By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii’s saints are bringing people together again this fall for the second annual Damien and Marianne Catholic Conference. The gathering takes place at the Hawaii Convention Center Oct 5-7. Last year about 400 people attended, and planners are hoping to double that turnout this year and are looking beyond […]
Archives for September 2018
Marianne ‘Miracle Girl,’ Brother Dutton devotee to speak
Two mainland speakers at the Oct. 5-7 St. Damien and Marianne Catholic Conference have close connections to Kalaupapa and its saintly figures. Kate Mahoney, whose cure from organ failure as a teen became the miracle that led to Mother Marianne’s beatification, will speak about her healing due to the intercession of St. Marianne, and also […]
Stalled storm allows joyful celebration of 80th anniversary
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Joyfully compelled by the love of their religious calling, 20 Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet took their chances with a hurricane to celebrate with friends their community’s 80 years of service to Hawaii Aug. 25 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. The large church was remarkably half filled […]
FRANCIS IN IRELAND: Pope begins Mass in Dublin with plea for forgiveness
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service DUBLIN — Before celebrating Mass in a Dublin park, Pope Francis solemnly asked forgiveness for the thousands of cases of sexual and physical abuse perpetrated by Catholics in Ireland. “We ask forgiveness for the abuse in Ireland, abuse of power and of conscience, sexual abuse” by clergy and religious, […]
Sister Francine Costello, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet: The face of a loving God
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald As an immigrant child who grew up in a war zone, I often felt nervous and fearful. When we wanted to visit family, our passes and other documents were inspected before we could cross the barrier. One day, a Japanese soldier came […]
Talk story: The gift of family
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The family is the foundation of civil society and of the church, and without strong families, both suffer. (Bishop Larry Silva, at the 2016 World Meetings of Families which Pope Frances attended in 2016) Last month, as residents scrambled frantically to prepare for the arrival of a category-5 storm, it was […]
Sex abuse crisis: Carolyn Woo | You have let us down!
OUR GLOBAL FAMILY The McCarrick breaches and the Pennsylvania grand jury report of criminal child sexual abuse by the church drew anger, disgust, sorrow, disappointment and sadness for the “collateral damage.” I think of the priests who made God’s love real for my husband David and me, bishops who stood up for peace and justice, […]
Sex abuse crisis: Greg Erlandson | Our hope remains in the Lord
AMID THE FRAY People ask how I can do my job as a Catholic editor and journalist these days without being depressed. Actually, it is depressing. How could it not be? The church I was baptized into when I was two weeks old, the church that I have attended, wrestled with, studied and love is […]
Sex abuse crisis: Laura Kelly Fanucci | When hard conversations have to happen
FAITH AT HOME “I wish we didn’t have to talk about this.” What parent hasn’t thought or uttered these words, taking a deep breath before jumping into a hard conversation with their child? Whether a crisis at home, a conflict at school or an atrocity in the news, tough subjects are unavoidable in families. The […]
Is there truth in Archbishop Vigano’s accusations?
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Catholics in the pews and even priests in the Vatican are confused about the long document Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano published claiming Pope Francis turned a blind eye to information he had about the sexual misconduct of now-Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick. Pope Francis’ response to journalists […]