NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Nov. 19, 1965 Thanksgiving Day in Japan is Kansha Bi. Though the name is different, the custom of giving thanks is the same the world over. Sister Martin Jerome of Maryknoll and her kimonoed friends join the rest of the country in saying “arigato,” thank you, for […]
HC Harold’s Quiz: Nov. 20, 2015
We are nearing the end of 2015, quizzicals. There is always much to be grateful for, but this seems to be an especially special year. As we approach Advent, may we remember our many blessings. Here’s an early gift for you – my latest quiz! 1) Saints The Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska, counts among its […]
Heralding back: Nov. 6, 2015
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Nov. 5, 1965 Brother J.J. Kennedy, F.S.C.H., coordinator of the Damien Memorial High School Carnival which will be held this weekend, November 4, 5, and 6 on the school grounds at 1401 Houghtailing Street shows Mrs. Margaret Ohara the huge layout for games, activities, food booths, plant […]
HC Harold’s Quiz: Nov. 6, 2015
I think I’ve made a pretty tough quiz this time, Heraldians. There are lots of timely Catholic trivia questions designed to test you. Just because we’re nearing the end of the year, doesn’t mean I am going to go easy! 1) Saints St. Willibrord, whose feast day is Nov. 7, is a patron for the […]
Mary Adamski: The song of the rich young man
The whole congregation swayed and lip-synched as the choir sang “Kanaka Wai Wai” at the Oct. 11 Sunday Mass at my parish. One of the most mellow, lovely Hawaiian hymns; even those not fluent know the words of the chorus, “E hawi, e hawi lilo. I kou mau waiwai,” and so on. But did we […]
Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: Ulu, the Chuukese and one ohana
“Praised be you, my Lord, through our Sister Mother Earth, who sustains us and who produces various fruit.” (St. Francis of Assisi: “Canticle of Creatures”) This summer on the Big Island, Chuukese women from St. Joseph Parish in Hilo and Sacred Heart Parish in Pahoa drove up the Hamakua Coast in two vans singing and […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Oct. 23, 2015
Is that November I spy on the horizon, quiz maniacs? My, does the year zoom by in the blink of an eye. It’s time once again for a fresh set of Catholic quiz questions. Get those warm autumn thinking caps on! 1) Saints Which of the following is NOT true about St. John of Capistrano, […]
Father Themistocles T. Tuyac Jr., diocesan priest: A missionary in a foreign land
The Maryknoll Fathers had instilled in me the missionary spirit. Now that we have a lot of vocations in my diocese, it is my time to share in the mission. When my bishop asked me to do missionary work, to help the Diocese of Honolulu, I needed to discern it for a few months. I […]
Heralding back: Oct. 23, 2015
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Oct. 22, 1965 George Barati (right) rehearses with Shigeru Hotoke (filling in for Richard Kness, tenor, who had not arrived from Washington), Ethel Chung Maxson, Eunice DeMello, and Charles Scharbach (left to right) for tonight’s performance of Beethoven’s MISSA SOLEMNIS. This is the first time this masterpiece […]
Talk story | Office for Social Ministry: We are family
“We all have the duty to do good.” (Pope Francis) Two weeks ago, these words, with the waving, smiling image of Pope Francis, were on banners flying from street lamps all over Philadelphia. This message and others like it were repeated all over New York City and Washington, D.C. We all have memories of Pope […]
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