As a community service project, 10 students from Damien Memorial School, Saint Francis School and Sacred Hearts Academy and their families planned, prepared, sliced and diced, cleaned, hauled and served more than 200 people, including 44 keiki, at the Next Step Homeless Shelter in Kakaako on April 14. The students are all scholarship recipients of […]
Archives for April 2014
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Second Sunday of Easter
Meeting Jesus, face to face Acts 2:42-47 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31 With faith-filled excitement the church continues the celebration it began a week and a day ago of Easter, the Lord’s resurrection and final victory over death and sin. As is the case in almost every Mass of this season, the first reading this […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: How do you explain the cross to a child?
Q Recently, I took my 4-year-old grandson to Mass. Above the altar, we have a very large crucifix and I noticed that, while looking at it, the boy was visibly shaken and quite upset. How does one explain Jesus on the cross to a 4-year-old? (Davenport, Iowa) A Recognizing that I know precious little about […]
First quarter grants to Chaminade top $360,000
Chaminade University received grants totaling more than $364,000 in the first quarter of 2014. Awards ranged from several thousand dollars for scholarships to $150,000 for campus renovations, and include the following: An anonymous California-based foundation awarded $150,000 for renovations to create new nursing classrooms. First Hawaiian Bank Foundation awarded $75,000 to build new athletics support […]
Bishop to celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday liturgy at Star of the Sea Church, Kahala
Bishop Larry Silva, believed to be the first bishop in the U.S. to dedicate his diocese to the Divine Mercy, will celebrate Mass on Divine Mercy Sunday, 3 p.m., April 27, at Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala. Before the Mass, starting at 1:15 p.m., there will be a rosary, a chaplet of Divine […]
Bishop Larry Silva: 2014 Easter Message
I cannot remember any period during my lifetime that has been more challenging for the Catholic Church in our country. We try to be faithful to the teachings of Christ, and we are criticized for being too rigid. We insist that being a disciple of Jesus is a costly proposition, and not simply an exercise […]
A conversion story
Brandy Tautua’a, a catechumen from St. Rita Church in Nanakuli, will be baptized a Catholic at Easter Vigil, April 19. (Photo by Darlene Dela Cruz) Out of the soil of a loving family and community grew a sprout of faith that will blossom into baptism this Easter Vigil St. Rita Parish in Nanakuli is home […]
The way of the crosses: The Waialua Benedictines install and bless a trail of 14 outdoor stations
One of the new full-sized crosses recently installed at the Benedictine Monastery in Waialua is fronted by a sitting area for meditation and prayer. The Benedictines will be hosting a Good Friday Stations of the Cross outdoor prayer service April 18. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) Visitors who trek up to Mary, Spouse […]
Viriditas: Sister Herman Julia Aki, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts
Leave it to Jesus When I visit the homebound with the Sacred Hearts Secular Branch on Molokai, we make it a point to do whatever those whom we are visiting would like us to do for them. If they want us to dance, we bring our ukuleles and instruments along with us. If they want […]
Pope Francis goes to confession: Bless me, Father
Leading a penitential liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis surprised his liturgical adviser by going to confession during the service. After an examination of conscience March 28, the pope and 61 priests moved into confessionals or to chairs set up against the walls to offer the sacrament to individual penitents. However, as Msgr. Guido […]