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A worldwide missionary movement, inspired for years by Father Damien, finally makes its spiritual homecoming on Molokai. Above, Heart’s Home founder Father Thierry de Roucy, center, and priests of the Fraternity of Molokai concelebrate Mass in Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Church in Kaluaaha, Molokai, on Aug. 14.

Spiritual homecoming: Missionary group arrives on Molokai
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (89 reads)

KAUNAKAKAI, Molokai -- For more than 15 years, French priests in a group called the Fraternity of Molokai have dedicated their lives to the spirit of Father Damien, but the place that made him ...

New Catholic Worker community seeks help getting started here
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (133 reads)

Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin started the Catholic Worker Movement in New York in 1933 during the Great Depression as an attempt to present and live the social ...

Father Alexander to lead cruise to Holy Land next year
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (55 reads)

Diocesan vicar general Father Marc Alexander will lead a 13-night Mediterranean cruise next year, Sept. 27-Oct 10, through six ports of call, including a visit to the ...

Ask Mason and Teo: Sept. 3, 2010
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (45 reads)

Dear Mason & Teo, A Christian friend of mine recently went to a Catholic retreat. Although he enjoyed himself, he was upset that he couldn’t go ...

OBITUARY: Sacred Hearts Father Felix Vandebroek
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (190 reads)

Sacred Hearts Father Felix Vandebroek, a veteran Belgian missionary of 54 years in Hawaii whose final assignment was presiding over Father Damien’s Kalaupapa, died ...

Bishop Silva invites nation’s bishops to Molokai
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (62 reads)

Last year, Bishop Larry Silva invited to Molokai all the bishops of California. Next year he’s extending the invitation to all the bishops in the United States. The bishop e-mailed ...

OBITUARY: Sister Frances Margaret Darling, CSJ
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (63 reads)

Sister Frances Margaret Darling, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet who served 20 years in Hawaii, died in California on Aug. 10 at age 84. She had been in the ...

Plans proceed for a complete cathedral facelift by 2013
Friday, August 20, 2010 (208 reads)

If designs, permits and funding go as planned, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace will have a complete facelift around the time of its 170th anniversary in 2013. ...

Surf ’n’ church: Catholic high school teacher mixes waves, faith
Friday, August 20, 2010 (110 reads)

When Joseph Freymann is out on the ocean waves surfing, a sense of God always accompanies him. “I have an immense reverence for God’s grandeur and power when I’m in the ...

Kalaupapa trail still closed, tour businesses on the brink
Friday, August 20, 2010 (165 reads)

A poignant history is contained on a tiny peninsula off Molokai, guarded by the world’s highest sea cliffs — a story of pain and exile, saintliness and triumph. Access ...

More than 400 expected here for Singles for Christ conference
Friday, August 20, 2010 (124 reads)

Coordinators of this weekend’s national Singles for Christ conference in Honolulu hope the event will not only empower attendees, but also increase awareness of the ...

Bishop Silva leading Hawaii pilgrimage to Holy Land next year
Friday, August 20, 2010 (148 reads)

Bishop Larry Silva will lead a pilgrimage to the Holy Land next year, May 22-June 4, that promises to be a powerful spiritual experience with visits to dozens of biblical ...

Serra Club hosting annual appreciation dinner for religious
Friday, August 20, 2010 (89 reads)

The Serra Club of Honolulu will host its 18th annual appreciation dinner for consecrated religious brothers and sisters on Sept. 16 in St. Philomena Parish Hall in ...

OBITUARY: John Ringrose
Friday, August 20, 2010 (93 reads)

John Norman Ringrose, former chancellor of the Diocese of Honolulu, died on July 23 in Nixa, Mo. He was 62. A native of Ottawa, Canada, Ringrose came to Hawaii in 1999 to serve as a judge in ...

‘Rachel’ retreat offers healing from pain of abortion
Friday, August 20, 2010 (82 reads)

Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries of Honolulu is offering an abortion recovery retreat for women and men Oct. 1-3 in a supportive, confidential, non-judgmental, small-group ...

OBITUARY: BVM Sister Ange T. Cadigan
Friday, August 20, 2010 (97 reads)

Sister Ange T. Cadigan, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM), who taught at Holy Cross School on Kauai for eight years, died Aug. 7 at her order’s ...

Ask Mason & Teo: Aug. 20, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010 (90 reads)

Hello Mason & Teo, I know that the church teaches us not do work of servitude on Sundays. However, what does the church say about being a customer. People often ...

Saint Louis School hosting an all-alumni homecoming
Friday, August 20, 2010 (90 reads)

Saint Louis School and the Saint Louis Alumni Association are sponsoring a “Coming Home Event” for graduates and their families on Aug. 22 from 4-7 p.m. in the ...

St. Francis event to showcase award-winning entertainers
Friday, August 20, 2010 (107 reads)

A slate of Na Hoku Hanohano award winners will entertain at “An Evening of Aloha,” a concert sponsored by St. Francis Healthcare Foundation of Hawaii and ...

Star of the Sea Church hosting overnight Eucharistic vigil
Friday, August 20, 2010 (101 reads)

Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala is hosting an overnight vigil in reparation for the desecration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Sept. 14-15, from the Feast of the ...

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s quiz: Aug. 20, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010 (92 reads)

For the first time in many years, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary fell on a Sunday, just this past weekend. Which of ...

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White flower pedals fall around U.S. Cardinal Bernard F. Law as he celebrates Mass at the Basilica of St. Mary Major to mark the feast of the church's dedication Aug. 5 in Rome. The dropping of flower pedals from the ceiling calls to mind the tradition t hat says Mary revealed where she wanted the church to be built through a snowfall in August 358.

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