Jesuit Phillip Alcon Ganir, the son of Brigido and Lourdes Ganir of Foster Village, Honolulu, was ordained a deacon with 10 others by Bishop Patrick McGrath of San Jose on Oct. 20, 2012, at Santa Clara University in San Jose, Calif. The diaconate is the last major transition on his 14-year path to the priesthood. […]
BILAC’s Maui ‘franchise,’ VILAC, debuts in April
First there was BILAC. Now there’s VILAC. For more than 35 years, BILAC (Big Island Liturgy and Arts Conference) has provided communitarian-based experiences of prayer, the liturgical arts and spiritual growth for hundreds of participants. Starting in April, VILAC (Valley Isle Liturgy and Arts Conference) hopes to do the same annually on Maui. BILAC was […]
Cardinal Timothy Dolan in Kalaupapa: ‘This has been a lifetime dream’
Cardinal Timothy Dolan spoke with the Hawaii Catholic Herald briefly after the luau about the celebration for St. Marianne. Here are excerpts from that conversation. On the invitation to Molokai When Bishop Silva offered his gracious invitation, it wasn’t so much to a place, as to people, namely a person who’s had a towering influence […]
Hawaii celebrates St. Marianne back at her Kalaupapa home
The final major event for the canonization of Hawaii’s new saint is attended by the apostolic nuncio, the president of the U.S. bishops conference, the bishop of Syracuse and hundreds more Hawaii held its final major event celebrating the canonization of St. Marianne Cope in the same place she practiced her inexhaustible charity, mostly unseen, […]
Kauai’s first, final Franciscan Sister leaves
If the Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Basho were alive, he might write that even the waterfalls of Kauai — of Hanakapiai along the Na Pali Coast; to Wailua, north of Lihue; to the Kalalau Valley in Waimea — might be crying. They had witnessed the birth of five Kauai girls who became Sisters of St. […]
‘Dialogues of the Carmelites,’ an opera of love and sacrifice, coming to Hawaii
The final scene in Francis Poulenc’s “Dialogues of the Carmelites” has been described as one of the most dramatic moments in opera repertoire. “You’re going to feel like someone punched you in the gut,” said Karen Tiller, executive director of Hawaii Opera Theatre which is bringing the opera to Hawaii for the first time next […]
Grateful Hearts Campaign: Project e-Formation in faith
Jayne Mondoy had a hope for the diocese. As the director of religious education, she wanted to make learning about the Catholic faith easily accessible and convenient for educators and laypeople throughout the diocese. Through a With Grateful Hearts grant and with more than six months of research and curriculum development, she was able to […]
Surrendering to God: A pro-life story of faith, hope, courage and love
Thirty years ago, Sharon L. McFadden gave birth to a son conceived in a rape. She named him Jacob from Psalm 24:6 and raised him to adulthood only to lose him at age 27 to the H1N1 virus, the swine flu. She told her story in a talk on Jan. 22, 2011, at the March […]
Hawaii priest population steady, thanks to stream of foreign clergy
Bishop Larry Silva has maintained about the same number of priests in active ministry that he inherited when he arrived in the Islands in 2005 mostly by bringing in clergy from other countries, according to the new “Directory of the Catholic Church in Hawaii.” The 2013 directory lists 117 diocesan and religious order priests in […]
Viriditas: Father Edmundo Barut, diocesan priest
The quiet shepherd When bishop asked me to come here, he described the parish and the school as a very vibrant place with many ministries and young people who were involved in the life of the parish. For the first three months I tried to engage myself in many of the activities. When questions arose, […]
