The Alakaina Foundation gave $1 million to Chaminade University Aug. 11 to establish an endowed scholarship for students of Native Hawaiian ancestry. The presentation was made at the Pacific Club. The scholarships, which will be available in fall 2017, will benefit students studying business, environmental and interior design, communications, political science, history, international studies, education, […]
Portuguese Festa promises music, food, fun
The 2016 Portuguese Festa, billed as a “unique Portuguese cultural experience,” again this year promises music, entertainment, food and fun, Oct. 8, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at Hawaii’s Plantation Village at the Waipahu Cultural Gardens. The event has been sponsored by the Hawaii Council of Portuguese Heritage since 1978. The Festa will feature comedian Frank […]
Photo: Seminarian and social ministers
Seminarian Dario Rinaldi , center, poses with members of the social ministry of St. John the Baptist Church in Kalihi. The volunteers distribute canned goods to families in need and the homeless every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rinaldi was assigned at the parish this past year to experience pastoral work. (Courtesy photo) […]
Talk Story: Our mercy ministries
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy. These words might well sum up the mystery of Christian faith. Mercy has become living and visible in Jesus of Nazareth, reaching its culmination in him. The Father rich in mercy (Eph2:4) … revealed his name to Moses as a God merciful […]
Obituary: Brother Leo (Odon) Vendiola, SS.CC. | 1930-2016
Lay brother served his community as a maintenance person, driver Brother Leo (Odon) Vendiola, who served as a driver and maintenance worker for the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, died June 11 at Leahi Hospital in Honolulu. He was 85 and a religious brother for 58 years. Reflecting on his religious […]
It’s back to the Islands for incoming head of Catholic Charities
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “Full circle” is a notion becoming familiar to Terry Walsh, recently picked to take the reins of Catholic Charities Hawaii when its president and chief executive officer Jerry Rauckhorst retires at the end of this year after 20 years of service. The new job will bring Walsh back to […]
Special liturgy to mark 75th anniversary of the diocese
Bishop Larry Silva will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of Honolulu with a Mass at 10 a.m. Sept. 10 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. It was on that day in 1941 in the downtown cathedral that Bishop James J. Sweeney was installed as Hawaii’s first diocesan […]
‘Receive’ (not ‘take’) this ring’ among rite changes
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “The bride and groom now say to each other ‘receive this ring’ instead of ‘take this ring.’” That’s just one of the many changes, big and small, coming this year to the church’s matrimonial rites. The new adaptations to “The Order of Celebrating Matrimony” will be presented in Hawaii […]
Heralding back: July 29, 2016
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — July 29, 1966 The Sisters of the Sacred Hearts, the first religious community of nuns to enter Hawaii, have modified their religious habit effective this weekend. The new habit will be without the present cape and the headpiece with veil has been simplified. Also the embroidered emblem […]
Chaminade University welcomes new rector
Chaminade University of Honolulu welcomed Marianist Brother Edward Brink as its new rector on July 1. Brother Brink was a regent for Chaminade from 2007 to 2015. During that term, he also served as assistant for education for the Marianists’ U.S. province, a role in which he managed relationships with three universities run by the […]
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