The springtime graces are flowing through April, quiz maniacs. I think I kept the quiz fairly simple this time, but here’s hoping you still glean a new bit of knowledge or two about our wonderful Catholic faith. Hop to it! 1) Saints The Vatican guesthouse in which Pope Francis resides is named for which saint? […]
Archives for April 2016
HAWAII’S 2016 JUBILARIANS
“God, our Father, guide of humanity and ruler of creation, look upon these your servants, who wish to confirm their offering of themselves to you. As the years pass by, help them to enter more deeply into the mystery of the church and to dedicate themselves more generously to the good of humanity.” Prayer of […]
Taking the Rice Bowl challenge
More than 300 students in Hawaii Catholic schools participated in the Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl “App Challenge” this Lent, which aimed to connect their prayers, fasting and almsgiving in a tangible way to the poor and vulnerable around the world.
Local video to open International Christian Film Festival
The short video “Yehudah,” a Messiah origin story created this year by a local catechist and Bible study teacher who cast former and present students as actors in the project, has been selected to open the International Christian Film Festival April 28 in Orlando, Florida.
Celebrating the Sacred Triduum 2016
A child holds a candle as part of the Service of Light during the Easter Vigil March 26 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Bishop Larry Silva washes the feet of a parishioner at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace on Holy Thursday, March 24. Veneration of the cross at the cathedral on […]
Happy birthday, Ida, 104 years young
Adelaida Barboza Freitas (Ida) was born April 8, 1912, in Sprecklesville, Maui. Growing up on a sugar plantation, with 11 siblings was not easy, but it taught Ida many important lessons that have helped carry her through 104 years of life. Devotion to God and the church was always “number one,” followed by honesty, dependability, hard work, self-discipline, hospitality and, of course, a great sense of humor.
Pope at Easter: Reconcile with God, resurrect hope
VATICAN CITY — Easter is a feast of hope, a celebration of God’s mercy and a call to pray for and assist all who suffer, Pope Francis said before giving his solemn blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world).
Kathleen T. Choi: The broken bell
Take any large group of people and test their intelligence. About 10 percent will score poorly. About 10 percent will do astonishingly well. The rest of us will cluster in the middle. Make a graph of the results, and you’ll see a drawing that looks like a bell.
Murdered priest called ‘martyr of truth’
WORCESTER, Mass. — A Congolese priest serving in the U.S. said he believes his colleague, a Boston University alumnus gunned down in Congo, was “a martyr of the truth.”
Parish raises $3.4 million for new Kapolei church
Catholics in West Oahu will soon have a big new church to call their spiritual home, thanks to the success of “Building Hope and Community for Generations,” St. Jude Church’s capital campaign.