Linda Cacpal was a lay person, a retired state employee, a convert, a parish minister with a love for the church so total that the bishop was moved to preside at her funeral. “This dear sister of ours dedicated her life to God completely,” Bishop Larry Silva told those who came to say goodbye to […]
Signs of the times: March for Life 2015
A bright clear day greeted the 300 people who gathered at the State Capitol Jan. 24 for Hawaii’s 42nd annual Rally and March for Life marking the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Roe vs. Wade decision that resulted in abortion on demand across the country. Catholic youth groups came in by the busload from […]
More relatives of Hawaii’s St. Marianne come forward
Standing in front of the cabinet holding the remains of St. Marianne Cope in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Jan. 23, are her relatives, from left, Dr. Paul DeMare, Patricia Cope Wood, Denise Cope Parry, Meg Burnett and Shirley Koob. (HCH photo | Patrick Downes) Two more blood relatives St. Marianne […]
Obituary: FATHER ANTHONY BOLGER | 1943-2015
Pastor served 24 years of active ministry in Hawaii Father Anthony Bolger, a retired priest who served the Diocese of Honolulu for 35 years, died Jan. 7 at his residence in Tijuana, Mexico. He was 71 and a priest for 45 years. Father Bolger served 24 years of active ministry as a parish priest in […]
Obituary: MARYKNOLL SISTER LEONA MICHIELS | 1917-2015
Missioner teacher served 20 years in Catholic schools on Maui, Oahu Maryknoll Sister Leona Michiels, who served in Hawaii as an educator for more than 20 years, died Jan. 17 at Maryknoll Sisters Home Care IV, Maryknoll, N.Y. She was 97 and a Maryknoll Sister for 76 years. Sister Leona was born in Chicago on […]
2015 Red Mass keynote address: Where ‘Catholic’ means help
Joan Rosenhauer at the Red Mass Jan. 20 in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) Here is the prepared text of the keynote talk by Joan Rosenhauer, executive vice president of Catholic Relief Services’ U.S. Operations, at the Red Mass Jan. 20 in the […]
Gift of life prompts a donation in appreciation
For the last 30 years of her life, Sister Julia Marie Acain prayed every day for the anonymous donor who gave her the “gift of life.” In 1983, the Maui Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet was the recipient of a kidney transplant. She lived without complications or infections until her death by cancer at […]
Calendar briefs: Jan. 30, 2015
Chesterton scholar giving presentations in February G.K. Chesterton scholar Dale Ahlquist will give two free presentations in Honolulu in February. Here are the topics, locations, times and dates of his talks. “The Philosophy of Islands,” Pauline Books and Media Center, downtown, 7 p.m., Feb. 10. Validated underground parking across the street. “Puritans and Pagans,” at […]
Kahuku pastor is spiritual director of tour to see the Shroud of Turin
Join Father Paul Li, pastor of St. Roch Church, Kahuku, and St. Joachim Church, Punaluu, on Oahu’s North Shore, for a pilgrimage this spring to see the Shroud of Turin, said to be the burial cloth of Jesus, and shrines in France, Spain and Italy. Father Li is the spiritual director of the April 8 […]
Talk story: When ‘Catholic’ means ‘help’
“One little girl of about 12 told one of my colleagues that when she and her family first came to the refugee camp, the children all told her to go to the building that said “Catholic Relief Services.” She said she didn’t know what it was, and as a Muslim she had never heard the […]
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