Quote “We need to reach the entire world and the way to do it is to reach American university students.” | Curtis Martin, founder of Fellowship of Catholic University Students, which gathered more than 6,000 young adults for its Seek 2013 Convention last month at Walt Disney World in Florida. The organization reaches out to […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The prophesy fulfilled in Jesus Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13 Luke 4:21-30 The Book of Jeremiah provides the first reading for this weekend. This book is regarded as one of the major Hebrew prophetic works because of its extent and the brilliance of its language. Jeremiah descended from priests. He was from a small […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Respectable sinners
Sometimes I can be such a snot. We attended a wedding, the second for both bride and groom. The bride, who is on the hefty side, wore a very tight, very low cut white dress. It was sleeveless, the better to show off the large tattoos on each bicep. I thought to myself, “How trashy.” […]
Bishop Larry Silva | Letter to Hawaii lawmakers on same sex marriage: Marriage is a public institution
This letter was sent to the Senators and Members of the House of Representatives of the State of Hawaii on Jan. 31. Honorable Senators and Representatives: Aloha! It is my understanding that the Hawaii State Legislature is planning to take up the issue of legalizing same-sex marriage. I would like to present some thoughts for […]
Diocese of Honolulu 2013 Lenten Regulations
All members of the Christian faithful in their own way are bound to do penance in virtue of the divine law. In order that all may be joined in a common observance of penance, penitential days are prescribed in which the Christian faithful in a special way pray, exercise works of piety and charity, and […]
Damien’s lady hoopsters have a great year
Damien Lady Monarchs Basketball? Yes, you heard right. Damien High School is now represented in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu in girls basketball. This was the inaugural year for the Damien girls basketball program. (Actually, this was the inaugural year for Damien girls, period.) And the team — entering in the ILH’s intermediate division — […]
Photos: Star of the Snow
Minnesota wasn’t the only place experiencing flurries last week. Ten tons of “snow” turned Star of the Sea Early Learning Center in Waialae-Kahala into a winter wonderland on Jan. 11. Pictured is “penguin” Joseph Scanlon, right, having a cool time, and others making a snow person. Pacific Ocean Producers provided the icy stuff. Amazon Construction […]
Solidarity with world’s poor is aim of new Catholic Relief Services director
David Coleman represents one degree of separation between Hawaii’s Catholics and 100 million poor people around the world. It is a link the Chaminade University of Honolulu religious studies professor would like to bolster. Last year, Bishop Larry Silva appointed Coleman as the Hawaii director of Catholic Relief Services, “the official international humanitarian agency of […]
Viriditas: Sister Irene Regina Hoernschemeyer, Daughters of St. Paul
The spirituality of running One of the strongest moments of my day is when I get out of bed in the morning. As I rise, I smile and offer a prayer of praise lifting up the day to God. This may sound simple, but as an athlete, this habit really helps me to stay focused […]
A kamaaina saint: Red Mass speaker portrays Mother Marianne as one who embraced Hawaiian culture to bring ‘pono’ to her patients
State lawmakers and other civic leaders receive a blessing at the altar. “She embraced the Hawaiian culture as she lived the life of hoolokahi (to keep peace and unity in the settlement) in her daily work, bringing hauoli (happiness/joy) and pono (the respect, caring and righteousness) to all the patients.” Using Hawaiian words to […]
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