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New priest enables separation of conjoined Maui parishes
Friday, November 27, 2009 (920 reads)


The arrival of a priest from the Philippines has allowed two north shore Maui parishes to have their own live-in pastors for the first time in 14 years. Holy Rosary ...
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Old Kauai plantation church quietly closes its doors forever
Friday, November 27, 2009 (944 reads)


One of the diocese’s more unusual churches, St. Joseph Mission in Kaumakani, Kauai, was closed by its pastor, La Salette Father Danilo Galang, with a last Mass on ...
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Bishop’s new assistant operates at ‘diocese’s highest levels’
Friday, November 27, 2009 (832 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva has a new go-to person with his appointment on Oct. 19 of Joy Bulosan as his administrative assistant. Bulosan is no stranger to the diocesan ...
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Sacred Hearts Academy receives sprout from saint’s hala tree
Friday, November 27, 2009 (867 reads)


Sacred Hearts Academy celebrated a few of its own unique connections to St. Damien during a school Mass in the gym on Nov. 6. A special plant, a song, a hula, a banner and a graduate ...
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Former Ewa Beach resident takes final vows as a Marianist
Friday, November 27, 2009 (1092 reads)


Brother Dennis Bautista, formerly of Ewa Beach, made his perpetual vows in the Society of Mary (Marianists) during Mass on Oct. 24 at Our Lady of Guadalupe ...
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Ask Mason and Teo: Nov. 27, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009 (505 reads)


Hello Mason & Teo, I heard the pope was granting plenary indulgences for those that went to pray before St. Damien’s relic. What’s an indulgence? ...
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Bishop Larry Silva’s Thanksgiving message: Nov. 27, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009 (467 reads)


Thanksgiving Day is a special time to remember the blessings we have received from God, so that we can be more thankful people every day. The reasons for having ...
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Five make professions as Secular Franciscans
Friday, November 27, 2009 (938 reads)


Oahu’s Secular Franciscans welcomed five new members into its Fraternity of Blessed Mother Marianne Cope on Nov. 17 in the St. Francis of Assisi Chapel at ...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Nov. 27, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009 (616 reads)


In what country is there a long-tradition of celebrating Advent by having bagpipers play, often at Nativity scenes or parading ...
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Photo: Vietnamese martyrs Mass
Friday, November 27, 2009 (1393 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva celebrates Mass in honor of the Feast of the Holy Vietnamese Martyrs with the Vietnamese Catholic Community on Nov. 8 at the Co-Cathedral of ...
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Big Isle conference at Kalaepohaku brightens Oahu
Friday, November 27, 2009 (1232 reads)


BILAC (Big Island Liturgy and Arts Conference), Nov. 5-7, once again impressed its participants as it held forth for a second year in its new home on the Marianists’ ...
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Scrub Bucket Ministries offering Advent reflection
Friday, November 27, 2009 (442 reads)


Maxine Pollock’s Scrub Bucket Gospel Ministries presents “Holy Spirit,” an Advent morning reflection, 8:30-noon on Saturday, Dec. 5, at St. Stephen’s Diocesan Center. It ...
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Holy Cross Church: celebrating 100 years of service on Kauai
Friday, November 27, 2009 (883 reads)


Early in the evening of Sept. 13 last year, La Salette Father Edison Pamintuan celebrated an outdoor Mass at the foot of the Cross of Calvary, statues depicting the ...
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Lahaina parish sponsoring pro-life speaker
Friday, November 27, 2009 (421 reads)


Father Peter West of Priests for Life will speak at Masses this weekend at Maria Lanakila Parish in Lahaina. He will also offer an hour-and-a-half pro-life workshop ...
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Diocesan Road Map to the future: Nov. 27, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009 (570 reads)


Has anyone ever told you that you were or are their mentor? Have you wondered what you did to merit this distinction or what mentoring is all about?...
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St. Theresa’s pine is city’s Christmas tree
Friday, November 27, 2009 (590 reads)


Honolulu Hale’s Christmas tree is a Catholic tree this year. The 65-foot Norfolk pine that will be the focal point of the annual Honolulu City Lights decorations and activities ...
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Prayers to Damien lead to gift of life
Friday, November 27, 2009 (534 reads)


Several years ago a young woman from Hawaii benefited wonderfully from Father Damien’s (now St. Damien) intercessory prayer. The young woman, Shirley, was ...
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Annual charity walk delivers $4,000 to Catholic Charities’ immigrant program
Friday, November 27, 2009 (528 reads)


Catholic Charities Hawaii received $4,000 for its General Immigrant Services Program thanks to the 31st Annual Visitor Industry Charity Walk. The agency will ...
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Hawaii Catholic Herald Advent Calendar 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009 (330 reads)


Special Hawaii Catholic Herald Advent feature: Scritural calendar counts down to Christmas
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St. Damien’s relic takes Kalaupapa trail for final Molokai visit
Friday, November 13, 2009 (1373 reads)


The sky was clear, the breeze gentle, the view postcard-perfect and the path twisting as eight Molokai residents and two Damien Memorial School students made their ...
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Kalaupapa offers a personal tribute to a personal saint
Friday, November 13, 2009 (571 reads)


The Father Damien canonization celebration ended where it all began, in Kalawao. The Kalaupapa community paid its own personal tribute to its own personal saint with a Mass and a luau on Nov. 7. ...
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Parish News Damien Relic Special Page
Friday, November 13, 2009 (881 reads)


HAWI: Sacred Heart Parish -- St. Damien’s relic arrived in Kohala on a beautiful rainy day, welcomed by parishioners on Kohala Mountain Road. A motorcade proceeded to Halawa to visit ...
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Belgian cardinal reflects on a countryman’s sainthood
Friday, November 13, 2009 (931 reads)


Cardinal Godfried Danneels, Belgium’s most prominent Catholic churchman, gazed quietly out over the dark blue Pacific Ocean at the end of the road in Kalawao ...
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HOMILY: Cardinal Godfried Danneels
Friday, November 13, 2009 (481 reads)


We are gathered together at an important place in the life of a newly canonized saint: Saint Father Damien. It was here (in Hawaii) that Damien was ordained a priest of ...
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Royal welcome: Hawaii’s saint is honored in liturgy and tribute
Friday, November 13, 2009 (1029 reads)


The jubilation on Nov. 1 that ushered the relic of St. Damien back to the city where he was ordained was open to everyone — civic leaders, other faiths, children, people ...
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A vision and a valley: From orphanage to retreat center
Friday, November 13, 2009 (1243 reads)


Early one morning, 100 years ago — on Sept. 29, feast of St. Michael the Archangel — 68-year-old Mother Marie Lawrence, superior of the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts Fort ...
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Photo: Extra-special audience
Friday, November 13, 2009 (538 reads)


Pope Benedict XVI greets, from right, Holy Trinity School teacher Christine Matsukawa, Holy Trinity students Lorrin Baptista and Mark Giron, and teacher ...
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Lisa Gomes is new director of youth, young adult ministry
Friday, November 13, 2009 (1140 reads)


For Lisa Gomes, Nov. 1 was a great day to start her new job as the director of youth and young adult ministry for the Diocese of Honolulu. It was not only All Saints Day ...
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Saint’s relic rests behind glass in elegant koa cabinet
Friday, November 13, 2009 (641 reads)


The relic of St. Damien has found its final resting place in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace on Nov. 1 in a 7-foot tall, simple, koa reliquary designed by an Aiea artisan ...
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Ask Mason and Teo: Nov. 13, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009 (538 reads)


Hi Mason & Teo, I went to a prayer meeting where they were doing a “baptism in the Holy Spirit.” As people were being prayed over, they were praying or speaking ...
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Pro-life rosary rally an evening of grace
Friday, November 13, 2009 (518 reads)


It was a Saturday evening of grace-filled intimacy at the Pro-Life Rosary Rally at Holy Trinity Church in Kuliouou on Oct. 17. About 75 people from east to west Oahu came ...
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Leading volunteer Edith Leong named outstanding fundraiser
Friday, November 13, 2009 (575 reads)


Edith L. Leong, a longtime volunteer and contributor to many Catholic causes in Hawaii, will be honored as Hawaii’s 2009 Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser at this ...
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CALENDAR BRIEFS: Nov. 13, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009 (440 reads)


In response to Hawaii’s public school furlough Fridays, Chaminade University of Honolulu has offered three free Friday half-day events for high school students. One ...
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8 questions for Father Edison Pamintuan
Friday, November 13, 2009 (493 reads)


1. What is your favorite Bible passage? Matthew 20: 24-28. Jesus told his disciples that he came “not to be served but to serve.” This passage was actually the theme I chose during ...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold's Quiz: Nov. 13, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009 (511 reads)


Readers, it’s good to be back after going on hiatus during the whirl of St. Damien canonization events. (Also take note of the resumption of the “8 Questions for Father” column, to my left.) In honor of Hawaii’s new saint, I’ve put together ...
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Letter: Nov. 13, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009 (513 reads)


Dear Friends in Christ: We know how many families in Hawaii are struggling to make ends meet. The failing economy has created a bleak landscape for all who have been affected, either ...
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8 questions for Father Edison Pamintuan
Friday, November 13, 2009 (379 reads)


1. What is your favorite Bible passage? Matthew 20: 24-28. Jesus told his disciples that he came “not to be served but to serve.” This passage was actually the theme I chose during ...
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