Twenty girls in a chocolate shop, what could be more fun than that? Well, for 10 fourth graders from Palolo Elementary School and 10 fourth graders from Sacred Hearts Academy, a whole lot more. The two groups from the neighbor schools merged for a month for Ka Lei ‘Ike (Embrace the Knowledge), a brand new […]
Kathleen T. Choi: It’s in the book
The book of Job tells about a man who loses everything — his money, his health, even his children. His friends conclude that God is punishing him, but Job insists he hasn’t done anything to deserve such suffering. Then he speaks my all-time favorite words in Scripture (Job 19:25): “I know that my redeemer lives.” […]
A tasty way to celebrate 50 years in Pearl City
They’ve got taste! Tasty edibles that is. Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City invites the public to join them for “Taste of OLGC, Celebrating Our School’s 50th Anniversary,” Friday, Sept. 19, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Food trucks (Laverne’s, Local Stop, MunchieZ by Sweet Pea Café, to name a few) will sell onolicious grinds. Live […]
Heralding back: Sept. 12, 2014
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Sept. 11, 1964 Left, Father Lawrence Mann, S.M., former assistant pastor of Holy Family Church, returned to Honolulu and to his new duties as assistant pastor of Holy Family. Father Mann (right) was met by the present pastor, Father Joseph Sherry, S.M. Father Mann has been in […]
Father John Catoir: Embracing the God of love
Christians believe that Jesus Christ can be trusted. He taught that every human being is personally invited to an intimate relationship with the divine being. We can’t explain the mystery of it, but we know it’s true. How do we know? Faith gives us the power to see the facts surrounding the mystery without fully […]
Ebola, war, disaster: When to flee
Health workers put Ebola patient, Father Miguel Pajares of Spain, into an ambulance Aug. 7 at a military air base in Madrid, after he was repatriated from Liberia for treatment. The missionary priest later died. Ghana’s bishops have urged the government to be extra vigilant in screening people who enter the country by sea for […]
Big Isle parishes, school, services assist in post-storm recovery
Staff from HOPE Services Hawaii mobilize their outreach efforts to visit areas on the Big Island most affected by Tropical Storm Iselle. HOPE Services, as well as Big Island parishes and St. Joseph School in Hilo, have been providing aid and supplies to people in Puna and surrounding towns. Two weeks after Tropical Storm […]
Pope Francis phones family of slain U.S. journalist
U.S. journalist James Foley is seen during a 2011 press conference in Boston. Pope Francis phoned Foley’s bereaved family after he was killed by Islamic State militants in Syria. (CNS photo/Steven Senne, AP photo via Marquette University) NEW YORK — Pope Francis phoned the bereaved family of James Foley, a U.S. journalist killed by Islamic […]
800,000 present as pope moves 124 martyrs closer to sainthood
Pope Francis arrives to celebrate the Aug. 16 beatification Mass of Paul Yun Ji-chung and 123 martyred companions in Seoul, South Korea. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) SEOUL, South Korea — Pope Francis placed 124 Korean martyrs on the last step toward sainthood in a beatification Mass Aug. 16 that brought elation to the 800,000 people in […]
Asian youths inspired as Holy Father goes off script
DANGJIN, South Korea — About 6,000 young people from 30 Asian countries had Pope Francis all to themselves for several hours Aug. 15. The youths said they felt inspired after Pope Francis went off script to answer questions from pre-selected participants, watched a re-enactment of a modern-day prodigal son and also sat down to lunch […]
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