I want to be a Catholic because … … I was called. We are all called by God at different stages of our lives but it’s a matter of listening and not just hearing it. I listened to the call when I chose life over death in 2011. With the help of my friend Preston, […]
‘Are we Catholic yet?’
“Are we Catholic yet?”
The young children of the Bowman family from St. Elizabeth Church, Aiea, have asked their parents that question many times in recent weeks. David and Jennifer Bowman, both 34, decided last year to take their ohana of eight on a unique journey of conversion. Excitement shines in the eyes of the entire clan as the day of their baptism into a new faith draws near.
Parishes report 190 to be baptized this year at Easter Vigil
Hawaii catechumens preparing for baptism on the Vigil of Easter, April 4, will be welcomed in four Rites of Election next weekend on Maui, Kauai, Oahu and the Big Island. Also called the “elect,” the catechumens have participated for the past year in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, or RCIA, or the Rite […]
Hawaii’s 2015 catechumens
West Honolulu Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu Jerrell Balisacan John Fayette Basil Sakamoto Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu Shane Stocker Holy Family, Honolulu Charcet Bolton Charmaine Bolton Shae Cobbs Ka’leen Gogo Kerilyn Gogo Grant Meline Tanith Sibayan Wesley Smith Queenie Valenzuela St. John the Baptist, Kalihi Lusiele Manasa Amaya Moreno Charmaine Bautista Fagaragan […]