By Sue Ferandin Special to the Herald During the summer of 2019, encouraged by Marlene DeCosta, the diocesan real estate director and member of Hawaii Catholic School’s Board of Education; the Augustine Educational Foundation followed its making of 21st century classrooms a reality. This meant fundraising, finding a school to pilot the program, and a […]
Conference hopes to boost Catholic men’s movement in Hawaii
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The diocese’s growing Catholic men’s movement hopes to get a boost with an event featuring two prominent lay leaders whose focus is the renewal of marriage and family life. The Catholic Men’s Conference Hawaii is being organized by local heads of the “That Man Is You!” (TMIY) program, and […]
Honoring Catholic school educators
Story and photos by Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald This year’s Annual Conference of Catholic Educators on Oahu was held at Sacred Hearts Academy on Jan. 31. Marianist Father Marty Solma was the presider and homilist and spoke from his perspective as a longtime educator. After Mass, attendees cheered on honorees, who were marking milestone […]
Father Mario Raquepo, diocesan priest: The only choice? To serve God
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald There is no other choice. The only choice for me is to serve God. Because when your intention and main purpose is to serve God, he gives you the strength and the courage to do so. Thus, up until now, 40 years […]
‘Ed’ Wall, veteran journalist in Hawaii, Catholic press, dies at 94
By Catholic News Service ORLAND PARK, Ill. — Arthur E. P. “Ed” Wall, a veteran journalist who worked spent many years in the secular press and the Catholic press, died Jan. 18 in Orland Park. He was 94. Wall, who used A. E. P. Wall as his byline, was a former director and editor-in-chief of […]
Talk story: War, migrants and prayers for a new year
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Peace is a profound aspiration for everyone, for each individual and all peoples, and especially for those who most keenly suffer its absence. In order to find that peace, they are willing to risk their lives on a journey that is often long and perilous, to endure hardships and suffering, and […]
Marching for life, from Washington, D.C., to Kauai, to Waimanalo
From Washington, D.C., … Island family joins indigenous peoples to advocate for the unborn By Dallas Carter Special to the Herald My entire ohana and I were blessed to be able to travel to Washington, D.C., for this year’s Jan. 24 March for Life. For my children, it was a powerful witness of the importance […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Be salt and light
5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 58:7-10; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; Matthew 5:13-16 The Book of Isaiah’s third section is the source of this first weekend’s reading. Scholars believe that this section was written perhaps in Jerusalem for the Hebrew remnant that had returned from Babylon. This assumption puts the third section of Isaiah at a […]
New retreat brings comfort to those who have suffered a miscarriage
By Jayne Ragasa-Mondoy Special to the Herald On Sunday, Jan. 19, we gathered in the lush tropical tranquility of St. Anthony Retreat Center deep in Kalihi Valley, drawn together by a common bond: the silent grief of a miscarriage. Lei Poina ‘Ole — “beloved keiki always remembered” — is a new retreat program in Hawaii […]
Mary Adamski – The beatitudes: a path to true happiness
VIEW FROM THE PEW Familiar words about fostering peace, justice and human rights spoken at a recent church service held a crowd enrapt and silent, and later exuberantly noisy when those sentiments were reflected in historical spiritual songs. It was only fitting that we focused on the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. […]
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