NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Aug. 13, 1965 At an open house last week St. Francis Hospital unveiled its new 12 bed intensive care-post operation complex. Demonstrating some of the unit’s modern equipment is Sumie Fukuda (center), bed nurse in charge of the unit. With her are (left to right): Eleanor Apo, […]
Manaolana | Sidebar: Aug 14, 2015
Quote “It’s true: If I have a conflict with you and I kill you, the conflict’s over. But that is not the way.” | Pope Francis, who spoke Aug. 7 about the benefit of experiencing tension during his address to members of the global Eucharistic Youth Movement during the group’s weeklong meeting in Rome. The […]
Obituary: Sister Betty (St. Leroy) Sullivan, BVM served at St. Catherine, Our Lady of Sorrows
Sister Betty (St. Leroy) Sullivan, a member of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary who had taught in Hawaii Catholic schools, died Aug. 3 at her congregation’s Caritas Center in Dubuque, Iowa. She was 80 and a religious sister for 62 years. Sister Betty was remembered by her order as an excellent […]
Chaminade honored twice for its special educational contributions
Chaminade University of Honolulu earned two gold stars last month with special recognition from two different organizations. The college matching platform College Raptor Inc. named Chaminade as the best “hidden gem institution” in the state, and BestColleges.com gave it the highest ranking of “military friendly colleges” in Hawaii. Hidden gems are defined as high-caliber colleges […]
U.S. bishop says personal stories in Nagasaki, Hiroshima changed him
NAGASAKI, Japan — A U.S. bishop who visited Japan for the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki said he is a changed man after having come face to face with survivors of the U.S. bombs. “Anybody can talk about policy. Anyone can read reports and develop positions on issues, and hold them […]
Judge sides with L.A. archbishop to protect sisters from ‘bad deal’
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Superior Court James Chalfant ruled July 30 that the contested sale of the former convent of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to restaurateur and urban developer Dana Hollister is invalid. The judge also confirmed that the eight-acre, villa-style hilltop property located in the Los Feliz section […]
Layman. Soldier. Saint? Diocese takes step toward canonization of Joseph Dutton
The Diocese of Honolulu has taken the first official step on the long and complex road to the possible canonization of an American layman and Civil War veteran who spent half of his life serving leprosy patients in Kalaupapa, Molokai, working side by side with the settlement’s two saints, Damien de Veuster and Marianne Cope. […]
Lost soldier, redeemed
Cheryl J. Wilkinson, vice president of the Joseph Dutton Guild, shared with the Hawaii Catholic Herald a testimonial about her personal devotion to Dutton. Here is an excerpt. I became involved when I was at Kalaupapa with my husband, Michael. I was standing by St. Damien’s gravesite, and Dr. Maria Devera came up to me […]
Bishop Larry Silva celebrates his 10th anniversary: ‘It’s been fun’
School Street fronting the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa the evening of July 21 was gridlocked as cars, turned away from the already full church parking lot, resorted to street parking at the permitted time of 5:30 p.m. Bishop Larry Silva’s 10th anniversary celebration was going to be a full house. That evening, in the co-cathedral, […]
Vatican Secret Archives teaches scholars to decipher ancient manuscripts
The signature of astronomer Galileo Galilei from the records of his trial is seen on a document in the Vatican Secret Archives. Pope Leo XIII founded the Vatican School of Paleography, Diplomatics and Archive Administration in 1884, just a few years after he opened the archives to the world’s scholars. (CNS photo/Vatican Secret Archives) […]
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