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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.

Needed: volunteers to help save lives
Friday, December 28, 2007 (499 reads)


Do you know people who are hesitant to volunteer at a pro-life pregnancy center because they think it is too “controversial” and they don’t want to be seen as an ...
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Tickets will be available for pope’s Masses
Friday, December 28, 2007 (860 reads)


Want to attend one of Pope Benedict XVI’s stadium Masses when he comes to the United States in April? Bishop Larry Silva’s office may have your ticket....
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May they rest in peace: Deaths in 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007 (654 reads)


Here is a list of priests, sisters, brothers, deacons and other notable Catholics with island connections who died in 2007. They are listed in alphabetical order....
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The church in the islands in 2007: a review
Friday, December 28, 2007 (690 reads)


Here is a month by month review of important stories published by the Hawaii Catholic Herald over the past year....
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Bishop Larry Silva's liturgical catechesis, part 4
Friday, December 28, 2007 (519 reads)


These are pastoral notes by Bishop Silva, which may not be explicitly contained in the GIRM. They are concrete applications of the GIRM to be followed by all. The ...
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OBITUARY: Maryknoll Sister Anna Marian Pavao
Friday, December 28, 2007 (578 reads)


Maryknoll Sister Anna Marian Pavao, a Honolulu-born religious with ties to Hawaiian royalty who served in Hawaii, the Marshall Islands and Indonesia, died ...
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Psychologist Father Stephen Rossetti to speak here
Friday, December 28, 2007 (789 reads)


The president of the St. Luke Institute, a program that treats clergy and religious with sexual abuse and other psychological problems, will give a talk in Honolulu next ...
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REMEMBRANCE: Manang Aurelia ‘Auring’ Vicente
Friday, December 28, 2007 (658 reads)


Everyone was in a state of disbelief when we learned of the untimely death of a beloved wife, mother and friend on Dec.4. As friends and members of the Hawaii ...
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Bishop, vicar general, others learning Latin Mass
Friday, December 28, 2007 (4823 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva and his vicar general Father Marc Alexander are among a handful of Hawaii clergy learning how to celebrate the Tridentine Mass, the Latin-language ...
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Hark, the Dominican angels sing
Friday, December 28, 2007 (585 reads)


The Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary from Saint Elizabeth Convent in Aiea and the Dominican Center House of Aloha in Waianae were spotted in a neighborhood ...
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Photo: Wreaths, wreaths, wreaths
Friday, December 28, 2007 (578 reads)


The religious education students of Blessed Sacrament Church in Honolulu show off the Advent wreaths they made with their parents before taking them home to share ...
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Calendar: Dec. 28-Jan. 10
Friday, December 28, 2007 (514 reads)


DECEMBER 28: FRIDAY -- Holy Innocents, martyrs
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Star Light, Star Bright!
Friday, December 28, 2007 (552 reads)


It was a dreary morning on Saturday, Dec. 15, with overcast skies and intermittent rain, but the weather started to clear by the time the first guests arrived at St. Stephen ...
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Vatican official visits Hawaii for Damien cause
Friday, December 28, 2007 (671 reads)


An official of the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints was in Hawaii last month to interview the Honolulu woman who has claimed to be cured of cancer ...
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Genocide survivor to speak at Red Mass
Friday, December 28, 2007 (770 reads)


Rwanda genocide survivor Immaculée Ilibagiza will be the guest speaker at next month’s Red Mass, 9 a.m., Jan. 17, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace....
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Diocese initiates second collection for seminarians
Friday, December 14, 2007 (849 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva has adding a new second parish collection, the first one of the year, for the education of local seminarians. The collection will take place Jan. 12-13 at all Masses in the diocese. ...
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Bishop appoints head of Mission Cooperative Plan
Friday, December 14, 2007 (620 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva has appointed Father Mark Gantley, the diocesan judicial vicar, as director of the diocese’s Mission Cooperative Plan, the program which supports the ...
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Mass honors Maryknoll’s 80 years here
Friday, December 14, 2007 (640 reads)


The 80th anniversary of the arrival of the Maryknoll Fathers and Sisters in Hawaii was celebrated with a Mass and reception at Sacred Heart Church in Honolulu on the ...
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Last veteran Maryknoll pastor leaves islands
Friday, December 14, 2007 (575 reads)


Hawaii’s last Maryknoll veteran pastor has left the islands. Father Thomas Killackey, who has served here almost continuously since 1956, bid aloha to friends and ...
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Arson fire damages doors of Maui church
Friday, December 14, 2007 (531 reads)


Arsonists caused damage to the doors of Holy Rosary Church in Paia, Maui, on Thanksgiving night. Holy Rosary deacon Patrick Constantino said that a call was made on Nov. 22 to 911...
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Christmas comes to Hawaii
Friday, December 14, 2007 (529 reads)


The earliest reference of a Christmas celebration in Hawaii was recorded by the English sea captain George Dixon in December 1786, when his ship, the Queen ...
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VIGIL ... MIDNIGHT ... DAWN ... DAY
Friday, December 14, 2007 (678 reads)


We all have our Christmas traditions. Visiting Honolulu Hale to see the City Lights displays. Making the family Christmas cookie recipe. Opening one present on ...
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3 parishes hosting ‘returning home’ new year sessions
Friday, December 14, 2007 (530 reads)


Three Hawaii parishes will sponsor in January “After Christmas” sessions of the Catholics Returning Home program, part of the diocesan Office for Welcoming ...
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Photo: Peace delegation
Friday, December 14, 2007 (562 reads)


A group of Buddhist, Shinto, Protestant and Catholic ministers and laity from the Japan Religious Committee for World Federation stopped at the Cathedral of Our ...
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Aiona, Green receive Friend of Family awards
Friday, December 14, 2007 (608 reads)


Lt. Gov. James “Duke” Aiona and state Rep. Josh Green of the Big Island were presented with “Friend of the Family” awards at a reception on Dec. 6 at St. Stephen ...
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Judicial vicar to offer annulment workshops
Friday, December 14, 2007 (548 reads)


Father Mark Gantley, the judicial vicar of the Diocese of Honolulu, will give workshops on three islands early next year on how to ask for a marriage annulment, ...
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8 questions for Father Maurice Cardinal
Friday, December 14, 2007 (518 reads)


La Salette Father Maurice Cardinal, 84, was born and raised in Laconia, N.H., one of eight siblings. He was ordained on June 3, 1950, in Fall River, Mass., and was ...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold's Quiz: Dec. 14, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007 (597 reads)


Which congregation of lay brothers of the Third Order of St. Francis was founded in Germany on Christmas Day 1857 to help poor, orphaned and homeless boys?
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Bishop Larry Silva: 2007 Christmas Message
Friday, December 14, 2007 (580 reads)


Happy Holidays! There is so much controversy these days about this simple greeting, because it seems to make Christmas little more than a secular holiday. Few would deny the holiday’s ...
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