Catholic Charities Hawaii’s chief executive officer and president Robert Van Tassell holds a check presented to him Nov. 21 by Hawaii Catholic Women’s Guild representatives Pat Alvarez and Phyllis Zerbe, pictured to his left and right respectively. The women’s organization closed this year after 160 years of charitable work in Hawaii and is donating the […]
160 years of charity: The Catholic Women’s Guild, caring for Hawaii’s poor since the monarchy, is disbanding
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Catholic Women’s Guild Hawaii, the Islands’ oldest Catholic charitable organization, has convened its last meeting. Fewer than 15 attended on Feb. 28 — not enough for a quorum — bleakly illustrating the main reason for the group’s demise. An organization that used to make headlines on the society […]
Brother Joseph Dutton topic of Women’s Guild meeting
Brother Joseph Dutton, whose life of self-sacrifice and inspiring good works has placed him in consideration to be Molokai’s third candidate for sainthood, is the featured topic for the Catholic Women’s Guild Hawaii annual meeting, 2:45 p.m., Saturday, April 28, at Regina Pacis Convent in Kaimuki. After a short registration period, the gathering will proceed […]