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IT’S LENT: Keaton Hicks receives ashes at the end of the 7 p.m. Ash Wednesday Mass at St. George Parish in Waimanalo on Feb. 17 with the help of his brother Mario Kaluhiokalani holding aside his hair.

Aloha, welcome to Malia Puka O Kalani
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (48 reads)


Don’t expect to slip in and out at Mass at Malia Puka O Kalani Parish. If you’re a visitor you won’t go unnoticed at the small parish in Keaukaha on the Big Island. In ...

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Hawaii sees increase in those to be baptized at Easter
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (59 reads)


The number of catechumens who will be baptized in Hawaii this Easter vigil is 219, up 26 from last year. While not a huge increase, it is the highest figure in a five-year ...

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Groundbreaking St. Louis principal ‘excited at possibilities’
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (47 reads)


Patricia Hamamoto started off her first day as principal of St. Louis School on Feb. 22 with the early arrival — shortly after 6 a.m. — that’s typical of a hard-working ...

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Parishes in and out of tsunami zones go with the flow
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (49 reads)


While the large tsunami waves predicted to hit Hawaiian coastlines Feb. 27 turned out to be much smaller and left no damage, local Catholics took the threat seriously. ...

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Saddle crosses: Big Isle cowboy crafts symbols for fellow riders
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (180 reads)


AHUALOA, Hawaii -- Attend any Big Island rodeo and you will see small leather crosses attached to the saddles of many of the riders. Each cross — a simple, durable profession of ...

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Two Hawaii-born missionary sisters in Chile reported fine
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (44 reads)


Two island-born sisters serving as missionaries in Chile survived the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that devastated the coastal city of Conception on Feb. 26 and are safe, ...

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OBITUARY: Christian Brother ‘Pat’ Rowland
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (73 reads)


Longtime Damien Memorial School teacher, Christian Brother Thomas Patrick Rowland, who also spent many years as a substance abuse counselor, died in ...

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Ask Mason and Teo: : March 5, 2010
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (34 reads)


Dear Mason & Teo, I am part of a Bible study group where the leader picks someone to pray. I don’t know how to pray aloud and I am afraid the leader may ...

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Photo: An answer for Mrs. Toguchi
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (38 reads)


Audrey Toguchi, whose cancer cure was the second miracle needed for St. Damien’s canonization, gets an answer to a question about the saint from a Maryknoll School fourth ...

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Diocesan Road Map to the future: March 5, 2010
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (28 reads)


Lent is a special time of year for Christians, an opportunity for a kind of spiritual checkup. Through practices such as fasting, abstinence from meat, additional ...

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‘Rachel’ retreat for women who have had an abortion
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (30 reads)


Rachel’s Vineyard, a psychological and spiritual healing ministry for women who have had an abortion, is offering a weekend retreat May 21-23, at a private Honolulu ...

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St. Ann Parish offers two Lenten spiritual opportunities
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (33 reads)


St. Ann Parish in Kaneohe is offering two special Lenten opportunities for its parishioners — and anyone else — who want to prepare their hearts and minds for ...

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Single & ready to mingle?
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (27 reads)


St. Augustine Parish in Waikiki is starting a singles group. And if you’re over 25 and single, divorced or widowed they’re looking for you. The plan is for the group to meet ...

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New church in Kona to include some of the old
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (34 reads)


When the new St. Michael Church is built in Kailua-Kona, it will contain elements of the 160-year old structure it is replacing — stained glass windows, lava rock, an 1853 ...

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OBITUARY: Jesuit Father Donald Merrifield
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (81 reads)


To a group of homeless folks living in Ala Moana Park, he was not someone with a PhD from MIT, or a former president of a large west coast university, or even a ...

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Enrichment Day offers 6 workshops
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (24 reads)


The Big Island’s West Hawaii Vicariate is offering six workshops on topics ranging from Scripture to domestic violence for its Enrichment Day, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., ...

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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: March 5, 2010
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (37 reads)


1. Lent: On Friday, March 19 this year you won’t have to abstain from meat as you would a typical Friday of Lent. Why? a) It’s St. Patrick’s Day and bishops have given a special dispensation that day....

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Photo: Help for Haiti
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (72 reads)


Iwie Tamashiro, Hawaii representative for Catholic Relief Services accepts a $5,200 check from Sacred Hearts Academy on behalf of the aid agency for the Haiti ...

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Photo: Signing up
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (31 reads)


Cynthia Taylor, pastoral associate at St. Michael Parish in Kailua-Kona, helps young fellow parishioner Luke Friels sign the Book of the Elect at the Big Island’s Rite of ...

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Our Lady of Manaoag devotion to be celebrated in Waipahu
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (103 reads)


The Feast of Our Lady of Manaoag, a 500-year-old devotion to the Blessed Mother from northern Philippines, will be celebrated with a Mass and fiesta on April 24 at St. ...

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Catholic Women’s Guild ending year celebrating history
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (34 reads)


As the Catholic Women Guild’s sesquicentennial anniversary year draws to a close, it seems appropriate to honor the memory of the Guild’s founder, Anna Louisa Gibbons ...

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Diocese organizing Filipino priests association
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (33 reads)


Father Peter Dumag, the diocesan director of vocations, is inviting all “priests of Filipino heritage” working in Hawaii to join the newly formed Filipino Priests ...

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Bishop encourages island Catholics to experience a Chrism Mass
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (106 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva is encouraging island Catholics to experience a rich and distinctive annual liturgical event next month, at which he blesses the sacred oils used in ...

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Bishop seeks to fill 6 spots on pastoral council
Thursday, March 04, 2010 (32 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva sent a letter to pastors last month seeking nominations to fill six vacancies on the 16-member Diocesan Pastoral Council, a group of bishop’s ...

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Fire destroys St. Sophia, Kaunakakai’s main church
Thursday, February 18, 2010 (166 reads)


“The church is on fire.” The word spread quickly over Molokai by phone the night of Feb. 11, but not quick enough to save the 73-year-old St. Sophia Church in Kaunakakai....

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The Priestly Fraternity of Molokai visits island for the first time
Thursday, February 18, 2010 (151 reads)


No member of the Priestly Fraternity of Molokai had ever been there. Until last month. Father Thierry de Roucy and Father Gonzague Leroux visited the Hawaii Catholic ...

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A meal without meat ...
Thursday, February 18, 2010 (235 reads)


While stuffing yourself for Lent may seem contradictory to the spirit of the season, the Hawaii Catholic Herald encourages diocesan staff to do that every year. We ...

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Diocese welcomes four priests from elsewhere to serve here
Thursday, February 18, 2010 (114 reads)


Hawaii gained four new priests in the last few months, one from South Korea, one from Colombia, and two from the mainland. Arriving from the Archdiocese of Medellin ...

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Tiny St. Joseph, Hilo, on verge of hoop greatness
Thursday, February 18, 2010 (84 reads)


As if inspired by the diminutive biblical hero who slew the giant Goliath through the grace of God, Hilo’s tiny St. Joseph School has been playing the role of David ...

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Ask Mason and Teo: Feb. 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010 (83 reads)


Hi Mason & Teo, I have heard about your column and I am a baptized Catholic. I go to Word of Life Church with my girlfriend who is a born-again Christian. She ...

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Strengthening marriage, families focus of first-time forum
Thursday, February 18, 2010 (80 reads)


Help for every potential stage of a married life — engagement, wedding, kids, marital difficulties, widowhood, divorce — could be found in one room on Feb. 6 when ...

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Marianist Lay Communities members commit, recommit
Thursday, February 18, 2010 (76 reads)


Although the Marianist Brothers and Priests have been in Hawaii more than 125 years, the Marianist Lay Communities (MLC) have grown rapidly the last few years.

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Volunteer hospital visitors bring Christ to Honolulu patients
Thursday, February 18, 2010 (79 reads)


“I look at the hospital visitors as being like the Marines hitting the beach,” said former Army chaplain Father Paul Smith. “They give me a general idea of where the ...

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Diocesan Road Map to the future: Feb. 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010 (68 reads)


The continuing tales of Stanislaus and Kimo of S and K Construction, general contractors, bring to life a real story using fictional names and places....

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Kailua parish welcoming Catholics home
Thursday, February 18, 2010 (69 reads)


St. Anthony Parish in Kailua is holding a “Welcoming Catholics Home” re-acquaintance gathering for both inactive Catholics seeking answers about ...

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Family retreat program expands to parishes
Thursday, February 18, 2010 (69 reads)


Eight families attending the Marianist Family Retreat, Jan. 23-24, on the Chaminade/Saint Louis Campus participated in age-appropriate activities for ...

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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Feb 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010 (95 reads)


Which of the following is not one of the three ranks of cardinals? a) Cardinal deacons, b) Cardinal priests, c) Cardinal vicars, d) Cardinal bishops ...

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Catholic school educators praised, encouraged at annual conference
Thursday, February 18, 2010 (69 reads)


Creative congratulations, a call for further evangelization, and a hot topic discussion of cyberbullying converged this year at Oahu’s Annual Catholic Conference for ...

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20 join lay community in Wailuku
Thursday, February 18, 2010 (81 reads)


Twenty members of St. Anthony Parish in Wailuku made their commitment to the Marianist Lay Community on Jan. 26 during a 5 p.m. Mass celebrated by Marianist ...

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Photo: Remember when that Swiss Guard …
Thursday, February 18, 2010 (71 reads)


Jessica Anderson, Barbara Okamoto and David Villagomez share a laugh at a mahalo celebration Feb. 5 hosted by Bishop Larry Silva for those who helped in the ...

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