Hawaii’s priests gather for a group photo May 15 at the annual priests’ convocation at the Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu’s North Shore. The Office of Clergy lists more than half of them as “international.” (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) The diocesan Office of Clergy classifies more than half of the priests in […]
Mary Adamski: Sustainable acts of kindness
Random acts of kindness. Someone created that phrase a couple decades ago to package the concept of spontaneous and anonymous generosity to help or cheer a total stranger. I believe it was dreamed up as an antidote to “random acts of violence,” the unexplainable bursts of cruelty and destruction that fill the news and wrench […]
4 in 5 Isle parishes fall short in audit of collection procedures
Is your parish using the right kind of bags to store its offertory collections? Does more than one person take collection funds to and from the parish safe? Is a log being kept of the offertory moneybags? Are collection summaries and cash counting managed properly? About a year after the diocese issued a checklist in […]
Knights’ donations give ultrasound machine to Kona pregnancy center
The Knights of Columbus Kona Council 13227 on Aug. 31 presented a check for $25,410 to the Pregnancy Center of Kona, a non-denominational counseling and pregnancy testing service, covering the cost of a new ultrasound machine that will monitor the health of babies in the womb and allow mothers to see their development. According to […]
Photos: Faith-sharing professionals
Bishop Larry Silva hosted the diocese’s first ever gathering for “Catholic professionals” Sept. 20 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. The event, planned by the diocese’s Year of Faith committee, drew about 30 participants from various community sectors for a night of food and faith-sharing. In top photo, diocesan vicar general Father Gary Secor, left, led […]
‘Launch your dreams’ theme of Chaminade’s small business fair
The Chaminade University School of Business and the Hogan Entrepreneurs program will host the 2013 Hawaii Small Business Fair “Launch Your Dreams into Reality,” Oct. 12, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on campus in Henry Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Parking is also free, but seating is limited. To reserve a seat, […]
Photo: Big Island Catechist retreat
Fifty-two people from seven parishes attended the Big Island Catechist Retreat Sept. 14 at Immaculate Heart of Mary parish hall in Papaikou. Daughter of St. Paul Sister Irene Regina Hoernschemeyer gave a presentation on Pope John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body.” Diocesan religious education director Jayne Mondoy led a discussion on implementing what the […]
Art: Dutton memorialized in print
Big Island artist Dietrich Varez, who has created block prints of St. Damien and St. Marianne in his singular bold iconic monochromatic style, has made a new one of a third Kalaupapa hero, “Brother” Joseph Dutton. The civil war veteran and layman from Stowe, Vermont, served Kalauapa patients for the last 45 years of his […]
Gus and Anna Hochuli: Friends of Catholic education
Gus and Anna Hochuli were dedicated parishioners of Hilo’s St Joseph Church and staunch advocates of Catholic education. Upon their deaths, they left $1 million with the Augustine Educational Foundation to provide scholarships for students at St Joseph School in Hilo. Here is their story, submitted by the Augustine Foundation. Gustav Hochuli, a kind, […]
Bishop hires Ewa Beach parish office manager as new secretary
Bishop Larry Silva has hired himself a new secretary, Denise Duhaylonsod Oliveira, the office manager at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Ewa Beach. She starts in her office on the fourth floor of the downtown chancery building on Oct. 1. Besides her experience in parish administration, she brings to the new job broad […]
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