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Diocese applauds governor’s veto of civil union bill: Above, opponents of the civil unions bill, gathered outside Gov. Linda Lingle’s office on the fifth floor of the state capitol building on July 6, raise their hands in prayer shortly after learning that the governor had vetoed the bill. Read story.

‘This is where my faith has led me’
Friday, March 21, 2008 (15045 reads)


 
When former state representative David Pendleton receives his First Communion and Confirmation this Easter Vigil at St. John Vianney Church in Kailua, he will be ...
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52 Confirmation ceremonies this year
Friday, March 21, 2008 (479 reads)


The diocese will celebrate 52 Confirmation ceremonies this year. Bishop Larry Silva will preside at all the neighbor island Masses and several of the Oahu ones, 37 total. ...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold's quiz: March 21, 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008 (511 reads)


Dear Quizters, If you’re like me, you can’t wait to sing Alleluia’s in church again. To celebrate the Easter season, here's an all Holy Week/Easter-themed quiz. Oh happy ...
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Photo: Saturday service
Friday, March 21, 2008 (497 reads)


Twenty Soroptimist members lent a helping hand staffing the Franciscan Adult Day Center in Manoa all day March 1, providing the meals, snacks, entertainment, ...
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Bishop Silva’s liturgical catechesis: March 21, 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008 (466 reads)


The Lord’s Prayer may be sung or recited, but its text should not be altered.
While the custom of holding hands during the Lord’s Prayer is practiced in some...
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Diocese hosting study tour of Orthodox, Coptic churches
Friday, March 21, 2008 (448 reads)


The Ecumenical/Interfaith Commission of the Diocese of Honolulu will host an ecumenical study tour of the Sunday liturgies of three churches, two Orthodox and ...
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Bishop Larry Silva's 2008 Easter message
Friday, March 21, 2008 (423 reads)


The risen Jesus traveled with two disciples on the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus, though they did not recognize him until he sat down to break bread with them. The ...
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Bishop to preside at Divine Mercy Mass
Friday, March 21, 2008 (505 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva will preside at the Feast of Divine Mercy Mass at 3 p.m., March 30, the Second Sunday of Easter, at Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala....
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First deacon class to celebrate with jubilarians
Friday, March 21, 2008 (476 reads)


Five permanent deacons who celebrated their 25th anniversary two years ago will be added to the 21 men and women who will be honored at the Jubilee Celebration for ...
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Photos: Church’s “cosmetic counter”
Friday, March 21, 2008 (616 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva in his homily at this year’s Chrism Mass on Oahu, March 13, called the tables with baskets of holy oil sitting to one side of the Co-Cathedral of St. ...
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Photo: Palm Sunday preparations
Friday, March 21, 2008 (575 reads)


Every year members of the Samoan Choir at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu decorate the church for Palm Sunday services. From left, Manuele Sale, ...
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Damien portrait by paralyzed artist, student assistants unveiled
Friday, March 21, 2008 (630 reads)


A mixed-media portrait of Blessed Damien de Veuster, created by local artist Peggy Chun with the help of Hawaii Catholic grade school students and an artist from ...
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St. Francis Healthcare names two new executives
Friday, March 07, 2008 (658 reads)


St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii last month appointed two new key executives. Jerry Correa Jr. has been named the Chief Administrator of Administrative Services ...
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Mana‘olana March 7, 2008: Top 10 List
Friday, March 07, 2008 (562 reads)


We all have questions about our faith — but we might not have time to get the answers from our pastors or other ministers. The solution to fulfill that burning desire ...
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Visiting speaker asks: cathedrals or casinos?
Friday, March 07, 2008 (621 reads)


“What influences us more: our faith or our culture?” “Are we believers or consumers?” “Cathedrals or casinos?” These were some of the questions posed by ...
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A cross, a darkened room, a time for healing and forgiveness
Friday, March 07, 2008 (1141 reads)


On the evening of Feb. 26, 40 people congregated in the darkened chapel of the University Catholic Center at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. The space was lit ...
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Maryknoll Sister Grace Dorothy Lim, 1926-2008
Friday, March 07, 2008 (1079 reads)


Maryknoll Sister Grace Dorothy Lim, an influential force in the diocese over the past three decades whose work in a variety of ministries helped shape the church in ...
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Mana‘olana March 7, 2008: Words of wisdom
Friday, March 07, 2008 (624 reads)


“Keep your heart very wide to receive in it all sorts of crosses and resignations or ...
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Natural family planning classes go color, digital, online
Friday, March 07, 2008 (667 reads)


Veteran Hawaii natural family planning teachers Ed and Betty Cody now have new, full-color interactive materials to enliven their classroom presentations....
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Mana‘olana March 7, 2008: Ask Mason & Teo
Friday, March 07, 2008 (545 reads)


Hi Mason & Teo, Recently, my friend and her boyfriend decided to enroll in RCIA. Praise God, since they are not active, nor attend Mass. However, in an interview with the director of ...
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Catholics ‘leading the charge’ for Kona transitional housing
Friday, March 07, 2008 (917 reads)


The Kailua-Kona area may be a popular tourist destination nicknamed “the Gold Coast,” but for the many Big Island residents who cannot afford to live in the area, ...
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Diocese to celebrate the anniversaries of 21 Hawaii clergy and religious
Friday, March 07, 2008 (721 reads)


The diocese is celebrating the 60th, 50th, and 25th anniversaries of 21 Hawaii priests and religious brothers and sisters at the Jubilee Celebration for Clergy and Religious, ...
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Mana'olana March 7, 2008: Ministry seeks to set young hearts ‘On Fire’
Friday, March 07, 2008 (623 reads)


It’s hard to get “cool” high schoolers to dance around, sing and clap their hands, especially in church. But it’s hard to resist the enthusiasm of the young adults of ...
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Why is Easter so early this year? Blame it on the moon
Friday, March 07, 2008 (2889 reads)


Why is Easter (March 23) so early this year? Blame it on the moon. Specifically, blame it on the Paschal moon. Last year, Easter was April 8. Next year, it will be April 12....
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Mana‘olana March 7, 2008: Saints under 35
Friday, March 07, 2008 (631 reads)


Army chaplain Emil J. Kapaun was born in Pilsen, Kansas, in the Diocese of Wichita, on Holy Thursday, April 20, 1916. Ordained a diocesan priest, he entered the U.S. ...
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Bishop wants Hawaii Catholics to give generously to Good Friday Collection
Friday, March 07, 2008 (617 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva is urging Hawaii Catholics to be generous in this year’s international Good Friday Collection for the Holy Land....
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Big Island administrator returns to home diocese in Philippines
Friday, March 07, 2008 (679 reads)


Father Anastacio “Jun” Postrano, recent administrator of St. Benedict Church in Honaunau on the Big Island, is returning to his home diocese in the Philippines this ...
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Big Isle youth to be ‘refugees’ for a day
Friday, March 07, 2008 (576 reads)


More than 150 young people on the Big Island will live like refugees in south Kona for one day this weekend. It’s a twist on Big Island Youth Day, a Lenten retreat and ...
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John and Kathleen Coughlin are the new directors of deacon formation
Friday, March 07, 2008 (642 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva has appointed Deacon John Coughlin and his wife Kathleen as directors of the Permanent Deacon Formation Program which will train the next ...
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Correction in the uses of holy oils
Friday, March 07, 2008 (624 reads)


A Feb. 22 Hawaii Catholic Herald story about Chrism Masses contained some old, and no longer accurate, information on the uses of the church’s holy oils....
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Chaminade invites Sister Joan Chittister for lecture
Friday, March 07, 2008 (995 reads)


Chaminade University of Honolulu has invited author and commentator Benedictine Sister Joan Chittister as the next presenter in its Mackey Lecture series. She will speak ...
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CALENDAR BRIEFS
Friday, March 07, 2008 (603 reads)


The St. Vincent de Paul Society will hold a 2-day spiritual retreat focused on helping the poor, March 29-30 at St. John Vianney Parish in Kailua. The retreat, called ...
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Mana‘olana March 7, 2008: BIYAC ‘08
Friday, March 07, 2008 (613 reads)


Need your spiritual eyes checked? Come to the Big Island Young Adult Connection — the theme “Open Your Eyes and Realize!” — April 4, 5, 6, at St. John the Baptist ...
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Young Ladies Institute official visits, chicken sale
Friday, March 07, 2008 (639 reads)


When Young Ladies Institute district deputy Laverne Lei Chow made her official visit to Ana Malia Institute No. 208 on Jan. 28 at St. Ann Parish Center in Kaneohe, the ...
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Mana‘olana March 7, 2008: Take a stand
Friday, March 07, 2008 (598 reads)


Take your beliefs to the road. Bring your car registration and current license plates to any Department of Motor Vehicles and order your “Choose Life” plates for $30.50. ...
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Bishop urges support of CRS efforts in Kenya
Friday, March 07, 2008 (600 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva is asking island Catholics to support Catholic Relief Services efforts in violence-torn Kenya. Hundreds have died and nearly 200,000 displaced ...
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Filipino Catholic Club to conduct St. Joseph novena
Friday, March 07, 2008 (684 reads)


St. Elizabeth, Aiea, Filipino Catholic Club will conduct a nine-day novena in honor of St. Joseph the Laborer, 7 p.m., March 7-15 in the church hall in room 5 and at other ...
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Sacred Hearts Congregation welcomes 5 new associates
Friday, March 07, 2008 (614 reads)


The Hawaii Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary on Feb. 10 welcomed five “associates,” lay persons who share in the mission and ministry of the ...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: March 7, 2008
Friday, March 07, 2008 (571 reads)


Each year on Palm Sunday (this year on March 16), people process along the same path that Jesus once traveled to the Old ...
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Photo: Mass for scouts
Friday, March 07, 2008 (632 reads)


During Scout Sunday Mass on Feb. 24 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu, Cub Scout Jarrett Stickney, 8, of Holy Family Catholic Academy’s Pack ...
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Photo: Here kitty, kitty ...
Friday, March 07, 2008 (650 reads)


Blessed Sacrament Father John Keenan tries to placate a hungry dancing lion with an envelope of money at the Chinese Catholic Ministry’s Chinese New Year ...
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