliary bishop

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Archbishop John C. Nienstedt, right, addresses the media alongside Auxiliary Bishop Lee A. Piche at a news conference Jan. 16 announcing that the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis had filed for Chapter 11 Reorganization. Ten days after the archdiocese was criminally charged with failing to protect children, Pope Francis accepted the resignations of Archbishop […]

Photo: New Franciscan fraternity

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New Franciscan fraternity The Korean-speaking St. Clare Fraternity of the secular Franciscan Order was established June 6 in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. The group was sponsored by Oahu’s Marianne Cope Fraternity. Hawaii’s secular Franciscans also have fraternities in Kona, Hilo, and on Maui, and an emerging Fraternity on Kauai. The secular […]

Photo: Walking the extra mile

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Walking the extra mile About 100 people walked from the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Kailhi-Palama to the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu June 7 for the diocese’s annual Eucharistic procession on the Feast of Corpus Christi. During the 1.25-mile procession, marchers sang hymns and prayed. Father Dominic Hoan Nguyen, […]