Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Archives for October 2015

SISTER MILLA DERBY, OP | 1926-2015: Teacher and artist captured isle beauty with dye on silk

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Honolulu-born Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Milla Derby, who taught music and art in schools across the country before becoming an artist-in-residence in Hawaii, died Sept. 26, at Oahu Care Facility in Honolulu. She was 89 and a religious sister for 62 years. She is Hawaii’s last Sinsinawa Dominican. The funeral Mass will be held at Holy […]

SISTER M. RUTH FAISCA, SHF | 1933-2015: Kohala-born sister served parishes in California, Nevada and Hawaii

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Big Island-born Sister M. Ruth Faisca, a Sister of the Holy Family who worked in catechetical, child care and parish ministry in California, Hawaii and Nevada, died peacefully in Fremont, Calif., on Sept. 17. She was 82 and a religious sister for 64 years. Sister Ruth was born on May 13, 1933, in Kohala. She […]

Kathleen T. Choi | In little ways: Working on our witness

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In September, Stephen Colbert devoted an episode of “The Late Show” to Pope Francis’ visit. Joining him were four prominent Catholics: Archbishop Thomas Wenski, Maria Shriver, comedian Jim Gaffigan and journalist Andrew Sullivan. I felt Gaffigan was the best witness to our faith. “The reason I’m a Catholic is the notion of mercy. Because I […]

Father John Catoir: Finding the holy in supernatural events

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Have you ever had an out-of-body-experience? Hundreds of books have been written about it going back centuries. They generally report that the sensation of being lifted out of one’s body happens unexpectedly. You find yourself looking down on yourself below. It happened to me once, and it had a powerful influence on my life. Recently, […]

Christina Capecchi | Twenty Something: Life after the convent: finding the courage to start over

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There is no scrapbook of Kathy Webb’s life as a Dominican sister. No picture frames or friendship bracelets, no nun memorabilia perched in a closet or buried in a trunk. The only artifact from her convent days is the long apron she wore to protect her white habit, bearing her former identity on a tiny […]

Three Chinese bishops make brief Hawaii stopover

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They quietly came last month, and quietly left, three seekers on a pilgrimage of personal and global effect from the Catholic Church in China to the Catholic Church in the United States, concluding in Hawaii. Three officers of China’s government-sanctioned bishops’ conference — conference president Bishop Joseph Ma Yinglin of the Diocese of Kunming, and […]

Chaminade, as a Native Hawaiian serving institution, anticipates $4 million in Title III grants over five years

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  Chaminade University of Honolulu, a federally designated Native Hawaiian serving institution, has been awarded an Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiian Title III grant through the U.S. Department of Education of $800,000 a year for an anticipated five years. The grant total over five years is expected to be $4 million. Over the next five years, the […]

Father Kenneth Doyle | Question corner: No wedding in a closed church?

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Q: I am having a hard time understanding why a Catholic church closed by a bishop can no longer be used for Masses, weddings and funerals. For more than 100 years, this particular church — built by my great-great-grandparents — was considered sacred ground. Now my grandson wants to get married in that beautiful little […]