Sister Joan of Arc Souza of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities took the popular “Ice Bucket Challenge” Sept. 23 to raise money for the ALS Association, which promotes research for a cure to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Sister Joan of Arc, head of school at St. […]
Office for Social Ministry | Talk story: One body in Christ
So we, who are many, are one body in Christ … made up of many parts” (Romans 2:5). Aloha, If we are one body, when one part is affected, what is the response of the other parts? Our sisters and brothers at Sacred Heart Parish in Pahoa wake up every day facing an uncertain future. […]
Photo: Final respects
Dominican Sister Malia Dominica Wong pays her last respects at the casket of Father Robert Siu before the funeral Mass celebrated in his honor Sept. 26 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Father Siu, a Hawaii-born priest of the Diocese of Honolulu, died Sept. 11 in Wyoming, where he had been serving […]
Photo: Love and aloha
Kay Botelho, 93, embraces a student at Star of the Sea School in Waialae-Kahala at the celebration of her “retirement,” Sept. 26. Students, faculty and staff gathered after the 8 a.m. Mass at Star of the Sea Church to thank Botelho for 19 years of full-time volunteer service. Her daughter, Kathy, is a middle school […]
Former Newman director to lead pilgrimages to Spain, Lourdes, Fatima
Join the former director of Honolulu’s Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish, Jesuit Father Russell Roide, for a pilgrimage next summer to the shrines of Spain, Lourdes, Fatima and Paris. Father Roide will be the spiritual director of trip sponsored by 206Tours. The dates for the complete pilgrimage, which also offers shorter options, are June 5 to […]
Photo: Day at the beach house
Three Secular Franciscan Fraternities of the Hawaii region gathered at Blessings House in Ewa Beach for a day of recollection with their spiritual assistant, Capuchin Franciscan Father Gordon Combs on Sept. 20. Reflecting on the “Testament of St. Francis,” the group prayed, played and enjoyed God’s beautiful creation at the beach house. (Photo courtesy of […]
Diocese seeing an increase in the number of men studying for the priesthood
Diocesan seminarians with Bishop Larry Silva and former vocations director Father Pascual Abaya at the June 7 diaconate ordination of Nick Brown, center. The seminarians are, from left, Emmanuelle del Castillo, Frankie Villanueva, Preston Castro, Dario Rinaldi, Ace Tui, Romple Emwalu, William Tulua, Anh Vu, Alfred Guerrero and E.J. Resinto. Missing is new seminarian Kevin […]
Mass to commemorate cathedral’s new basilica status
The doors of Hawaii’s famous cathedral will be thrown open Oct. 11 to welcome all who would like to share in its latest honor. Already blessed by the footprints of saints, the 170-year-old mother church of Hawaii has gained a new tribute, the title of minor basilica, and Bishop Larry Silva will celebrate that recognition […]
New director of safe environment brings management, social work skills to the job
Dara Perreira, the human resources director of the diocese of Honolulu, had been fretting a few months ago about how hard it would be to fill the newly open position of director of safe environment. She needed someone with solid managerial experience and the heart of a social worker who could ensure that the Catholic […]
Obituary: Father Robert Siu | 1924-2014
One of Hawaii’s first diocesan priests spent final years in Wyoming Father Robert Kwong Chee Siu, one of the Hawaii’s first local-born diocesan priests, died Sept. 11 in Lander, Wyoming, where he was a retired parish priest in residence. He had celebrated his 60th anniversary of ordination in June. He was 90 when he died. […]
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