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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.

Hawaii, Capuchins blessed with new priest
Friday, June 26, 2009 (1090 reads)


Hawaii has a new priest. Marvin Bearis, a big Ewa Beach boy with close-cropped hair and a bushy goatee, dressed in the sandals and the brown hooded robe of the Capuchin Franciscans, the ...
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Diocese offering orientation to its growing set of foreign priests
Friday, June 26, 2009 (369 reads)


Shortly after the diocese ordains one local priest on June 29, it will import five from the Philippines. That’s how it goes in Hawaii. While local clergy have grown scarce, ...
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Diocese sponsoring religious vocation discernment days
Friday, June 26, 2009 (374 reads)


The diocesan Vocations Office is sponsoring two discernment days at St. Stephen Diocesan Center for young people interested in learning more about religious life and ...
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Father Marvin Samiano named as diocese’s new judicial vicar
Friday, June 26, 2009 (684 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva has appointed Father Marvin Samiano as judicial vicar for the Diocese of Honolulu and the director of the Office of Canonical Affairs starting on ...
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A big LIFT!
Friday, June 26, 2009 (807 reads)


As a “mahalo” to all of his hometown supporters, newly ordained priest Capuchin Father Marvin Bearis gave them a big LIFT. With his friends from Boston and ...
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Journey to a canonization: June 26, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009 (774 reads)


Joining the hundreds of Hawaii pilgrims headed to Belgium and Rome in October for Blessed Damien de Veuster’s canonization will be nine Oahu Boy Scouts, who plan to ...
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Maryknoll Sister chants Hawaiian at UN
Friday, June 26, 2009 (424 reads)


The Hawaii Catholic Herald recently received a note from Maryknoll Sister Kathleen Skenyon about former Hawaii Sister Bitrina Kirway who served on a five-member ...
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Photo: Back to the future
Friday, June 26, 2009 (379 reads)


Not much remains in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa after construction work began Monday, June 15, on its renovation. This photo was taken on June 18. Bishop Larry ...
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13 parishes to receive new pastors, administrators
Friday, June 26, 2009 (820 reads)


About 20 percent of Hawaii’s parishes will have new clergy at the helm this summer with a sweeping slate of new priest assignments. Bishop Larry Silva has appointed a ...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: June 26, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009 (353 reads)


On July 1 Father Marvin Samiano will take over what diocesan position? Hint: The job is described by the Catholic Dictionary as “the chief judge and head of the tribunal of a diocese.” a) vicar general, b) vicar forane, c) vicar of Christ, d) judicial vicar ...
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St. Elizabeth parish youth group celebrates 20 years of ministry
Friday, June 26, 2009 (450 reads)


The Young Christian Life youth group at St. Elizabeth Church in Aiea began with a simple belief — that youth were not the church of tomorrow, but rather the church of ...
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Priest gathering to precede Cabico ordination
Friday, June 26, 2009 (309 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva has been turning ordinations into occasions for Hawaii’s priests to get together for a few hours of prayer and share. The ordination of Jon Cabico on ...
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Parish quilters of Manoa to display their handiwork in one-day exhibit
Friday, June 26, 2009 (307 reads)


The “skilled quilters of misty Manoa” — Na Lei Kapa Noeau o Tuahine — will display their wide-ranging handiwork in a one-day exhibit, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., July 18, in St. ...
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Ask Mason and Teo: June 26, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009 (256 reads)


Dear Mason & Teo, Maybe you can help me understand something. Each time I pray the Rosary with my family we recite the Apostles Creed. In the Apostle’s Creed ...
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Photo: Corpus Christi to the streets
Friday, June 26, 2009 (276 reads)


For the third year, Catholics celebrated the Solemnity of Corpus Christi with a Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa followed by an hour-long process from the Kalihi ...
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Meet Jon, soon to be Hawaii’s newest diocesan priest
Friday, June 12, 2009 (688 reads)


Three weeks before his ordination for the Diocese of Honolulu, having completed his seminary studies in Washington, D.C., Jon Cabico was back in Hawaii preparing ...
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Hawaii Catholic Herald wins best in its class
Friday, June 12, 2009 (315 reads)


The Hawaii Catholic Herald took the top newspaper award in its circulation class at the Catholic Media Convention on May 29 in Anaheim, Calif. — first place, General ...
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Two St. Joseph High students write winning essays
Friday, June 12, 2009 (286 reads)


Two students from St. Joseph High School in Hilo have won prizes in the 34th annual Pro Patria Essay Contest sponsored by the Young Men’s Institute, a Catholic ...
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Hilo Right to Life presenting pro-life conference
Friday, June 12, 2009 (303 reads)


The Hilo chapter of Hawaii Right to Life is hosting a conference featuring three national leaders in the pro-life movement, June 26-27, in the St. Joseph School Gym....
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Lay ministers: mark your calendars for a fall retreat
Friday, June 12, 2009 (263 reads)


The summer may just be starting, but those lay parish leaders who like to plan ahead might want to mark their fall calendars with a retreat day: Wednesday, Sept. 30, ...
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Waiting on the Spirit: Big Island young adult retreat
Friday, June 12, 2009 (317 reads)


As the disciples gathered in the upper room to await the descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, 40 Big Island young adults gathered at the Pahala Plantation Cottages on ...
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Diocese picks Maui woman to be development director
Friday, June 12, 2009 (317 reads)


The Diocese of Honolulu has hired a four-year Maui resident to be its full-time development director. Cynthia Lallo, who started on May 25, commutes from the ...
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OBITUARY: Flo McPeek, strength behind the training of Hawaii deacons
Friday, June 12, 2009 (509 reads)


Florence “Flo” McPeek, the retired public school teacher whose calm, optimistic spirit helped shape the newest generation of permanent deacons for the Diocese of ...
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Photo: Oh, the weather outside is frightful ...
Friday, June 12, 2009 (307 reads)


Maryknoll School pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students celebrated the end of the school year with a first-ever Snow Day on June 2. Six tons of shaved ice was ...
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Photo: May crowning in Kahului
Friday, June 12, 2009 (312 reads)


Allie Helm, a resident of Hale Makua nursing home in Kahului, crowns a statue of Our Blessed Mother during the recitation of the rosary on May 19. She is assisted by ...
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Ask Mason & Teo: June 12, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009 (288 reads)


Dear Mason & Teo, My cousin is an ordained minister at an Episcopal Church. She does what the priest does in the Catholic Church. Why can’t women be priests in the ...
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Photo: Learning about Damien
Friday, June 12, 2009 (322 reads)


Sacred Hearts Sister Mary Dolorine Pires, center, gave members of the Missionary Basic Christian Community (MBCC) of Hawaii-Renew a presentation on Blessed ...
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First young adult Connection Day for central Oahu is June 20
Friday, June 12, 2009 (284 reads)


The theme of the first Central Oahu Vicariate Young Adult Connection Day, Saturday, June 20, at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Parish in Mililani, is “Here I ...
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God, sex and the universal longing
Friday, June 12, 2009 (457 reads)


Theology of the Body, Pope John Paul II’s teachings on human sexuality, broke free from theological text books on May 29 and 30 when nationally known speaker ...
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Photo: Hispanic community Confirmation
Friday, June 12, 2009 (314 reads)


At the Spanish-language Mass for the Hispanic Catholic Community at St. John the Baptist Parish in Kalihi, Bishop Larry Silva confirmed Aldo and Oscar Zambrano, ...
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The rebirth of Mother Marianne, in bronze
Friday, June 12, 2009 (559 reads)


A year ago, Hawaii’s Sisters of St. Francis picked Sister of St. Francis Rosaire Kopczenski, a New York artist and sculptor and fellow Franciscan, to create a public statue of Blessed Marianne Cope to grace the Honolulu ...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: June 12, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009 (316 reads)


The word breviary comes from the Latin word brevis, meaning short. What is a breviary? a) name for a shortened Mass with minimal singing, b) the book containing the Divine Office (Liturgy of the Hours) used by clergy, c) a nickname given to a an unusually brief papal term, d) a small chalice ...
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Another opportunity to run, walk for vocations
Friday, June 12, 2009 (266 reads)


Hawaii Catholics are invited to another “AKUA Run/Walk for Vocations” race. This time on the Big Island — the Kona Marathon & Family Fun Run in Kailua-Kona, ...
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Two St. Joseph High students write winning essays
Friday, June 12, 2009 (247 reads)


Two students from St. Joseph High School in Hilo have won prizes in the 34th annual Pro Patria Essay Contest sponsored by the Young Men’s Institute, a Catholic ...
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Class photos: Congratulations to the Class of 2009, Hawaii Catholic High Schools
Friday, June 12, 2009 (357 reads)


Photos of the 2009 graduating classes of Hawaii Catholic High Schools
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Diocesan Road Map to the future: June 12, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009 (402 reads)


It has been a little over a year since “Witness to Jesus: Diocesan Road Map for Pastoral, Program, and Facility Needs 2008-2013” was published. Less time has ...
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YLI’s grand president to make official Hawaii visit
Friday, June 12, 2009 (307 reads)


Young Ladies’ Institute grand president Joan Vandehey of Salem, Ore., will make her official visit to Hawaii in June. While here she’ll visit the Kaneohe institute, Ana ...
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