St. Francis Healthcare staff and community members honored recently departed loved ones by hanging their names on laminated stars at the 25th annual “Light Up a Memory” tree-lighting ceremony Dec. 6 at the Sister Maureen Keleher Center in Nuuanu. The event was also held Dec. 13 at the Maurice J. Sullivan Family Hospice Center in […]
A donation of clothing … a surprising discovery
At St. Anthony Church in Kalihi a volunteer sorts through clothing donations. The volunteer opens a cardboard box of clothing. In that box is an old robe and in a pocket of that robe the volunteer finds a small pendant of a police badge and more than $1,000 cash in various denominations. The Kalihi parish […]
Bishop invites church leaders to prayer for Christian unity
Bishop Larry Silva’s office sent an invitation to 96 Christian church leaders in Hawaii to join him in a Taize Prayer around the Cross 7 p.m., Jan. 24, at the University of Hawaii’s Newman Center to commemorate the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Jan. 18-25. The bishop is proposing the Taize Prayer, named […]
Bishop Larry Silva’s 2013 Christmas Message
Who asked God to become a human being anyway? Certainly not those who praise God but still like to keep him in a safe place, away from any interference he might have in their daily lives. Certainly not those who see God’s law as oppressive of their human freedom and who lock him away in […]
Catholic school teacher’s aide writes ‘something new’ about an old value
Ginger Kamisugi, a teacher’s aide at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City, reads to students her new book, “Something Different, Something New,” Dec. 4. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) A new children’s book written by a teacher’s aide at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Pearl City aims to […]
Christmas carol favorites
Childhood memories, soaring notes, haunting melodies, joyful lyrics? Why do some Christmas songs make our hearts quiver and our souls melt? The Hawaii Catholic Herald asked a few friends to name their most favorite Christmas carol and to explain what made it special. Here are their responses compiled and gently edited. Karen Kung, diocesan human […]
Coordinating Christmas angels: Catholic Charities’ ‘Holidays from the Heart’ connects the giver with the receiver
Students from Star of the Sea School look at the ornaments on their “Giving Tree,” which have written on them Christmas wish items for Catholic Charities Hawaii clients and others in the community. Students and parishioners have given generous donations to fulfill these holiday needs. A new Catholic Charities program geared toward Volunteer Services and […]
OBITUARY: Benedictine Father Timothy Ottman served Hawaii in parishes, monastery for 30 years
Benedictine Father Timothy M. Ottman, who came to Hawaii more than 30 years ago to work as a parish priest for a decade before retiring at the Benedictine Monastery in Waialua, died Dec. 5 in a Waialua foster care home. He was 92. He had been in religious life, first as a Trappist monk, since […]
Three Honolulu pro-life events will mark Roe vs. Wade anniversary
Three Honolulu pro-life events in January will mark the U.S. Supreme Court’s Jan. 22, 1973, Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. A Luminary Ceremony and Prayer Service, 5:30-8 p.m., Jan. 22, at the Hawaii state Capitol will honor the millions of babies lost to abortion. The event is being sponsored […]
Social Ministry Office to receive half of the proceeds of Raiatea Helm CD
Hawaiian recording artist Raiatea Helm is donating half of the proceeds from the sale of her new mini-CD “Ave Maria” (after covering production and manufacturing costs) to the diocese’s Office for Social Ministry. The two-time Grammy-nominated singer recorded the Latin-language classic to the simple accompaniment of ukulele virtuoso musician Bryan Tolentino. The CD also includes […]
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