Sister Rochelle Liu, left, and Sister Joan Roddy, Hawaii’s Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia. (HCH photo | Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP) Boxes have been mailed; a palette shipped. Hawaii’s only two Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia left this week for Tacoma, Wash., leaving the Diocese of Honolulu minus another religious order. […]
Holy Spirit Mass: Mission of education, evangelization requires ‘deliberate effort’
Catholic School educators pray at the Mass of the Holy Spirit Aug. 19 at St. Ann Church in Kaneohe. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) “Deliberate effort” is required for Catholic school instructors to continue their important mission of education and evangelization, said Bishop Larry Silva during a special Mass of the Holy Spirit, Aug. […]
Carondelet Sisters’ 75 years of service a ‘patchwork quilt of the love of Christ’
Visiting Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet stand as they are introduced at the Mass celebrating the 75th anniversary of the order in Hawaii. Standing from left, Sister Anna Bridget Kearns, Sister Helen Janssen and Sister Karen Kennelly. (HCH photo | Patrick Downes) “Yes, we are getting old,” smiled Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet […]
Official Notices: Aug. 30, 2013
Bishop’s Calendar August 30, 12:00 pm, Mass at Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu; 6:00 pm, Vocations Discernment Dinner for East Hawaii Vicariate, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Papaikou. August 31, 5:00 pm, Mass and Installation of Reverend Robert Schwarzhaupt as Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Hawi. September 3, 7:30 am, Hawaii Family […]
Manaolana | Lisa’s catechism corner: Why is there nevertheless injustice?
YOUCAT*: “All men have the same dignity, but not all of them meet with the same living conditions. In cases where injustice is man-made, it contradicts the Gospel. In cases where men have been endowed by God with different gifts and talents, God is asking us to rely on one another: in charity one should […]
Manaolana | Christina Capecchi: The art of saying no
Somewhere along the line, as college-admission rates plunged and smartphones proliferated, “busy” became code for “important.” We got the sense that doing more means doing better. We fed into the flattery, the idea that a busy person is in demand — qualified, experienced, needed, loved. The person with the fullest calendar wins. Even our social […]
Mary Adamski: Boot camps, religious and otherwise
Jeremy Sabugo, Justin Carrigan and Michael Kamauoha stand in front of Father Johnathan Hurrell, seated, at their profession of first vows, Aug. 10, in St. Patrick Church. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) It was a moment for mini-meditation during a traffic stall last week along the University of Hawaii dormitory row — a conscious […]
Photos: Chuukese Mass
Bishop Larry Silva, far left, celebrated Mass for the Chuukese Catholic community Aug. 18. The liturgy, which is celebrated in English with readings and music in Micronesian languages, regularly draws hundreds of congregants to St. Philomena Church in Honolulu every third Sunday of the month. At the Aug. 18 Mass, Micronesian Catholics welcomed the […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Humility is key to holiness Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24a Luke 14:1, 7-14 The Book of Sirach furnishes this weekend’s first Scripture reading. Sirach is among those biblical volumes collectively called the Wisdom Literature. This designation means that these books attempt to show that the Jews’ ancient faith in the one God of […]
Viriditas: Sister Anne-Marie Tamanaha, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Music in the heart Within every letter I write, and throughout the day, I repeat the following Scripture: “Be joyful in hope, persevere in hardship; keep praying regularly.” (Romans 12:12) As a sister of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, my primary ministry is of adoration. It is through my life’s practice of eucharistic […]
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