I am from Kailua. Jeff is from Honolulu. Both of us studied at Punahou School and embraced religious life after. I taught in Taiwan back in the 1980s. Jeff will complete in July his first year of teaching at Taiwan’s Fu Jen Catholic University. I came home to minister to the unmet needs in Hawaii; […]
Obituary: Carondelet Sister Julia Marie Acain, of Maui, beloved teacher for 50 years
Sister Julia Marie Acain, a Maui girl who, with her sister Catherine, joined the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet 60 years ago and enjoyed a long fruitful career in education, died on April 20 in Makawao, Maui. She was 79. Sister Julia Marie was a teacher in California, on Oahu and Maui, and was […]
St. Damien churches ‘discovered’ in Midwest and Monongahela
St. Damien Parish in the town of Monongahela, Pa., was formed after the merger of two parishes – Transfiguration Church, above, and St. Anthony Church – on Aug. 15, 2011. (Photo courtesy of St. Damien Parish, Monongahela) Just in time for the May 10 feast day of St. Damien of Molokai, the Hawaii Catholic […]
VILAC and LILAC make joyful debut on Maui, Lanai
Marianist VILAC (Valley Isle Liturgy and Arts Conference) and LILAC (Lanai Island Liturgy and Arts Concert) made their successful debuts in April. The two cultural events take their inspiration from their like-sounding parent conference — Marianist BILAC (Big Island Liturgy and Arts Conference) —celebrated annually on the Chaminade/Saint Louis School Campus in Honolulu. All three […]
Official Notices: May 10, 2013
Bishop’s Calendar May 10, 6:00 pm, Mass for Feast of St. Damien, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu. May 11, 10:00 am, Confirmation Mass, St. Joseph Parish, Waipahu; 5:30 pm, Confirmation Mass, Star of the Sea Parish, Kahala; 6:00 pm, Confirmation Mass, St. Ann Parish, Kaneohe. [Fr. Gary Secor] May 12, 8:30 am, […]
The Herald is back online
The Hawaii Catholic Herald is back online. After about a year lost behind some cyberspace cloud, www.hawaiicatholicherald.com is again an existing and accessible destination. The Hawaii Catholic Herald site went down last year due to unknown factors. The new site was created fresh by Herald staffer Darlene Dela Cruz. It now has local material from […]
Clarence Ching Foundation gives $7.5 million to Saint Louis School
Posing for the check presentation, from left, school president Walter Kirimitsu and school principal Patricia Hamamoto, and from the Ching Foundation, Kenneth Okamoto, John Tsui, Raymond Tam, Peter Ng and R. Stevens Gilley. (Photo courtesy of Saint Louis School) The Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation has given Saint Louis School $7.5 million, the school’s largest […]
Obituary: Marianist Father Joseph Lackner of Chaminade was global scholar
Marianist Father Joseph Lackner of the Center Marianist Hale Malia Community at Chaminade University, died April 28 in Seoul, South Korea, while en route back to the U.S. from a Marianist teaching assignment in Bangalore, India. He was 71 and a Marianist for 52 years. He had been on the Chaminade faculty since 2011. In […]
A gift for the Holy Father: The White House asks a Kailua artist to craft a special koa rosary for Pope Francis
It was an affirmation of faith. It was a humble act of service. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It was a gift for the pope, made with aloha. A U.S. delegation led by Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Rome last month to greet newly-elected Pope Francis at his installation Mass March 19. Catholic News […]
St. Damien’s feast day not the customary date of death
The feast day of St. Damien, May 10, is an unusual date selection but an appropriate one. It is customary to chose for a saint’s feast the date of his or her death, the day that he or she entered into eternal life. That day, in St. Damien’s case, is April 15, and for years, […]
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