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, […]
Photo: Seminarian support
Evelyn Cabral, district deputy of the Young Ladies Institute District 22, Ana Malia 208 and Kailua 213, presents vicar general Father Gary Secor with a $4,620 check for the support of seminarians for the Diocese of Honolulu. The longtime local Catholic women’s organization presents its “seminary burse” to the diocese every year. (Photo courtesy of […]
Bishop Silva making pilgrimage to Lourdes with Order of Malta
Bishop Larry Silva is traveling to France April 30-May 8 to join thousands of fellow Knights of Malta on their annual pilgrimage to Lourdes. He will make the trip with two other Hawaii members of the charitable order and two “malades,” persons with illnesses who are given free travel to the Marian apparition site known […]
Moon over Molokai: My life in Kalaupapa
It was 5:15 a.m. approximately as I stepped out onto the front porch, then onto the lawn facing those great green pali to the south. To the west over Maunaloa hung the full silvery moon, lighting up the landscape and the pali and shimmering on the harbor waters. It was time to prepare for the […]
Religious ed office sponsoring three Year of Faith conferences
The diocesan Department of Religious Education is sponsoring three Year of Faith conferences later this year on as many islands with sessions on evangelization, youth and young adult ministry, Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, Catholic social teaching, parish leadership, volunteer training and more. Here is the conference schedule: Oahu: June 20-22; St. Joseph Parish, […]
St. John Vianney School presents student musicians spring concert
The multi-level music department of St. John Vianney School in Kailua under the direction of Dana Arbaugh will present its spring concert, 6:30 p.m., May 10, in the parish church. The public is invited. The concert will feature the school’s beginning band, beginning orchestra, concert band and concert orchestra performing works from around the world […]
Hawaii’s Secular Franciscans elect local leadership council
In 2008, Pope Benedict XVI told his rowdy American flock in his homily in New York’s Yankee Stadium that “obedience” wasn’t a bad word. Rather, it is the surrender of one’s will to God in service to him and the church. That’s the spirit of Hawaii’s Secular Franciscans, an order of lay men and women […]
Kapiolani Park celebration planned to cap Year of Faith
The Diocese of Honolulu is planning a festive day in the park to mark the end of the Catholic Church’s Year of Faith in November. Tentatively called the Catholic Cultural Celebration, the event being planned for Kapiolani Park in Waikiki, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Nov. 23 will feature a prayer service, entertainment, music, food and inspirational […]
Photo: New lay associates formally received
Seven new members made their commitment and formally were received into the Lay Association of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts, April 14, in the chapel of the Sacred Hearts Sisters’ Regina Pacis Convent in Kaimuki. Pictured in front, from left, are Leander Jung and Rose Nacion. In the back from left are Linda Jose […]
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