Oahu: multicultural day moves to Star of the Sea Parish grounds The Oahu event celebrating the close of the Year of Faith, originally planned for Kapiolani Park, has been moved to the grounds of Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala. The Catholic Cultural Celebration, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Nov. 23 will feature a prayer […]
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Public rosary rallies across Hawaii, nation commemorate Fatima
In 1883, Pope Leo XIII officially dedicated the month of October to the “Holy Rosary.” For local Catholics, it has become a time of special devotion to the Blessed Mother’s favorite prayer, particularly through public rosary rallies. Dozens of parish and faith groups will be organizing rosary events in Hawaii Oct. 12 as part of […]
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 […]
Kathleen T. Choi: The queen and I
In case you hadn’t heard, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince William had a baby in July. As a lifelong fan of the monarchy, I was among those eagerly awaiting this birth. I blame my starry eyes on my grandmother, who was born and raised in Scotland. She married a Yank and became an American, […]
Kathleen T. Choi: In the big boat
I just read “Take This Bread” by Sara Miles (Ballantine Books, 2008). Miles describes herself as an atheist and “a lesbian, left-wing journalist.” She spent her younger years in restaurant work and covering revolutions in South America. Then one day she wandered into St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco. When the priest […]
Mary Adamski: Boot camps, religious and otherwise
Jeremy Sabugo, Justin Carrigan and Michael Kamauoha stand in front of Father Johnathan Hurrell, seated, at their profession of first vows, Aug. 10, in St. Patrick Church. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) It was a moment for mini-meditation during a traffic stall last week along the University of Hawaii dormitory row — a conscious […]
And who is my (western Pacific) neighbor? Reaching out to Micronesian Catholic immigrants
Jocelyn Howard, left, and Julie Walsh talk about Micronesian history and culture at a workshop for clergy, Aug. 8 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) People from Micronesia bring a rich measure of devotion and diversity to Hawaii’s Catholic parishes, said two local experts on Micronesian anthropology at a […]
Manaolana | World Youth Day: Dispatches from Rio by Hawaii delegation
Some of the Hawaii pilgrims to World Youth Day in Brazil sent back blogs from the road for the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry. Here are some excerpts from their posts: Rio #WYD13, here we come! July 20: We’re checked in and ready to board the first leg of our journey. Stop #1: […]
Cathedral launching campaign to raise $15 million for renovation
Youth take a look at the choir loft of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace on June 29 during a “Youth Day” tour of the historic church. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) The Cathedral Renewal Campaign, an initiative to raise funds for the renovation of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
God has not abandoned us Isaiah 66:10-4 Galatians 6:14-18 Luke 10:1-2, 17-20 The first reading is from the third section of Isaiah. The three sections of this book, so favored over the years by pious Jews as well as devout Christians, saw a great sweep of Hebrew history, from before the Babylonian conquest, through the […]