Maui’s Catholic community remains steadfast in faith and unity as recovery from last year’s wildfires continues By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Half a year ago, disaster struck the island of Maui as fires spread through Lahaina and Kula, leaving a trail of destruction and killing at least 101 people. For many, the trauma still […]
Men’s ministry offers spiritual support, brotherhood
By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Men who want to grow in their faith, and who desire to answer the call of the Holy Spirit to become the men they were created to be, now have the support of a new ministry in the Diocese of Honolulu. Catholic Men’s Fellowship of Hawaii (CMFH) is a […]
Through Dann’s lens Here are photos by freelance photographer Dann Ebina chronicling a busy month in the diocese. In the running Father Victor Diolata, left, parochial vicar of Mary, Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala, stood with Akua Run for Vocations participants before the Great Aloha Run on Feb. 19 in downtown Honolulu […]
241 to be baptized this year at Easter Vigils across the diocese
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald On March 30, at Easter Vigil liturgies in churches across the islands, 241 catechumens will be baptized, a 10% increase from the year before. The catechumens, also called the elect, will make public their intention to receive the three sacraments of initiation — Baptism, Confirmation and first Eucharist […]
Aloha
By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald What does a diocese do when the editor of its award-winning newspaper announces his retirement after four decades on the job? That’s the situation the Diocese of Honolulu faced last year when Hawaii Catholic Herald editor Patrick Downes made official his plan to retire at the end […]
Newman Center keeps lease after Saint Francis Manoa property is sold
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish will remain at its present location on the mauka end of the University of Hawaii at Manoa at least for another 12 years. The fate of the parish had been up in the air ever since the Sisters of St. Francis of the […]
8 receive service awards at annual educators conference
By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Years of hard work and dedication in the Catholic Schools of Hawaii were recognized at this year’s Annual Catholic Conference of Educators on Feb. 2. The conference opened with a Mass at St. Patrick Church in Honolulu. The church was overflowing with teachers and students, including the guests of […]
Guest speaker to address synodality
Visiting lecturer Jesuit Father Joseph McHugh will speak 6-7:30 p.m., Feb. 20, at the Newman Center on “Synodality: encountering, listening and discerning.” Father Mc-Hugh’s presentation will review the history of recent synods in the church and the evolution from clergy-only participants to Pope Paul VI’s 1964 encyclical “Ecclesium Suam” that stated that dialogue must […]
Marianist talk on God, democracy
The next presenter in the Marianist Lecture Series at Chaminade University’s Mystical Rose Oratory is a national leader in Catholic education. Award-winning lecturer and writer Steve Neiheisel will speak on “God and Democracy: Catholic Perspectives on the American Experiment,” at 4 p.m. Feb. 18 in the oratory on the university campus. Neiheisel served as […]
Maui lines up a full slate of Eucharistic Revival activities
By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Are we Catholics really engaged and open to the holy sacrifice of the Mass offered to us and for us Sunday after Sunday? Are we aware of the love and desire Jesus has for us to be in union with him? Do we no longer recognize the true […]
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