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Hawaii’s Jubilarians: Celebrating Lives of Discipleship
Friday, April 30, 2010 (1812 reads)


The Catholic Church in Hawaii honors those men and women who have given themselves to God and humanity, in vow and in sacrament, as they celebrate the anniversaries of ...
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Closing of Holy Trinity School sad, but understandable
Friday, April 30, 2010 (1128 reads)


Presiding over the closing of a respected and highly regarded Catholic grade school is a distressing job, but Father Gary Secor has been getting support from many, ...
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Designer says cathedral renovation should reflect Hawaii’s story
Friday, April 30, 2010 (676 reads)


Renovation. Restoration. Renewal. Innovation. Those are the words swirling around the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace’s upcoming major overhaul. The two lead architects and ...
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The first to come, the last to go: Maryknoll leaves Marshalls
Friday, April 30, 2010 (784 reads)


Sister Rose Patrick St. Aubin was one of the first Maryknoll missionary sisters to arrive in the Marshall Islands in May of 1950. This month, she and another sister ...
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Interview: Father Larry Snyder, president, Catholic Charities USA
Friday, April 30, 2010 (972 reads)


The president of Catholic Charities USA was in Hawaii for the March 31 blessing of Catholic Charities Hawaii’s new 2.2 acre campus in Makiki. He was impressed....
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Local stories, Kathleen Choi get high marks from Herald readers
Friday, April 30, 2010 (544 reads)


The Hawaii Catholic Herald recently asked its readers to complete an informal survey via the web or a mail-in form. We got back 90 surveys and wanted to share some of ...
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Statue ceremony, Mass to mark Hawaii saint’s first feast day
Friday, April 30, 2010 (1081 reads)


May 10 will be the first observance of St. Damien’s feast since his Oct. 11 canonization. That morning at the state capitol, the outdoor bronze statue of Father ...
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Interview: Maryknoll Sisters president and vice president
Friday, April 30, 2010 (1434 reads)


Naming the Maryknoll Sisters as an example, Nicholas D. Kristof wrote in his Sunday New York Times column on April 18: “I’ve come to believe that the very coolest ...
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Blood Bank schedules two Catholic site drives in May
Friday, April 30, 2010 (453 reads)


The Blood Bank of Hawaii will have two community blood drives at Catholic sites in May: Holy Family Catholic Academy, 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Sunday, May 9 ...
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Photo: Reason for a rally
Friday, April 30, 2010 (459 reads)


A homeless man sits across the street from the proposed site of the River Street Residences in Honolulu’s Chinatown during an April 25 interfaith prayer service and rally to support the project, ...
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Mass to observe anniversary of Marianne beatification
Friday, April 30, 2010 (691 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva will celebrate a Mass to mark the fifth anniversary of the beatification of Mother Marianne Cope at noon on May 14 in the Cathedral of Our ...
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Diocesan Road Map to the future: April 30, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010 (645 reads)


The importance of youth and young adult programs emerged as one of the six recommendations of the diocesan strategic plan — the “Road Map.” An ad hoc ...
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OBITUARY: Franciscan Sister Rita Mary Mulhall
Friday, April 30, 2010 (849 reads)


Sister Rita Mary Mulhall, a former airplane pilot who once bargained with God that she’d return to church in exchange for a safe landing, died on March 27 in Honolulu. ...
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Bishop picks Father Kunisch to head the Office of Worship
Friday, April 30, 2010 (1351 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva has named Father William Kunisch to replace Sacred Hearts Sister Helene Wood as the director of the Office of Worship after she retires on June 30. He ...
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Ask Mason and Teo: April 30, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010 (550 reads)


Mason & Teo, I receive your column electronically and I find your column has answered many of my unanswered questions. I am a part of a small group that ...
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Kona’s Hispanics have Triduum of their own
Friday, April 30, 2010 (457 reads)


Kona’s Hispanic Catholics observed their own Triduum this year at St. Paul Mission in Keauhou. The Spanish-speaking community gathered by the hundreds to celebrate ...
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Hawaii Catholics contribute $235,000 toward Haiti relief
Friday, April 30, 2010 (481 reads)


The Diocese of Honolulu as of April 12 has collected more than a quarter million dollars for Haiti relief. So far, the diocese has sent $235,695.46 to Catholic ...
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Go team! Strike up the band!
Friday, April 30, 2010 (473 reads)


A $1 million grant from the Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation will allow students at St. Francis School in Manoa for the first time to have complete and comfortable athletic and ...
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Chaminade dedicates new $12 million science labs
Friday, April 30, 2010 (544 reads)


Chaminade University of Honolulu dedicated its newly renovated $12 million science laboratories on April 22 in an afternoon ceremony. Housed in Henry Hall, the 10,000 square feet ...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: April 30, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010 (480 reads)


On the April 21, 2010, episode of “Jeopardy!”, St. Damien was the subject of the Final Jeopardy! round: “In 2009 this man who died on Molokai in 1889 became Hawaii’s first saint.” How many of the contestants gave the correct response? ...
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Photos: Images from the holiest of weeks
Friday, April 16, 2010 (659 reads)


Father Jack Ryan celebrates Tenebrae Mass at St. John the Baptist Parish in Kalihi, March 31. ...Veneration of the cross during a Taize Prayer service at the University of Hawaii’s Newman Center on the evening of April 2, Good Friday. ...
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St. Stephen Diocesan Center closing to outside users after July
Friday, April 16, 2010 (1330 reads)


St. Stephen Diocesan Center is closing its doors at the end of July to all retreats, meetings and conferences — everyone except residents, guests and Catholic Church ...
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Another Molokai church damaged, this time by wind
Friday, April 16, 2010 (657 reads)


The high winds of Holy Week took a toll on St. Joseph Church in Kamalo, on Molokai, tearing a gaping hole in its fragile steeple and blowing the cross off. The ...
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Maryknoll Sister Dolores Rosso ends half-century isle assignment
Friday, April 16, 2010 (797 reads)


After Maryknoll Sister Dolores Rosso sets up her new room at Maryknoll Center in upstate New York this month, there will be little doubt where she has been for the past 60 years. ...
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Holy Trinity School receives national honor
Friday, April 16, 2010 (562 reads)


Little paper squares and a lot of faith have led the students of Holy Trinity School in Kuliouou to a meeting with the pope and now to a national award. Thousands of half-inch ...
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New Damien awards to honor police chief, soldier
Friday, April 16, 2010 (661 reads)


The first St. Damien Legacy Awards will be a night for the community to celebrate two of Damien Memorial School’s most respected alumni alongside a setting of ...
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Kalihi group receives local grant from Campaign for Human Development
Friday, April 16, 2010 (946 reads)


A fledgling Kalihi Valley community organization got a big check to help its mission when Bishop Larry Silva presented the group on March 29 with an $11,000 grant ...
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Notables gather for blessing of new Catholic Charities center
Friday, April 16, 2010 (1074 reads)


“This is such a special day,” said Catholic Charities Hawaii president and CEO Jerry Rauckhorst. The gathering of distinguished civic leaders for the dedication of Catholic ...
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Commentary: One solution to chronic homelessness
Friday, April 16, 2010 (381 reads)


There is a growing problem on Oahu that screams for help — homelessness. To find out how big a problem it is, the City and County of Honolulu sent workers ...
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St. Damien Day in Hawaii is now official
Friday, April 16, 2010 (836 reads)


St. Damien Day is now recognized by law in Hawaii. On March 31, in the governors ceremonial office, Lt. Gov. James Duke Aiona announced that Gov. Linda Lingle ...
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Diocesan Road Map to the future: April 16, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010 (893 reads)


Jan. 31 marked the last day of the active solicitation phase of the wildly successful With Grateful Hearts capital campaign. The campaign has now transitioned into the ...
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Healing the pain of abortion, one weekend at a time
Friday, April 16, 2010 (505 reads)


A Rachel’s Vineyard (RV) weekend retreat for spiritual and emotional healing after abortion will take place on May 21-23 at a private retreat center in Honolulu....
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: April 16, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010 (537 reads)


The Diocese of Honolulu will ordain its seventh deacon class in 2015. When was the first class of deacons ordained? a) 1968, b) 1981, c) 1990, d) 1988 ...
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Ask Mason and Teo: April 16, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010 (440 reads)


Hi Mason & Teo, I enjoy reading your column in the Catholic Herald. As Easter approached, my family discussed the many traditions of Easter. One of my ...
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Obitutary: Marianist Father Thomas Hogan
Friday, April 16, 2010 (1068 reads)


Marianist Father Thomas Hogan, who served at Chaminade University of Honolulu as a theology professor and department chairman, university chaplain, dean of ...
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KFVE to show 2 local Damien canonization specials
Friday, April 16, 2010 (547 reads)


KFVE TV will air two documentaries celebrating the canonization of St. Damien on May 8 and 9 to mark his May 10 feast day. ...
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From Waikiki to Kaunakakai, with love
Friday, April 16, 2010 (1216 reads)


The religious education students at Molokai’s St. Damien Parish shouted out their guesses last Wednesday as to how much money Sacred Hearts Father Lane K. ...
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Bishop Larry Silva's Easter Message: April 2, 2010
Friday, April 02, 2010 (500 reads)


Fearful disciples locked themselves away. They were guilty by association with the man who had stirred up so much controversy that he was swiftly and violently put ...
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An Easter story of romance and conversion
Friday, April 02, 2010 (1074 reads)


Immigrating, marrying, joining a new faith. Rey and Lisa Cadag have dealt with these major life changes in the span of a year. When Lisa receives her first ...
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New parish spirit resurrecting from scorched Molokai church
Friday, April 02, 2010 (759 reads)


Kaunakakai’s once cheerfully green Catholic Church on Ala Malama Street, the town’s main drag, now displays a gaping ...
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Two Hawaii missionaries in Chile continue aid to quake victims
Friday, April 02, 2010 (745 reads)


Two Hawaii-born missionary sisters stationed in Chile close to the epicenter of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked the South American coastal nation on Feb. 27, ...
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Diocesan Road Map to the future: April 2, 2010
Friday, April 02, 2010 (340 reads)


Something very exciting is happening at St. John the Baptist parish in Kalihi. People from all over the diocese and from several faith traditions are gathering every week to study ...
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Images of Easter 2010
Friday, April 02, 2010 (477 reads)


Easter photos submitted by readers for publication in the April 2 Hawaii Catholic Herald.
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Diocesan Road Map to the future: April 2, 2010
Friday, April 02, 2010 (562 reads)


Something very exciting is happening at St. John the Baptist parish in Kalihi. People from all over the diocese and from several faith traditions are gathering every week ...
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New Damien documentary to be shown at film festival
Friday, April 02, 2010 (633 reads)


The Honolulu Film Festival will screen a new California-produced documentary about St. Damien at 1:15 p.m., April 25, in the Coral Ballroom Theater of the Hilton Hawaiian Village. ...
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Marianist retreat a family affair at St. Rita Parish in Nanakuli
Friday, April 02, 2010 (732 reads)


Even a tsunami didn’t discourage those who had begun the Marianist Family Retreat on Feb. 20 from returning on March 6 at St. Rita Parish in Nanakuli. Fourteen ...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold's Quiz: April 2, 2010
Friday, April 02, 2010 (567 reads)


What’s the name for the Matins and Lauds services of the Liturgy of the Hours sung on the three nights of Holy Week and marked by the ...
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Bishop Silva to preside at April 11 Divine Mercy event
Friday, April 02, 2010 (529 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva will preside at a Divine Mercy Holy Hour and the Hour of Mercy Prayer and Mass in the afternoon of Divine Mercy Sunday, April 11, the Second ...
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