Hawaii’s Catholics showed their aloha for the victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan by quickly mobilizing in the two months since the storm hit the Philippines to collect and send basic necessities and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in aid. Haiyan, a Category 5 typhoon, hit the Central Philippines Nov. 7. More than 6,000 people […]
Archives for January 2014
OBITUARY: Sister Mary Andrew Bomba, OSF
Inspired by a sermon about Father Damien, Texas-born Sister Mary Andrew Bomba joined the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse and fulfilled her wish to labor where the saint of Molokai labored. She died in Honolulu on Dec. 12 at the age of 92. She was in religious life 66 years. About her arrival in […]
Grant will help make Sacred Hearts historic photos accessible to public
Boy Scout troop on the Catholic Mission grounds in Honolulu July 1912 (Photo courtesy of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts U.S. Province) The Dolores Furtado Martin Foundation has awarded the U.S. province of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts a $12,000 grant to develop a computerized database of historic Hawaii images from the […]
Viriditas: Sister Marian Tung, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
Volunteering: a way of giving back Over the years, I have found that volunteering is a wonderful way of meeting new faces and learning from others. It is both a giving back to the community and a receiving from it as well. Last year was a challenge and a half for me. I had three […]
Taize prayer’s ecumenical character appropriate for Christian unity service
The ecumenical and reconciliatory nature of the Taize Prayer around the Cross makes it an appropriate ceremony for the 2014 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Jan. 18-25. Bishop Larry Silva has invited nearly 100 Hawaii Christian church leaders to join him in the Taize Prayer, an hour of meditative chants, prayers, petitions, Scripture reading, […]
Photo: Priests’ retreat
Jesuit Father James Kubicki, national director of the Apostleship of Prayer in Wisconsin, led the diocese’s annual priests’ retreat Jan. 6-10 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. Local clergy gathered for several seminars during the week to hear Father Kubicki’s reflections on the retreat theme, “Having a Priestly Heart like the Heart of Jesus.” (HCH photos […]
Photo: Posadas fun
A boy takes a whack at a piñata at a Las Posadas celebration Dec. 20 at Annunciation Parish in Waimea on the Big Island. The event, which is centered around a reenactment of the Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter on Christmas Eve, is popular with Hispanic cultures. About 75 people attended the festivities. (Photo […]
Photo: We’re on the air
Bishop Larry Silva flips the switch at St. Theresa Parish in Kihei at 1 p.m. Jan. 5 launching Immaculate Heart Radio, KCIK AM 740 on Maui as the pastor Msgr. Terrence Watanabe and station owner Doug Sherman look on. The broadcasting started with a Hawaiian chant, an introduction, prayers, and an interview with the bishop, […]
Manaolana | Christina Capecchi: Cold hands, young heart: the wonder of winter
Just when you think you’ve seen everything — every lion hugging human, every shark-eluding seal — the World Wide Web churns out a picture that makes you stare. We process a barrage of images so glibly that it takes something special to keep us from skipping and scrolling right by. And yet here it was: […]
Heralding back: Jan 17, 2014
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Jan. 17, 1964 Rodney Yamabe of Maryknoll scores in the opening minutes of the Spartans’ win over Mid Pac Owls. Final score was 59-54. It was played at Punahou Gym. (Photo by Mike Lum) 25 years ago — Jan. 20, 1989 Diocese strengthening AIDS education efforts Ignorance […]