WASHINGTON — What started out as a blog at a time when few people knew about blogs and hardly anyone was familiar with Twitter is a living and growing ministry run by two women religious who are Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Sisters Julie Vieira and Maxine Kollasch oversee their website “A […]
Archives for December 2014
Manaolana | Makana’s helpful hints: Remember the pauses
Wow! Thanksgiving is gone and there are only three weeks until Christmas begins. Last week’s Black Friday sales actually started the day before Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations and sales popped up even before that! It really feels like corporate America (save a handful of companies) is trying to hide Thanksgiving! Now, I hope you caught […]
Manaolana | Lisa’s catechism corner: Who can forgive sins?
YOUCAT*: God alone can forgive sins. Jesus could say “Your sins are forgiven” (Mk 2:5) only because he is the Son of God. And priests can forgive sins in Jesus’ place only because Jesus has given them that authority. [1441-1442] We’ve just entered the Advent season, a time of joyous anticipation, but also a time […]
Manaolana | Christina Capecchi: Light the candles, pour the wine
Grace Osterbauer was a 24-year-old bride-to-be when she took her first cake-decorating class, and the impulse compelling the Texas beauty to make that $35 investment remains today, now a 40-year-old mother of eight. “I wanted to make the Catholic events of our lives super special,” she said. Grace and her husband, Paul, are both frugal, […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Dec. 5, 2014
Can you believe, Heraldians, that we will be a few days away from Christmas when I next see you? We’ve had such an adventurous and glorious year. There is still much to learn, however. I come bearing the gift of more Catholic trivia fun! 1) Saints The feast days of St. Ambrose, St. Valerian and […]
Sister Mary Vianney Uyeno: ‘Here are my hands, take me’
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING I grew up on a sugar plantation, the Nisshi camp in Waipahu, the seventh of 10 children. During the summer we worked in the cane or pineapple fields, and in the cannery. It was a lot of hard work, but we enjoyed it. Whatever we earned helped our poor family. I knew […]
Office for Social Ministry: Our thanks-giving list!
“I will give thanks to God with my whole heart.” (Psalm 9:1) “Made your list yet?” We’re not talking about your shopping list, or your list for Santa, or your Christmas card list. We’re talking about a thanks-giving list to God as we begin this holy season. Our thanks-giving list was way too long to […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: ‘What are the functions of a deacon?’
Q: Often, I have been at a Mass where the deacon reads the Gospel, which is fine. But then, sometimes, the deacon goes on to give the homily while the priest watches. This disappoints me and makes me feel that the deacon is overstepping his bounds. Why should a deacon, rather than the priest, comment […]
St. Francis receives grant for Liliha senior wellness facility
The First Hawaiian Bank Foundation Gives last month presented St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii $100,000 for the transformation of its Liliha campus in Honolulu. The grant, to be received over four years, will help St. Francis turn its Liliha campus into a health and wellness community for seniors and their caregivers. The funds are […]
Heralding back: Dec. 5, 2014
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Dec. 4, 1964 A cartoon by artist Jean Charlot (who lived in Hawaii from 1949 to his death in 1979) titled “Immaculate Conception Gospel.” 25 years ago — Dec. 1, 1989 Vatican does not approve St. Augustine proposal; bishop discusses plans for general diocesan appeal After review […]
