FOR THE JOURNEY What is the nature of hope? Are we born to be either a pessimist or an optimist? Or is it up to us to decide? At a day of reflection, a Sister of Mercy discussed the environmental threat to our planet. Then she asked us to stand up and choose a side […]
Archives for November 2018
Catholic Charities receives $1 million grant to assist Alzheimer patients and caregivers
Catholic Charities Hawaii has been awarded a three-year, $1 million dollar grant to help persons living with and those at high risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and their caregivers. The grant from the Administration for Community Living/Administration on Aging Alzheimer’s Disease Program Initiative will increase dementia awareness in the community and address […]
Photo: A return to the past
Women wearing the Franciscan habits of a century ago reenact the arrival of Mother Marianne Cope and six companion Franciscan Sisters before a Mass commemorating the 135th anniversary of that event in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Mother Marianne was the superior of her order in Syracuse, New York, in 1883 when […]
No, the bishop is not asking you to get him iTunes cards
Phishing emails target church workers in the Diocese of Honolulu By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Marvin Samiano was worrying about the threat of incoming Hurricane Lane and at a medical appointment at Queen’s Medical Center on Aug. 23 when he checked his work email. One in particular caught his eye. It was from […]
Number of Mass-goers in Hawaii hits a new low
Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald October, the month the Diocese of Honolulu counts heads in church, is over. While we await the final tally, let’s look at last year’s figures. The news isn’t good. The 2017 count was 48,210, the lowest number the Hawaii Catholic Herald has on record, going back more than 35 years. […]
MARYKNOLL SISTER MARIA ROSARIO DALEY | 1923-2018
Much-loved teacher, last wearer of the old habit, the end of an era By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Maryknoll Sister Maria Rosario Daley, who served more than 50 years in Hawaii as a teacher, high school counselor and diocesan personnel director, among other ministries, died Oct. 18 at the Maryknoll Sisters residence in Manoa. […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Letter for the Campaign for Human Development appeal
CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Dear Sisters and Brothers, “This poor man cried and the Lord heard him.” (Ps 34:6) This line from Psalm 34 is the theme for the World Day for the Poor, Sunday, Nov. 18, which is the same date for the U.S. Bishops’ Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) annual collection. CCHD […]
The Servants of Skid Row
A band of friars and nuns from Brazil finds ways to feed LA’s homeless By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil Catholic News Service LOS ANGELES — Friar Benjamin of the Most Holy Trinity walked down Towne Avenue in Skid Row, one hand wheeling an ice chest filled with oranges and bottled water, the other clutching plastic bags […]
Scenes from Diocesan Youth Day
Four hundred and sixty young Catholics from throughout the Hawaiian islands registered for this year’s Diocesan Youth Day held at St. Ann Church in Kaneohe on Oct. 27. An additional 65 people were involved as planners, speakers and volunteers. This year’s keynote speakers were Anaheim Life Teen movement member and Catholic speaker Chika Anyanwu (pictured […]
Bishops condemn shooting at synagogue, all ‘acts of hate’
By Julie Asher Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The U.S. Catholic bishops stand with “our brothers and sisters of the Jewish community,” the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Oct. 27 after a horrific shooting earlier that day in Pittsburgh at the Tree of Life Synagogue, described as a hub of Jewish […]
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