Deacon for 13 years, port chaplain, served at St. Jude, Kapolei Deacon and diocesan port chaplain Edward Vargas, who served at St. Jude Parish in Kapolei, died March 16 at Kaiser Medical Center in Honolulu. He was 65 and a deacon for 13 years. His neighbor and friend of 20 years, Deacon John Coughlin, remembered […]
Profile: A strong, determined, joyful faith, despite her physical limitations
Anyone who knows Arline Sullivan can’t help but notice what a joyful person she is. And when you really get to know her, you realize that her joy comes from her strong Catholic faith and her great love for Jesus and Mother Mary. That love for Christ may have been what has gotten her through […]
Viriditas: Sister Anielyn Delicana, Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres
Inspiration from the mouths of infants Every day my class begins with a short prayer that I taught the children. It is accompanied by some simple actions. “Dear Jesus, bless me today. Bless my family. Bless my teachers. Bless my classmates. Jesus, I love you.” When they come to the last part of the prayer, […]
Editorial: Seeking justice through the fog of years
It’s disconcerting, to say the least, to see ads in the daily newspaper with photos of Catholic priests, placed by lawyers seeking past victims of sexual abuse by clergy in Hawaii. Distressing because the sexual abuse of minors is a horrible thing, all the more repulsive when perpetrated by priests and religious. But the ads […]
Poem to the Herald: On this journey of drought
I take a step on scattered soil, un-watered by season The pebbles are coated with dust escaping the earth I stoop, hoping to find one fine and timely reason An answer to the unquestionable that denotes rebirth My hands are as parched as the leaves in the desert My feet are calloused and bruised, awaiting […]
Saint Francis alumni bingo to have ‘fabulous’ prizes
Saint Francis School Alumni Association is sponsoring a “Bingo Time” endowment fundraiser at 11 a.m., May 3, in the school’s Almeida Student Center at 2707 Pamoa Road in Manoa. The $45 per person entrance fee covers lunch, dessert, two drink tickets, one bingo card and a numbered ticket for a chance to win a […]
Mary Adamski: Listening — It’s an act of love
How did they tell the story later, Peter, James and John, I wonder, Good Jewish men, they’d been raised on the story from centuries earlier about Moses going to a mountaintop and hearing Yahweh himself establishing his covenant with Israel. There the three humble fishermen were, on another mountaintop when they witnessed Jesus, joined by […]
Hawaii Catholic Conference | Legislative report: March 28, 2014
Diocese gives many bills the thumbs up The Hawaii state legislative session has moved into its second half and the Hawaii Catholic Conference is pleased to report that most of its efforts have been in support of some really good pieces of legislation. Here is a summary of some of these efforts. MEMORIAL BILLS The […]
Obituary: Nettie Lou Kaleimomi Naula Peiler | 1947-2014
Diocesan secretary managed church records and statistics Nettie Lou Kaleimomi Naula Peiler, the recently retired secretary for the diocese’s Chancellor’s Office at St. Stephen Diocesan Center who handled church records and statistics among other duties, died on March 9 in Kaneohe. She was 66. Her funeral is March 31 at St. Ann Church in Kaneohe. […]
Holy Family Sister Joanna Connolly, former Hawaii catechist, turns 100
Holy Family Sister Joanna Connolly retired from her first career when she turned 5. She had to start kindergarten, after all. That was a while ago. She just turned 100 on March 4. Her second career has lasted a bit longer, especially considering religious sisters really don’t retire. They just change ministries. Sister Joanna spent […]
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