VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Every morning, I start off the day with a four-mile walk around two of the blocks in our church vicinity. It is a calm way to begin the day, as well as a good means of exercise. During this time, I also say my morning prayers. As I pray and walk, I […]
China-born priest left with mixed feelings about Vatican-China agreement
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The provisional Vatican-China agreement on appointments of Chinese Catholic bishops has left Diocese of Honolulu priest Father Paul Li with mixed emotions. Father Li, who was born and raised in China and started his seminary studies there in the “underground” Catholic Church before coming to Hawaii, said that there […]
FATHER EDWARD TURNER | 1930-2018
Korean War veteran was founding pastor of Resurrection Parish By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Edward Turner, the Korean War veteran who was the founding pastor of Resurrection of the Lord Parish in Waipio, died Aug. 7 at the Veteran’s Medical Center in Palm Beach County, Florida, where he was retired. He was 88 […]
Father William Kunisch II, diocesan priest: Building people, building lives
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I am not sure if renovating churches is my strength. But I have been open to it. When I was assigned to Resurrection of the Lord Parish, Waipio, the bishop was very clear that there was a building project that was very […]
FATHER HENRY B. SABOG | 1931-2017: Diocese’s first priest of Filipino ethnicity served 57 years
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Oahu-born Father Henry B. Sabog, the first priest of Filipino ancestry to be ordained for the Diocese of Honolulu which he served for 57 years, died May 22 in Waipahu. He was 86. Father Sabog served as associate pastor or pastor at seven Oahu parishes. He was also heavily […]
Jubilarians: 26 sisters, brothers, clergy celebrate decades of selfless service
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald At a glorious morning Mass May 6 in Honolulu’s Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, 16 men and 10 women celebrated the day in their distant, idealistic youth when they answered a tug at the heart to follow Jesus. Called jubilarians, from the word jubilee which means both anniversary and rejoicing, […]
FATHER HERBERT CHING | 1921-2017: Diocese’s local-born priest first of Chinese ancestry
Oahu-born Father Herbert Won Ching, the fourth Island-born man to be ordained for the Diocese of Honolulu, died May 2 at Queen’s Medical Center. For most of his adult life he had suffered from a disability which required an early retirement. He was 96 and priest for 70 years. Father Ching’s funeral is May 31 […]
Father Joseph Diaz, diocesan priest: ‘You say it best when you say nothing at all’
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Usually when people come to me with questions or personal challenges, I tell them that there is no difference between being a priest and a lay person in that regard as we all have our doubts and questions. What is important however, […]