It was an affirmation of faith. It was a humble act of service. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It was a gift for the pope, made with aloha. A U.S. delegation led by Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Rome last month to greet newly-elected Pope Francis at his installation Mass March 19. Catholic News […]
Archives for April 2013
St. Damien’s feast day not the customary date of death
The feast day of St. Damien, May 10, is an unusual date selection but an appropriate one. It is customary to chose for a saint’s feast the date of his or her death, the day that he or she entered into eternal life. That day, in St. Damien’s case, is April 15, and for years, […]
Mary Adamski: Images and likenesses: religious art, when words are not enough
Christ is risen. Christ will come again. It’s the reality we believe in. We try hard to exalt in it each year at Easter season. In dark times like this month’s tragedies, it’s not easy to embrace joy and hope and know that there will always be the Light. Catholics have always used art to […]
Manaolana | New logo: Young, cool, Catholic
What is fresh, bright, local, fun and Catholic? The new logo of the diocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, of course! Working with Craig Hirasaki from the design firm ConnectWorks Group Hawaii, the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry recently unveiled its new logo below. It is a visual symbol of their […]
Viriditas: Sister Joan Chatfield, Maryknoll Sisters: Punctuating the positive
At the age of 80, I feel like I’ve got another whole new life ahead of me. I love being 80. I actually realize now that my best times in life are when I am with people of other religious persuasions and how we come together. It is exciting to be in the work of […]
Photo: Seminarian support
Evelyn Cabral, district deputy of the Young Ladies Institute District 22, Ana Malia 208 and Kailua 213, presents vicar general Father Gary Secor with a $4,620 check for the support of seminarians for the Diocese of Honolulu. The longtime local Catholic women’s organization presents its “seminary burse” to the diocese every year. (Photo courtesy of […]
Bishop Silva making pilgrimage to Lourdes with Order of Malta
Bishop Larry Silva is traveling to France April 30-May 8 to join thousands of fellow Knights of Malta on their annual pilgrimage to Lourdes. He will make the trip with two other Hawaii members of the charitable order and two “malades,” persons with illnesses who are given free travel to the Marian apparition site known […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: April 26, 2013
This Easter season is bringing us refreshment and renewal, quizzicals. Here are more Catholic trivia questions to reinvigorate your appreciation of the faith. 1) Saints Which of the following is NOT true about St. Catherine of Siena, whose feast day is celebrated April 29? a) She is a Doctor of the Church b) She is […]
Moon over Molokai: My life in Kalaupapa
It was 5:15 a.m. approximately as I stepped out onto the front porch, then onto the lawn facing those great green pali to the south. To the west over Maunaloa hung the full silvery moon, lighting up the landscape and the pali and shimmering on the harbor waters. It was time to prepare for the […]
Religious ed office sponsoring three Year of Faith conferences
The diocesan Department of Religious Education is sponsoring three Year of Faith conferences later this year on as many islands with sessions on evangelization, youth and young adult ministry, Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, Catholic social teaching, parish leadership, volunteer training and more. Here is the conference schedule: Oahu: June 20-22; St. Joseph Parish, […]
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