The diocese announced Oct. 11 the appointment of Blessed Sacrament Father Robert Stark as the new Office for Social Ministry director, replacing Carol Ignacio who retires Nov. 1. Father Stark has worked for the Social Ministry Office since 2010 as its resource developer/community organizer. He has been involved in recruiting, organizing and training Hawaii Catholics […]
Archives for October 2013
Participating in a ‘miracle’: The students at St. Catherine School, Kapaa, offer prayers and a dying baby in Miami makes an astonishing recovery
Five-month-old Marlowe Kuhn of Miami smiles as she is surrounded by cards sent from students St. Catherine School on Kauai. (Photos courtesy of Meghan Khun) “To the students at St. Catherine School … you were part of a miracle.” A frame bearing this message of gratitude was sent recently to the small Kauai Catholic school […]
Hawaii-born Michael Jucutan to be ordained in Guam
The newly ordained deacon Michael Jucutan of Hawaii stands second from left at a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Anthony Sablan Apuron of Agana, Guam, Feb. 17 in the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica in Agana. (Photo courtesy of Tony C. Diaz | U Matuna Si Yu’is, Guam’s archdiocesan newspaper) Michael Vincent Jucutan, a 1995 Pearl […]
Multi-island celebrations of music, praise, fellowship to bring Year of Faith to a close
Oahu: multicultural day moves to Star of the Sea Parish grounds The Oahu event celebrating the close of the Year of Faith, originally planned for Kapiolani Park, has been moved to the grounds of Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala. The Catholic Cultural Celebration, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Nov. 23 will feature a prayer […]
St. Patrick School raises money, awareness to fight Type 1 diabetes
Dressed in costumes, St. Patrick School students do the 2012 diabetes walk. (Photo courtesy of JDRF Hawaii) St. Patrick School teacher Paul Stone says that one out of 300 people have Type 1 diabetes. His school has 315 students. His daughter Katie is one out of 300. Actually, said principal Sacred Hearts Sister Anne Clare […]
Manaolana | Crosswalk: Road witnesses take their faith across Honolulu’s neighborhoods
Ten miles. Twenty young Catholics. One mission: To be “walking witnesses” of the faith. That was the story behind the first-ever West Honolulu vicariate youth and young adult “Crosswalk,” Sept. 28. Participants spent the Saturday morning traveling by foot through the city’s highways and byways, taking turns carrying a large wooden cross. Their route began […]
Viriditas: Father Jon Cabico, diocesan priest
‘This too shall pass’ Hospital ministry is a heavy ministry. It is not easy to be around the sick and dying all the time. Emotions can run high, and exhaustion can follow. What are some of the things I do to keep on going? First of all, I have discovered how important it is to […]
Obituary: Maryknoll Sister Mary Elizabeth Driscoll, missioner for 70 years, taught in Hawaii
Maryknoll Sister Mary Elizabeth Driscoll, who taught in Catholic grade schools for a decade in post-war Hawaii, died peacefully on Oct. 2 at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. She was 90. She had celebrated 70 years as a Maryknoll Sister on Sept. 7. Hawaii was Sister Mary Elizabeth’s first assignment as a Maryknoll […]
Obituary: Marianist Father Gerald Pleva served his last assignment at St. Anthony, Maui
Father Gerald (Jerry) Pleva, who served the last assignment of his long life as a Marianist brother and priest at St. Anthony Church on Maui, died Sept. 25, in San Antonio, Texas. He was 74 with 55 years of religious profession. Father Pleva was a teacher, counselor, campus minister and pastor. He held three master’s […]
Public rosary rallies across Hawaii, nation commemorate Fatima
In 1883, Pope Leo XIII officially dedicated the month of October to the “Holy Rosary.” For local Catholics, it has become a time of special devotion to the Blessed Mother’s favorite prayer, particularly through public rosary rallies. Dozens of parish and faith groups will be organizing rosary events in Hawaii Oct. 12 as part of […]