100 years ago this month, the kiawe planted by the first Catholic missionary was cut down. Its descendants live on. By Father Louis H. Yim Special to the Hawaii Catholic Herald This is the story of a tree God had placed in the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiians call the tree “kiawe.” Some arborists prefer “prosopis chilensis.” […]
St. Damien of Monongahela
Ten years after his canonization, the Molokai saint has several Mainland parishes named in his honor By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The story of St. Damien de Veuster has been spreading since his 2009 canonization. That includes the naming of several parishes on the Mainland after the Belgian-born, Hawaii priest who served Hansen’s disease […]
50 years as the soul of a bustling city neighborhood
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Like a round peg in a square hole, Sts. Peter and Paul Church stands out in Honolulu’s Ala Moana district. In a good way. The circular church rises right off the sidewalk on busy Kaheka Street, the “soul” of a neighborhood of towering condos, commercial buildings, retail outlets and […]
New Catholic Charities head has affordable housing background
Catholic Charities Hawaii has selected as its new chief executive officer and president a Washington state man with two decades of leadership in the development and operations of affordable housing. Robert “Rob” Van Tassell starts Nov. 4. He is currently vice president of Catholic Housing Services of Western Washington, where he oversees the housing and […]
Family faith formation webinars share parish success stories
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald “Stay with Us: Dynamic Ideas for Family Faith Formation,” is a new series of four webinars hosted by the Office of Religious Education and its director Jayne Ragasa Mondoy. “Developing strong Catholic families in which parents and children alike learn to give witness to Christ is a priority for […]
Theme of 2019 Life Symposium: ‘Family under siege’
By Alfred Hagen Special to the Herald “As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.” (St. John Paul II) As a reflection of the Holy Family, the human family is one of the most sacred of God’s gifts. Beginning with a marriage between one man […]
Photo: Walking the talk
Saint Louis School students show their handmade signs protesting domestic violence in the 25th annual Men’s March Against Violence Oct. 3 in downtown Honolulu. They were among the hundreds who participated in the annual event, which began this year with a remembrance of nine Hawaii victims killed by domestic violence. The march through downtown started […]
Summer with the FCC
Tracking the activities of Filipino Catholic Clubs on Oahu By Taylor Rayray Special to the Herald A pageant for a good cause The Filipino Catholic Clubs’ Queen of Charity Pageant was hosted Sept. 7 by the first place parish, St. Joseph in Waipahu. Each parish was represented by a member of the Filipino Catholic […]
St. Anthony offering retreat for the grieving
St. Anthony Retreat Center in Kalihi Valley will offer “And Jesus wept,” a day of prayer and reflection for those who are grieving, Nov. 2, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Rose Hill conference room and chapel at 3351 Kalihi Street. Grief can be experienced in a number of ways — after the death of a […]
Community’s retreat ‘fully alive in the Spirit’
Special to the Herald Hawaii’s Basic Christian Community kicked off its annual retreat on Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Benedictine Monastery in Waialua. It was truly a day of exuberance and excitement as more than 140 people traveled to this mountaintop giving praise and honor to their Lord, Jesus Christ. This year’s theme, “Fully Alive […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 130
- 131
- 132
- 133
- 134
- …
- 333
- Next Page »
