St. Francis Healthcare staff and community members honored recently departed loved ones by hanging their names on laminated stars at the 25th annual “Light Up a Memory” tree-lighting ceremony Dec. 6 at the Sister Maureen Keleher Center in Nuuanu. The event was also held Dec. 13 at the Maurice J. Sullivan Family Hospice Center in […]
Official notices: Jan. 3, 2014
Bishop’s calendar January 4, 10:00 am, Memorial Mass for Rev. Timothy Ottman, OSB, St. Michael Parish, Waialua. January 5, 9:30 am, Mass at St. Theresa Parish, Kihei; 1:00 pm, Launch of Immaculate Heart Radio station, St. Theresa Parish, Kihei. January 6-10, Annual Retreat for Priests, St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe. January 11, 8:00 am, “Fishers […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Jan. 3, 2014
Cheers to the New Year, quizzicals! I have a fun hodgepodge of questions below ready to test your Catholic trivia chops once again. Enjoy! 1) Saints Which of the following is true about St. Genevieve, whose feast is celebrated Jan. 3? a) She is the saint invoked against plagues b) The sparing of Paris from […]
A donation of clothing … a surprising discovery
At St. Anthony Church in Kalihi a volunteer sorts through clothing donations. The volunteer opens a cardboard box of clothing. In that box is an old robe and in a pocket of that robe the volunteer finds a small pendant of a police badge and more than $1,000 cash in various denominations. The Kalihi parish […]
Heralding back: Jan. 3, 2014
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Jan. 3, 1964 Players in the forthcoming production, “The Damien Letter,” discuss their various roles between rehearsals. Gertrude Roberts, Marjorie Brim, and Helen Topham as Franciscan nuns, talk with John Kernell as Father Damien. This dramatic production, based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s defense of Father Damien, was […]
Bishop invites church leaders to prayer for Christian unity
Bishop Larry Silva’s office sent an invitation to 96 Christian church leaders in Hawaii to join him in a Taize Prayer around the Cross 7 p.m., Jan. 24, at the University of Hawaii’s Newman Center to commemorate the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Jan. 18-25. The bishop is proposing the Taize Prayer, named […]
Bishop Larry Silva’s 2013 Christmas Message
Who asked God to become a human being anyway? Certainly not those who praise God but still like to keep him in a safe place, away from any interference he might have in their daily lives. Certainly not those who see God’s law as oppressive of their human freedom and who lock him away in […]
Catholic school teacher’s aide writes ‘something new’ about an old value
Ginger Kamisugi, a teacher’s aide at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City, reads to students her new book, “Something Different, Something New,” Dec. 4. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) A new children’s book written by a teacher’s aide at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City aims to […]
Christmas carol favorites
Childhood memories, soaring notes, haunting melodies, joyful lyrics? Why do some Christmas songs make our hearts quiver and our souls melt? The Hawaii Catholic Herald asked a few friends to name their most favorite Christmas carol and to explain what made it special. Here are their responses compiled and gently edited. Karen Kung, diocesan human […]
Coordinating Christmas angels: Catholic Charities’ ‘Holidays from the Heart’ connects the giver with the receiver
Students from Star of the Sea School look at the ornaments on their “Giving Tree,” which have written on them Christmas wish items for Catholic Charities Hawaii clients and others in the community. Students and parishioners have given generous donations to fulfill these holiday needs. A new Catholic Charities program geared toward Volunteer Services and […]
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