Quote “I prayed, and Jesus was the first to show up. What else am I going to do?” | Tom Leopold, a comedy writer who last year was spurred by a family crisis to join the Catholic Church. Leopold, who was born a Jew, has since co-written a one-man show called “A Comedy Writer Finds […]
Archives for September 2013
Official Notices: Sept. 27, 2013
Bishop’s Calendar September 29, 5:00 pm, Mass and 15th Anniversary of Perpetual Adoration, Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Pearl City. October 1, 9:30 am, Bishop’s Administrative Advisory Council, Chancery, downtown Honolulu. October 2, 6:15 pm, Holy Hour for Vocations, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Kalihi. October 3, 10:00 am, Presbyteral Council, St. Stephen Diocesan Center […]
Obituary: For 23 years, Jesuit Father Bernard Cassidy served Hawaii in hospital, hospice ministry
Jesuit Father Bernard F. Cassidy, who first worked in Hawaii as a young electrical engineer returning later as a priest to serve in hospital and hospice ministry for 23 years, died Sept. 15 in Regis Infirmary at the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, Calif. A Jesuit since 1954, he celebrated his 50th anniversary […]
Obituary: Maryknoll Father Robert Donnelly worked nearly 40 years in Oahu, Big Island parishes
Maryknoll Father Robert W. Donnelly of Brooklyn, N.Y., who spent nearly half his life as a parish priest on the Big Island and Oahu, died Sept. 8 at Phelps Memorial Hospital in New York. He was 81 years old and a Maryknoll missioner for 54 years. Father Donnelly was ordained on June 13, 1959. His […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Sept. 27, 2013
Is it fall yet, quiztastics? The days of the year are going by quite quickly. Nonetheless, I hope you will slow down and take some time to think through the following quiz. There are some tricky Catholic trivia tidbits here! 1) Saints This patron saint for charitable societies was a French priest who worked with […]
Photos: Faith-sharing professionals
Bishop Larry Silva hosted the diocese’s first ever gathering for “Catholic professionals” Sept. 20 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. The event, planned by the diocese’s Year of Faith committee, drew about 30 participants from various community sectors for a night of food and faith-sharing. In top photo, diocesan vicar general Father Gary Secor, left, led […]
‘Launch your dreams’ theme of Chaminade’s small business fair
The Chaminade University School of Business and the Hogan Entrepreneurs program will host the 2013 Hawaii Small Business Fair “Launch Your Dreams into Reality,” Oct. 12, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on campus in Henry Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Parking is also free, but seating is limited. To reserve a seat, […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The rich man and Lazarus Amos 6:1a, 4-7 1 Timothy 6:11-16 Luke 16:19-31 The Book of Amos provides this weekend’s first reading this weekend. The book itself states that it was written during the reign of King Uzziah of Judah, or between 783 and 742 BC. This was a time of tranquility and prosperity. No […]
Photo: Big Island Catechist retreat
Fifty-two people from seven parishes attended the Big Island Catechist Retreat Sept. 14 at Immaculate Heart of Mary parish hall in Papaikou. Daughter of St. Paul Sister Irene Regina Hoernschemeyer gave a presentation on Pope John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body.” Diocesan religious education director Jayne Mondoy led a discussion on implementing what the […]
Art: Dutton memorialized in print
Big Island artist Dietrich Varez, who has created block prints of St. Damien and St. Marianne in his singular bold iconic monochromatic style, has made a new one of a third Kalaupapa hero, “Brother” Joseph Dutton. The civil war veteran and layman from Stowe, Vermont, served Kalauapa patients for the last 45 years of his […]