NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Sept. 27, 1963 Hostess for the “House and Garden Tour,” to be held on September 28th from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Adrian Brash, 3860 Round Top Drive, are left to right: Yvette Pang, Joan Downs, Brenda Lum, Martha Mendiola, Yvonne […]
Archives for September 2013
Kathleen T. Choi: The queen and I
In case you hadn’t heard, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince William had a baby in July. As a lifelong fan of the monarchy, I was among those eagerly awaiting this birth. I blame my starry eyes on my grandmother, who was born and raised in Scotland. She married a Yank and became an American, […]
Gus and Anna Hochuli: Friends of Catholic education
Gus and Anna Hochuli were dedicated parishioners of Hilo’s St Joseph Church and staunch advocates of Catholic education. Upon their deaths, they left $1 million with the Augustine Educational Foundation to provide scholarships for students at St Joseph School in Hilo. Here is their story, submitted by the Augustine Foundation. Gustav Hochuli, a kind, […]
How many for dinner? Facing the difficult questions surrounding same-sex attraction
These stories first ran in the July/August 2013 edition of Lay Witness, a magazine of Catholics United for the Faith, www.cuf.org. It is reprinted here, with permission, at the request of Bishop Larry Silva. Frankly, I don’t know how my mother did it. While I led an active homosexual life, she made it clear […]
Bishop hires Ewa Beach parish office manager as new secretary
Bishop Larry Silva has hired himself a new secretary, Denise Duhaylonsod Oliveira, the office manager at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Ewa Beach. She starts in her office on the fourth floor of the downtown chancery building on Oct. 1. Besides her experience in parish administration, she brings to the new job broad […]
‘Look to the cross: violence is not answered with violence’
Pope Francis leads a vigil to pray for peace in Syria Sept. 7 in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (CNS photo by Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY — Leading a crowd in prayer for peace in Syria, Pope Francis said that war is ultimately caused by selfishness, which can be overcome only though expressions […]
The composers of two much-loved hymns, performing on Oahu this month, explain how the songs came to be
The Marianist Big Island Liturgical Arts Conference — or Marianist BILAC — will offer dozens of workshops on music, Scripture, prayer and liturgy Sept. 26-28 at Chaminade University in Honolulu. As it has for more than 30 years, BILAC brings to the Islands the writers and composers of some of today’s most loved liturgical hymns. […]
Jesus’ undivided attention, 24/7: The perpetual adoration chapel in Pearl City
Stepping inside the perpetual adoration chapel at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church is like entering an oasis for the soul. The busyness of the world fades away. Silence opens the heart to meditation, prayer and simply being. Jesus, present in the exposed Blessed Sacrament, has your undivided attention — and you, also, have his. […]
November’s a four-star anniversary month for Sisters of St. Francis
Hawaii’s Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities better start stocking up on cake candles. They are going to need a lot of them with all the anniversaries they’ll be celebrating shortly. November is a quadruple-header month, marking St. Marianne’s 175th birthday, the 130th anniversary of the sisters arrival in Hawaii, the 125th anniversary […]
Feeding the hungry: Revisiting a corporal work of mercy
The subject is a popular one: food. But the discussion will not be so much about its enjoyment as about its absence. It’s called food poverty — the lack of a nutritionally adequate diet and its impact on health and daily life. Lunch lines, food pantries, meals-on-wheels and canned good drives are becoming more and […]