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Touched by the Holy Father: Island Catholics reflect on their encounters with the pope
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 (937 reads)


By Bishop Larry Silva: It was a great privilege to have participated in the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States in Washington and New York. The experience was tremendously ...
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In the words of Benedict XVI: remarks, addresses and homilies
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 (686 reads)


April 16: To President George W. Bush, South Lawn of the White House, Washington -- "I come as a friend, a preacher of the Gospel and one with great respect for this vast ..."
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: April 18, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008 (864 reads)


Dear fellow geniuses, April showers will bring May flower processions and Pentecost and Mother’s Day and other wonderful things. In the meantime, enjoy the remainder ...
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Diocesan Road Map to the Future: April 18, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008 (1087 reads)


Our diocesan Road Map for Pastoral, Program, and Facility Needs 2008-2013 calls our community to “Witness to Jesus” as we journey toward the ...
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St. Francis names director of new ‘Stay Healthy at Home Program’
Friday, April 18, 2008 (895 reads)


St. Francis Residential Care Community, a subsidiary of St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii, has named former home care supervisor Jacob Silva as program ...
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A life of surprises: Sister Rosita Aranita
Friday, April 18, 2008 (1086 reads)


Hawaii-born Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Rosita Aranita, who is currently based out of St. Paul., Minn., was back in the islands in April for a short visit timed with her...
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Mana'olana: What your heart calls you to do
Friday, April 18, 2008 (1034 reads)


For just over a year, SMaPPY! — the St. Michael and Sts. Peter and Paul Youth and Young Adults — have been helping the families living in Mokuleia Park on the ...
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Reparation to Mary group celebrates 20th anniversary
Friday, April 18, 2008 (848 reads)


The upcoming First Saturday, May 3, marks the 20th anniversary of the Reparation to the Immaculate Heat of Mary Association....
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Any Maui’d couple may join in celebration of marriage in Kihei
Friday, April 18, 2008 (793 reads)


Worldwide Marriage Encounter is inviting all married couples on Maui and their families to a “Celebration of Marriage” lunch and more, May 3, in St. Theresa ...
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Mana'olana: Ask Mason & Teo, God’s will and contraception
Friday, April 18, 2008 (772 reads)


Hey Mason & Teo, My friend is thinking about getting a procedure done so that she won’t have any kids since she already has children. I heard one of the popes had a prophecy about
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Kekumano dinner raises $180,000 for Maryknoll
Friday, April 18, 2008 (1018 reads)


The 10th annual Monsignor Charles A. Kekumano Award and Scholarship Dinner, March 16, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom, gathered more than 600 ...
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Orthodox churches are first stops for Catholic study group
Friday, April 18, 2008 (1012 reads)


A caravan of cars made the quick trip from the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa to Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Pacific on Sunday, March ...
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A ‘most prized possession’ -- Chaminade's Sullivan Family Library
Friday, April 18, 2008 (2043 reads)


A gray rain drizzled over the men in hardhats working on the black rocks and soil that will soon support a spacious plaza fronting Chaminade University of Honolulu’s ...
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Politics is a worthy vocation, says bishops’ justice, peace spokesman
Friday, April 18, 2008 (677 reads)


“Politics is a good thing,” the executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development told a small group of academics, clergy and ...
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CALENDAR BRIEFS: April 18, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008 (735 reads)


Saint Francis School’s annual Ohana Fair, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, May 3, on the Manoa campus at 2707 Pamoa Road will be full of activities for everyone. Highlights ...
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Bishop Silva names final appointments to diocesan plan implementation group
Friday, April 18, 2008 (954 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva has announced in this issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald the final appointments to the group that will oversee the implementation of his...
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Mana'olana: Top 10 list
Friday, April 18, 2008 (861 reads)


Catholic ‘mega-trends’ This list — compiled by the National Catholic Reporter’s John L. Allen Jr. in 2006 — includes topics relevant today. To read more on Allen’s selections, visit ...
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Mana'olana: Saints under 35: April 18, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008 (786 reads)


Sister Teresa de Los Andes, Chile’s first saint, born Juana Fernandez Solar in 1900. As a young child, she was recognized for her religious devotion. She took her first...
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Photo: Showing appreciation
Friday, April 18, 2008 (800 reads)


Clergy and religious pose with Bishop Larry Silva at the end of the annual Knights of Columbus Appreciation Dinner, held this year on the evening of April 3 at the Waikiki ...
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Photo: Ticket to see the pope
Friday, April 18, 2008 (816 reads)


Linda Cacpal, one of the Hawaii pilgrims traveling to New York for Pope Benedict’s visit to the city, holds her ticket to the pope’s public Mass, April 20, at Yankee ...
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The community archives. What a gift!
Friday, April 04, 2008 (680 reads)


From that first encounter on Sept. 6, 2007, I fell in love with the archival stories of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet stored away at Carondelet Center in Aina ...
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Colleen O’Brien Sathre: Road Map to the Future, April 4, 2008
Friday, April 04, 2008 (703 reads)


At a meeting on March 5, diocesan staff members got a chance to review the final components of the diocesan “Road Map.” In response to a question posed to everyone...
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Meeting the pope half way: Island Catholics excited about seeing Holy Father
Friday, April 04, 2008 (1286 reads)


If you wanted to pick a good meeting spot for someone from Honolulu and someone from Vatican City, you couldn’t do much better than Washington, D.C. Our nation’s ...
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Clergy, religious celebrate anniversaries
Friday, April 04, 2008 (824 reads)


Twenty-six Hawaii priests, brothers, sisters and deacons celebrated their 60th, 50th and 25th anniversaries of ordination and profession at the annual Diocesan Jubilee ...
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Bishop names retired university planner to head ‘road map’ team
Friday, April 04, 2008 (757 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva has picked a retired University of Hawaii planner to head the team that will execute his five-year pastoral plan. Dr. Colleen Sathre is the new chairwoman of the Implementation ...
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CALENDAR BRIEFS: April 4, 2008
Friday, April 04, 2008 (1072 reads)


In response to a directive coming from the Vatican, Easter Almuena and Esther Gefroh, both Catholic mothers in Hawaii, have formed a ministry of “mothers” to ...
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Diocese, priest sued for alleged 25-year-old abuse
Friday, April 04, 2008 (1322 reads)


An unnamed man has filed a lawsuit against the Diocese of Honolulu and one of its priests for sexual abuse that allegedly occurred more than 25 years ago at a Big ...
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Heralding back: April 4, 2007
Friday, April 04, 2008 (707 reads)


50 years ago – April 11, 1958: While Patty hasn’t quite decided whether or not to say “Hi!” to her new foster parents, she is moving in that direction. The first meeting of the get-acquainted ...
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Hawaii’s top two Catholic educators to hear address
Friday, April 04, 2008 (965 reads)


Hawaii’s top two Catholic educators will be among those present when Pope Benedict XVI delivers a one-hour address on Catholic education April 17 at the Catholic ...
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A rosary for vocations
Friday, April 04, 2008 (1603 reads)


The diocesan Director for Vocations, Father Peter Dumag, has distributed a “Rosary for Vocations,” a series of vocation-themed meditations on the Joyful, Sorrowful and ...
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Happy birthday, dear Benedict: students pledge service
Friday, April 04, 2008 (740 reads)


Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate his 81st birthday on April 16, his first day in Washington, D.C., so the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) wants ...
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Big Isle youth are ‘refugees’ for a day
Friday, April 04, 2008 (722 reads)


Youths from parishes across the Big Island gathered happily for their annual Big Island Youth Day at St. Benedict Parish in Honaunau on the morning of Saturday, ...
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Photo: Retreat in the valley
Friday, April 04, 2008 (890 reads)


The Missionary Basic Christian Community of Hawaii (MBCC) completed a three-day retreat on Palm Sunday, March 16, at St. Anthony Retreat Center in Kalihi ...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: April 4, 2008
Friday, April 04, 2008 (710 reads)


St. Stephen Diocesan Center in Windward Oahu used to be the site of what?a) a monastery, b) a sugar mill, c) a seminary, d) an orphanage...
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Rosati takes national Focus on Family job
Friday, April 04, 2008 (1634 reads)


The director of the Hawaii Catholic Conference has left the diocese for a national position with Focus on the Family, an evangelical-based organization created to ...
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Photos: Holy Week -- Death and resurrection
Friday, April 04, 2008 (1064 reads)


Father Gary Secor baptizes Lorrin Baptista at Holy Trinity Parish in Kuliouou’s Easter Vigil Mass on March 22. At the three-hour vigil, Baptista and five others received ...
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Diocese celebrates jubilarians
Friday, April 04, 2008 (4107 reads)


Twenty-six Hawaii priests, brothers, sisters and deacons celebrated their 60th, 50th and 25th anniversaries of ordination and profession on March 28. Here are their profiles.
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Pope Benedict XVI: Scholar, pastor, enigma
Friday, April 04, 2008 (819 reads)


Americans will soon have their first close-up encounter with Pope Benedict XVI, a figure who, in the minds of many, is still coming into focus....
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In U.S., pope will find multicultural church, marked by stronger laity
Friday, April 04, 2008 (688 reads)


What kind of Catholic Church will Pope Benedict XVI find when he arrives in the United States in April? How similar or different will it be from the U.S. church ...
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What will the pope tell us?
Friday, April 04, 2008 (732 reads)


People speculating on what Pope Benedict XVI will say in the United States in April would do well to look at what he said at the Vatican on Palm Sunday....
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Work, volunteer for the church? Please complete this survey
Friday, April 04, 2008 (803 reads)


The Diocese of Honolulu wants to know how it is doing when it comes to serving parishes and schools. So it is asking all those who work or volunteer in Catholic ...
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Mana‘olana: Ask Mason & Teo, April 4, 2008
Friday, April 04, 2008 (753 reads)


Dear Mason & Teo, Recently, my uncle passed away. He is Catholic. At the novena for his soul, my aunties (his sisters) got into a heated disagreement about Purgatory...
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