Students from Damien Memorial School were among the hundreds of participants in the annual Men’s March Against Violence, Oct. 12. The event, sponsored in part by Catholic Charities Hawaii, began with a walk from the Honolulu state capitol through the streets of downtown and culminated with a rally at Skygate Park fronting city hall. Bishop […]
Archives for October 2017
Bishops praise administration’s expansion of exemptions on contraceptive mandate
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Oct. 6 issued interim rules expanding the exemption to the contraceptive mandate for religious employers, such as the Little Sisters of the Poor, who object on moral grounds to covering contraceptive and abortion-inducing drugs and devices in their employee health insurance. Leaders of […]
Sainthood cause advanced for Francisan martyrs
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of nine men and women, including a Franciscan priest who championed the land rights of farmers in Guatemala. During an Oct. 10 audience with Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, the pope recognized the martyrdom […]
Francis tops 40M followers on Twitter
By Matthew Fowler Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ @Pontifex Twitter accounts reached more than 40 million followers just a few months before the fifth anniversary of when Pope Benedict XVI launched the initiative. The papal Twitter accounts, in nine different languages, have grown by over 9 million followers in the past 12 […]
Canadian canon law experts consider baptism possible for transgender people
By Philippe Vaillancourt Catholic News Service MONTREAL — If the possibility of becoming a godfather or godmother remains mostly out of reach for a transgender person, what about receiving baptism? In this respect, there seems to be more flexibility. “Any unbaptized person may be baptized. The church has not spoken further than that, whether the […]
Priest, deacon to host Holy Land pilgrimage
Father Manuel Hewe, Vicar for Clergy for the Diocese of Honolulu, and Fernando Ona, a deacon serving at Mary Star of the Sea and Holy Trinity parishes in East Honolulu, are hosting a 10-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Jan. 30 to Feb. 8. The trip, starting at $3,598 from Honolulu, includes roundtrip international airfare, […]
‘Share the journey,’ embrace migrants, refugees, pope says
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Christ calls believers to welcome migrants and refugees “with arms wide open, ready to give a sincere, affectionate, enveloping embrace,” Pope Francis said, launching the “Share the Journey” campaign of Catholic charities around the world. Christians’ embrace of people fleeing war or poverty should be “a […]
Appreciative Augustine scholarship recipients give back
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The philanthropists rubbing shoulders at the Augustine Educational Foundation donor appreciation reception Sept. 21 at the Halekulani Hotel’s Hau Terrace Lanai got an idea of the impact they are making when the foundation’s executive director Sue Ferandin called Kelsy Padilla to the podium. Padilla is one of 60 PWH […]
Higher education for a higher purpose
Lynn Babington’s nursing background enriches her credentials as Chaminade University’s new president Story and photo by Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Lynn Babington feels just at home screening the blood pressure of the rural poor in the Dominican Republic as she is measuring the pulse of health care in America as a Robert Wood Johnson […]
‘We are Stewards of Service’ is theme of this year’s Bishop Circle campaign
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva begins his letter launching this fall’s Bishop’s Circle annual appeal with a “mahalo.” “Allow me first to thank you for your faith and your service to others,” he wrote in his message being mailed to potential donors this month. “Indeed, as true disciples of Jesus we […]