Vicar general Father Gary Secor will celebrate a memorial Mass for two recently deceased Hawaii-based Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, at 10 a.m., June 8, at Holy Trinity Church in Kuliouou. The Mass is in remembrance for Sisters Julia Marie Acain who died on April 20 and Marie Agnese Arsenault who died on March […]
Archives for May 2013
Viriditas: Brother Brandon Alana-Maugaotega, Society of Mary
Practices of prayer One of the things that keeps me grounded and focused is prayer. There is a clarity that comes when I reflect, discern and recollect events that occur during the day, over the course of a week, or even over where my life has led me. Prayer is one of the key things […]
Photo: The gift of Scripture
Annunciation Parish in Waimea on the Big Island at Mass May 5 gave each of the graduating high school seniors in the parish youth group a Bible to take with them to study, pray and live. (Photo courtesy of Mary Erickson)
Cathedral Academy May Day program a musical tribute to Molokai’s two saints
Cathedral Catholic Academy in Nuuanu celebrated May Day with chants and songs honoring Molokai’s two saints —Damien de Veuster and Marianne Cope. The program has enhanced by the beautiful floral arrangements of parent Jill Easely, and a backdrop of a Molokai scene rendered by first grade assistant Wilma Souza and transformed into a wall-size quilt […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Trinity Sunday
Father, Son and Holy Spirit Proverbs 8:22-31 Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15 The church celebrates Trinity Sunday this weekend and uses the celebration to teach us about the Holy Trinity, the mystery of three Persons in the one God. For its first reading, the church offers us a passage from the Book of Proverbs. Proverbs is […]
Mary Adamski: Getting the full story, from family histories to Gospel accounts
How I wish I’d taken notes when the old folks were reminiscing. The stories about hard times and good experiences of the immigrant generation in the new country, milestones as their children grew and separations as family members scattered, they’re now down to just a few surviving anecdotes, somewhat out of context, nothing written by […]
Offertory protections: All Hawaii parishes will be audited soon for compliance with proper collection procedures
Surprise audits are coming to the Islands’ 66 parishes in an effort by the diocese to ensure that money collected from Mass offertories is being handled securely. According to diocesan finance officer Lisa Sakamoto, representatives from the local firm Acuity will visit each parish “soon” (the diocese is not divulging the schedule) to observe the […]
Five days of fraternity: Priests to gather for annual convocation
It will be hard to find a priest in Hawaii next week, unless you are staying at the Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu’s north shore, where you will run into about 115 of them. May has arrived and that means “convocation” time for all Island priests. It’s their annual gathering where they build fraternity and […]
The hand of God was on me: On his 60th year as a missionary, La Salette Father Rene Bisaillon has tales to tell
Father Rene Bisaillon, a retired Missionary of our Lady of La Salette in residence at St. Theresa Church in Kekaha, Kauai, missed being listed among those celebrating jubilee years of their religious professions and ordinations in the March 29 Hawaii Catholic Herald. Father “Biz,” as he is affectionately known, came to Hawaii in 1991 after […]
Bishop Silva to lead annual Corpus Christi co-cathedral-to-cathedral street procession
Bishop Larry Silva on June 2 will lead the diocese’s annual 1.25-mile Corpus Christi procession from the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Kalihi-Palama to the downtown Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. The observance of the feast, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, will begin with […]