Sacred Hearts Father Christopher Keahi crowned Jacqueline Buted Medrano as Queen of Charity at the Oahu Council of Filipino Catholic Clubs 59th Annual Queen of Charity and Scholarship Awards pageant on Aug. 16 at St. Michael Parish in Waialua. The newly crowned royalty, with her nine princesses, then presented flowers before the statue of the […]
Archives for October 2014
Father Kenneth Doyle | Question corner: May I be a witness for a civil marriage?
Q: I am a practicing Catholic. A female friend of mine who was baptized Catholic and her live-in boyfriend (of 25 years) decided to get married by a justice of the peace. My friend attends a Christian non-denominational church; the boyfriend does not attend any religious services. (He has been on disability for many years […]
Official notices: Oct. 10, 2014
Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] October 10, 6:00 pm, Confirmation Mass, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Ewa Beach. October 11, 10:00 am, Celebration Mass for the Elevation of the Cathedral to a Minor Basilica and the Fifth Anniversary St. Damien’s Canonization, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of […]
Obituary | Sister Anne Bryan Smollin, CSJ: BILAC speaker’s quips revealed the joy of being called Christian
Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Anne Bryan Smollin, a popular counselor, author and humorist from Albany, New York, who delighted Hawaii audiences with her talks at a couple of recent Marianist BILAC conferences on the Saint Louis-Chaminade campus in Honolulu, died Sept. 25. She was 71. “Sister had the ability to communicate the joy […]
Poem | Moonlight paddling
Moon cake of light gold crusting Marking the eerie dark of the night With a taste of quaint entrance As if mocking the daylight turn Rush to the kayaks! We keiki of the morning light Who dive into the Pacific in beats Of pounding hearts and vigilant eyes Arms move to the rhythm of paddles […]
The right response to Pono Choices
The Pono Choices curriculum, an unintended teen pregnancy and sexually-transmitted disease prevention program for middle school students in Hawaii’s public school system, has (again) been in the news. On Sept. 4, the Hawaii State Department of Education announced its approval of an updated version of the curriculum. The DOE also changed its policy from parents […]
Photo: That’s cold
Sister Joan of Arc Souza of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities took the popular “Ice Bucket Challenge” Sept. 23 to raise money for the ALS Association, which promotes research for a cure to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Sister Joan of Arc, head of school at St. […]
Office for Social Ministry | Talk story: One body in Christ
So we, who are many, are one body in Christ … made up of many parts” (Romans 2:5). Aloha, If we are one body, when one part is affected, what is the response of the other parts? Our sisters and brothers at Sacred Heart Parish in Pahoa wake up every day facing an uncertain future. […]
Photo: Final respects
Dominican Sister Malia Dominica Wong pays her last respects at the casket of Father Robert Siu before the funeral Mass celebrated in his honor Sept. 26 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Father Siu, a Hawaii-born priest of the Diocese of Honolulu, died Sept. 11 in Wyoming, where he had been serving […]
Photo: Love and aloha
Kay Botelho, 93, embraces a student at Star of the Sea School in Waialae-Kahala at the celebration of her “retirement,” Sept. 26. Students, faculty and staff gathered after the 8 a.m. Mass at Star of the Sea Church to thank Botelho for 19 years of full-time volunteer service. Her daughter, Kathy, is a middle school […]
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