Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Sherry Hayes-Peirce: A decade of sainthood

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CHURCH SOCIAL TIPS On Oct. 21, 2012, Hawaii celebrated the second saint from our Catholic ‘ohana. This year marks the 10th anniversary of that blessed day in Rome when our beloved Mother Marianne Cope was canonized. Sister Alicia Damien Lau, a sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, participated in the canonization Mass 10 […]

The woman who made the canonization happen

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If not for Franciscan Sister Mary Laurence Hanley, Mother Marianne may never have been declared a saint By Valerie Monson Special to the Herald When Blessed Marianne Cope was canonized 10 years ago in Rome, there was one empty space in St. Peter’s Square. One empty space among the hundreds of pilgrims who traveled from […]

After a rocky start, pilgrims find hospitality, fellowship on the way to the Syracuse shrine

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By Renée Roden and James Murphy Catholic News Service It was around 6 p.m. on a Monday night, and as we walked the final stretch of our nine-mile hike to St. James Catholic Church, we prayed for welcome. As we approached, we noted pilgrim shells decorating the church doors — a good sign. To our […]

Bishop says St. Marianne Cope made leap of faith to follow God’s call

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Borrowing from the brief Gospel passage from Mark in which people around Jesus, alarmed by his actions, were saying, “He is out of his mind,” Bishop Larry Silva said that St. Marianne of Molokai must also have been considered a little crazy. This observation was the key point of […]

St. Marianne’s royal Hawaiian medal to be presented to diocese

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald An honor out of Hawaii’s royal past to Molokai’s St. Marianne Cope will be handed over to Bishop Larry Silva and the Diocese of Honolulu for display and safekeeping inside the saint’s reliquary in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. On Jan. 23, during St. Marianne’s feast […]

Saints for the pandemic

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Here is a reflection by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, a Dominican Sister of the Most Holy Rosary, on her painting of icons of St. Damien and St. Marianne with local artist Meleanna Meyer for a devotional nave in Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Honolulu during the pandemic. By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Special […]

Fellowship in times of isolation

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Father Damien of Molokai and Mother Marianne of Molokai, were natives of Belgium and Germany respectively, but are best known for their care of lepers (sufferers of Hansen’s disease) of the Kalaupapa settlement. In 1866 Hawaii established a leper colony on the island of Molokai, where approximately 8,000 Hawaiian were quarantined between its nineteenth-century founding […]

A gathering place for all

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Waikiki education center dedicated to the saints and residents of Kalaupapa nears completion By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Damien and Marianne of Molokai Education Center continues to take shape in the heart of Waikiki. Sitting on the corner of Ohua and Kalakaua Avenues, across from the Prince Kuhio statue, the two-story, 5,900-square-foot building […]