Catholic Charities Hawaii is one of the major sponsors for the 20th Annual Men’s March Against Violence, a yearly demonstration highlighting awareness of domestic violence, Oct. 23, in downtown Honolulu. The event begins with a short march starting at noon from the State Capitol rotunda to Honolulu Hale’s Skygate Park, where a rally is scheduled […]
Jacqueline Medrano crowned FCC scholarship pageant queen
Sacred Hearts Father Christopher Keahi crowned Jacqueline Buted Medrano as Queen of Charity at the Oahu Council of Filipino Catholic Clubs 59th Annual Queen of Charity and Scholarship Awards pageant on Aug. 16 at St. Michael Parish in Waialua. The newly crowned royalty, with her nine princesses, then presented flowers before the statue of the […]
The right response to Pono Choices
The Pono Choices curriculum, an unintended teen pregnancy and sexually-transmitted disease prevention program for middle school students in Hawaii’s public school system, has (again) been in the news. On Sept. 4, the Hawaii State Department of Education announced its approval of an updated version of the curriculum. The DOE also changed its policy from parents […]
Photo: That’s cold
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 […]
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