CEO reflects on St. Francis Healthcare System’s renewed mission By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald 2012 was an auspicious year for St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii. That was the year it got back as part of a bankruptcy settlement the two hospitals it had sold to Hawaii Medical Center in 2007. That year Marianne […]
Archives for August 2022
Bishop Larry Silva: Enter through the narrow gate
WITNESS TO JESUS | 21ST SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text for the homily delivered Aug. 21 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Pearl City, with the blessing of a new reconciliation room. Inclusion and diversity seem to be on everyone’s minds today. Universities and businesses now often have an “Inclusion […]
Together but apart
Two new Big Island diocesan hermits live in one house, divided into two hermitages By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald In a home on two acres in Pahoa on the Big Island, Sister Ursula Kuiee and Sister Avia Montoya have set up a hermitage. The two laywomen spend their days simply, in work and prayer. […]
Diocese promoting possible new Oahu Catholic radio station
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald A San Diego-based Catholic radio company wants to branch out with a new station on Oahu. St. John Paul II Catholic Radio (JP2 Radio), which has four stations in the San Diego-area, is working with the Diocese of Honolulu and IHS Media to fundraise for the potential Oahu station. […]
Photo: Breaking ground in Ewa Beach
Armed with their Hawaiian o‘o digging sticks, officials symbolically break ground Aug. 20 for the new Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Ewa Beach. They are, from left, David Hubbard, president of Design Build Hawaii; Father Edmundo N. Barut, pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help; Bishop Larry Silva; David Pfeifer, principal/architect of Domus […]
Heralding back: Sept. 2, 2022
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Sept. 8, 1972 NEW CLASSROOM — Most Reverend John J. Scanlan, Bishop of Honolulu, will bless the four new classrooms built at St. Joseph’s School in Waipahu this Sunday afternoon. Hicks Homes were the contractors and the total cost together with the rest room facilities was $85,000. […]
Talk story: The Eucharist: Multiplying the living presence
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “It is the Church that makes the Eucharist, but it is more fundamental that the Eucharist makes the Church.” (Pope Francis, homily on the 2022 Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ [Corpus Christi]) Many Catholic churches are facing declining attendance and increasing religious disaffiliation. In response to […]
Sunday for recognizing catechists
By Jayne Ragasa-Mondoy Special to the Herald On Catechetical Sunday we reflect on the role that each person plays, by virtue of Baptism, in handing on the faith and being a witness to the Gospel. This year, the church celebrates Catechetical Sunday on Sept. 18. The theme, “This is my body given for you,” is […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Is it better to go to church or be kind? Why do Catholic light candles in church?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Who is a better person? Someone who attends Mass every Sunday and receives Communion but is not nice to people (rude, insulting, doesn’t help the poor)? Or someone who attends Mass sporadically but is a kind, considerate and helping individual? (Gahanna, Ohio) A: Is it better to walk on your right leg […]
Nicaraguan police continue harassment of Catholics
By David Agren Catholic News Service Following the arrest of a bishop and 11 others, police continued harassing Nicaraguan Catholics, even as Pope Francis called for “open and sincere” dialogue in the Central American country. Photos posted to social media showed police and paramilitaries surrounding St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Masaya, Nicaragua, Aug. 21 […]
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