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 […]
Cardinals exchange fire over giving Communion to divorced, remarried
VATICAN CITY — The extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family will not open until Oct. 5, but some of its most prominent members are already publicly debating what is bound to be one of its most controversial topics: the eligibility of divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to receive Communion. In an interview published Sept. […]
Sister Rosemarie Montoya, Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet: Sharing gifts and talents
I have a passion for teaching our Catholic faith. In many of our homes and in some families, that isn’t always a priority. So I appreciate it when I get to spend time with the school children in class and they get excited about something that we are doing. Whether it be going through a […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion | 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time: No one is beyond God’s love
Ezekiel 18:25-28; Philippians 2:1-11; Matthew 21:28-32 The Book of Ezekiel provides this weekend’s first reading. Pivotal in Jewish history was the time spent by Hebrew captives and their descendants in Babylon, the capital of the then powerful Babylonian Empire. This empire had overtaken the Promised Land militarily, in the process forever ending the two Hebrew […]
Father Eugene Hemrick: A changed church
The lyrics of Mary Hopkin’s hit song — “Those were the days, my friend, we thought they’d never end” — remind me of my priesthood, a lifestyle I thought would never end, but it did! What happened? Decades ago, many priests spoke English, and their parents still spoke their native language. Even though they and […]
Heralding back: Sept 26, 2014
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Sept. 25, 1964 Mixing Up Trouble – It is hoped that these students know what they are doing as they begin to use the new laboratory at Damien. Trying out the new equipment are students Thomas Texeira, Bruce Graham, and Abel Lew (left to right). 25 years […]
Manaolana | Karen Osborne: Go offline (and connect to real life)
Yesterday, I left my cellphone on the kitchen table when I left the house. It felt as if the apocalypse happened. The first hour wasn’t so bad. It was bright and early in the morning, and I had coffee to drink and work to do. The second hour was a little worse. I really wanted […]
Manaolana | sidebar, Sept. 26, 2014
Quote “It’s always a good idea to carry with us a small book of the Gospels to have in your pocket or bag, and, during the day, to read a verse. It’s good for you.” | Pope Francis expounded on the universality of the Catholic Church during his general audience Sept. 17, noting the church’s […]
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