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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.

Heading Down Under: preparing for World Youth Day in Sydney
Friday, August 24, 2007 (914 reads)


Though World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia, isn’t until next July, Hawaii parishes have been organizing groups, fundraising, and planning their trips to the Land Down ...
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Bishop Larry Silva's liturgy catechesis: Lesson 1
Friday, August 24, 2007 (1033 reads)


Sunday after Sunday, year after year, Catholics have come together to celebrate the Mass. This weekly gathering of the community is a hallmark of the Church. From ...
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Former classmates arrested while Hawaii priest visits China
Friday, August 24, 2007 (511 reads)


Recently ordained Hawaii priest Father Dong Min Paul Li had been visiting his family in China in July when he learned of the arrest there of three priests of the ...
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Letters to the Herald: Aug. 24, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007 (461 reads)


I am a bit delinquent in my reading. I just caught up with Anna Weaver’s very enjoyable May 18, article in the Hawaii Catholic Herald, “The Story of the Statue.”...
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New ecumenical officer optimistic about inter-religious dialogue
Friday, August 24, 2007 (1056 reads)


Father William Kunisch expressed enthusiasm and optimism recently over his new job as the diocesan Ecumenical and Interfaith Officer, a position which involves ...
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A school year begun in mourning: Remembering two educators
Friday, August 24, 2007 (1039 reads)


St. Joseph School in Waipahu opened the new academic year in mourning. Two popular members of the faculty, a fifth grade teacher and the assistant principal, died ...
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Two decades of ‘deaconing’ recalled
Friday, August 24, 2007 (581 reads)


Five permanent deacons and their wives from the third diaconate class of the Diocese of Honolulu celebrated their 20th anniversary of ordination last month with four ...
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Calendar Briefs: Aug. 24, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007 (463 reads)


Four candidates of the Third Order of Mary, Marist Society, will be professed during the 7:25 a.m. Mass on Sept. 8 at Star of the Sea Church. The pastor and the group’s spiritual ...
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8 questions for … Father Peter Dumag
Friday, August 24, 2007 (868 reads)


Welcome to “8 questions for Father,” a new Hawaii Catholic Herald column offering a glimpse at another side of our island priests....
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Notre Dame Sisters who taught here mark 50-year jubilees
Friday, August 24, 2007 (537 reads)


Three Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur with ties to the Diocese of Honolulu were among 12 who celebrated anniversaries of the entrance into religious life at a Mass of ...
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Serra Club hosting dinner for Hawaii priests
Friday, August 24, 2007 (498 reads)


The Serra Club of Honolulu will host all priests in Hawaii at a gala appreciation dinner at the Hale Koa Hotel, 6 p.m., on Sept. 6...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold's Quiz: Aug. 24, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007 (500 reads)


Labor Day is Sept. 3. Who wrote the encyclical “Laborem Exercens” (“On Human Work”)?
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OBITUARY: Deacon George Kagehiro
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 (873 reads)


George K. Kagehiro, a deacon for the Diocese of Honolulu for the past 12 years, died Thursday, Aug. 16 at Straub Medical Center. The day before, he collapsed and hit his ...
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‘Bringing your family back home’
Friday, August 10, 2007 (584 reads)


The names, beautifully written in large swirling black script by the nib of a nineteenth century pen, offer no hint of the stern statute that put them in that big ...
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Church and scouting a rewarding partnership
Friday, August 10, 2007 (624 reads)


August 1 marked the 100th anniversary of Scouting. The worldwide youth movement began in England in 1907. Three years later it came to America, and soon ...
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Focus group discusses ways to welcome gays in the church
Friday, August 10, 2007 (586 reads)


A group of about 20 people gathered at St. Augustine Church in Waikiki on July 25 for what may have been a first time event — a focus group sponsored by the Diocese ...
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Chaminade names new dean of natural sciences
Friday, August 10, 2007 (558 reads)


Chaminade University of Honolulu has appointed Dr. Helen Turner, the associate director of research at Queen’s Medical Center, as its new dean of natural sciences ...
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Song and praise open three-day Hawaii charismatic conference
Friday, August 10, 2007 (583 reads)


Charismatic renewal Catholics from across the islands and a handful from the Mainland joyfully gathered at St. Philomena Church in Salt Lake, Aug. 3-5, for the ...
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OBITUARY: Marianist Brother Clarence Chew
Friday, August 10, 2007 (548 reads)


The first Chinese-American Marianist, Hawaii-born Brother Clarence Chew, whose 65 years in religious life took him from Saint Louis School in Honolulu to missionary ...
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Two Maryknoll sisters with Hawaii ties mark 25 years in religious life
Friday, August 10, 2007 (521 reads)


Two Maryknoll Sisters with Hawaii ties celebrated their 25th anniversary of religious life on July 29 at the Maryknoll motherhouse in upstate New York....
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Aug. 10, 2007
Friday, August 10, 2007 (495 reads)


A wealthy wife and mother, this saint (U.S. feast day: Aug. 18) became a nun at 45 when she founded the Congregation of the Visitation with St. ...
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8 questions for Father ... Gary Colton
Friday, August 10, 2007 (588 reads)


Welcome to “8 questions for Father,” a new Hawaii Catholic Herald column offering a glimpse at another side of our island priests....
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OBITUARY: Sacred Hearts Father Paul Zegers
Friday, August 10, 2007 (694 reads)


Sacred Hearts Father Paul Zegers, the Belgian missionary who spent 55 years in Hawaii serving in parishes on four islands, died on July 25 in Honolulu. He was 84 ...
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The new vicars forane
Friday, August 10, 2007 (604 reads)


The Diocese of Honolulu’s recently appointed vicars forane (regional vicars) gathered for a group picture after a presbyteral council meeting on Aug. 2 at St. Stephen ...
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Calendar: Aug. 10-23
Friday, August 10, 2007 (524 reads)


AUGUST 10, FRIDAY: St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr; on this date in 1984, Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario welcomes the Capuchin Franciscans to serve in Hawaii...
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