Chaminade University honored three extraordinary people whose good works have not gone unnoticed in a special service Feb. 11 in Mystical Rose Oratory. From left: Senior Dominique Bocanegra received the Founder’s Award, which honors a Chaminade student whose generosity and spirit of faith exhibits a continuous commitment to Marianist values. Marianist Brother Jerry Bommer, Chaminade’s […]
Archives for March 2013
Kupuna care: From cleaning to companionship, two Catholic volunteer programs tend to the needs of Oahu’s elderly
Eighty-one-year-old Florence sits at her dining room table, smiling brightly as she welcomes guests into her Wahiawa apartment. Her place is warm and welcoming, with the spirit of the sharp Puerto Rican grandmother radiating through every nook, cranny, tabletop flower, Spanish book, music CD and family photo in the room. She lives alone in this […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Third Sunday of Lent
God alone is your sure support Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12 Luke 13:1-9 In the first reading, from the Book of Exodus, Moses encounters God. Moses was tending his father-in-law’s flock when suddenly an angel appeared and led Moses to a bush. The bush, although on fire, did not burn. Then God — […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Right out loud
I once thought that silent prayer was the best prayer — no requests, no words, just a quiet lifting of the soul to her Maker. Then I read about indulgences and the spiritual practices connected with them. The rosary is listed with the instruction to pray aloud. Audible prayers are recommended for Stations of the […]
iPads become handy in classrooms thanks to Augustine Foundation grant
Fifty Hawaii teachers from nine Catholic schools are learning to better use Apple iPad technology in their classrooms thanks to an Augustine Educational Foundation grant initiated by a Sacred Hearts Academy teacher. The grant made possible four training programs, called “iTeach: Empowering Catholic School Educators in iPad Technology,” at no cost to local educators, Feb. […]
Two Maryknoll Sisters, former Hawaii teachers, mark 75th anniversaries
Two Maryknoll Sisters who served for decades in Hawaii marked their 75th anniversaries of religious life last month at the Maryknoll Sisters Center, near Ossining, N.Y. Sister Eugenie Therese Courtright and Sister Leona Michiels, both of whom taught in Hawaii schools in the Islands’ pre- and post-statehood days, celebrated their milestones at a Mass in […]