OAKLAND, Calif. — Bishop Michael C. Barber was able to do what general manager Billy Beane could not: Call Grant Desme to Oakland. Four years ago, the Oakland Athletics and the baseball community were stunned when Desme responded to an invitation to spring training by retiring from baseball at age 23 to pursue a vocation […]
Christina Capecchi | Twenty something: Self-reflection in the age of selfies
Lena Dunham is not done confessing. That’s the headline of The New York Times Magazine profile just published about the actress-turned-memoirist, and it couldn’t be more apt. Though I’ve never seen an episode of her highly rated, super-raunchy, nudity-filled HBO show “Girls,” I consider Lena something of a cultural case study, given how often she […]
Diocese seeing an increase in the number of men studying for the priesthood
Diocesan seminarians with Bishop Larry Silva and former vocations director Father Pascual Abaya at the June 7 diaconate ordination of Nick Brown, center. The seminarians are, from left, Emmanuelle del Castillo, Frankie Villanueva, Preston Castro, Dario Rinaldi, Ace Tui, Romple Emwalu, William Tulua, Anh Vu, Alfred Guerrero and E.J. Resinto. Missing is new seminarian Kevin […]
Diocese of Honolulu Seminarians, 2014
Nicholas “Nick” Brown Age: 48 Parents: Adelfo and Natividad Alfaro Home parish: Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa Entered seminary: 2009 Current school: Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology Preston-Jay Castro Age: 20 Parents: Elaine Casamina Pascua (deceased) and Danny Castro Home parish: St. Joseph Church, Waipahu Entered seminary: 2014 Current school: Mount Angel Seminary Kevin […]
Mass to commemorate cathedral’s new basilica status
The doors of Hawaii’s famous cathedral will be thrown open Oct. 11 to welcome all who would like to share in its latest honor. Already blessed by the footprints of saints, the 170-year-old mother church of Hawaii has gained a new tribute, the title of minor basilica, and Bishop Larry Silva will celebrate that recognition […]
New director of safe environment brings management, social work skills to the job
Dara Perreira, the human resources director of the diocese of Honolulu, had been fretting a few months ago about how hard it would be to fill the newly open position of director of safe environment. She needed someone with solid managerial experience and the heart of a social worker who could ensure that the Catholic […]
Survivors of Albania’s dictatorship give witness, move pope to tears
Banners depict Albanian martyrs, most of whom died under communism, as Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Mass in Mother Teresa Square in Tirana, Albania, Sept. 21. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) TIRANA, Albania — Two survivors of Albania’s communist crackdown against the church brought Pope Francis to tears with their stories during a vespers service […]
Obituary: Father Robert Siu | 1924-2014
One of Hawaii’s first diocesan priests spent final years in Wyoming Father Robert Kwong Chee Siu, one of the Hawaii’s first local-born diocesan priests, died Sept. 11 in Lander, Wyoming, where he was a retired parish priest in residence. He had celebrated his 60th anniversary of ordination in June. He was 90 when he died. […]
Photo: Happy 50 years
Students at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City sing loud and proud during a special liturgy marking the school’s 50th anniversary, Sept. 11. Bishop Larry Silva celebrated the Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel parish for the school’s students, staff and community supporters. (HCH Photo | Darlene Dela Cruz)
Office for Social Ministry | Talk story: Preparing for disasters
Aloha, “The scandal that millions of people suffer from hunger must not paralyze us, but push each and every one of us to act: singles, families, communities, institutions, government, to eliminate this injustice.” (Pope Francis) The recent news that 183,500 of Hawaii’s people — 14 percent of the population — receive emergency food assistance is […]
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