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Reflection: Choosing proximity over power

02/25/2026 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Dr. Shirley Tamoria Special to the Herald Violence today rarely looks like violence. It arrives quietly — through interfaces, policies and systems designed to keep human beings out of view. People are no longer confronted; they are processed. Harm hums in the background, efficient and sanitized. What has disappeared is not cruelty, but proximity. […]

Filed Under: Columns, Commentary Tagged With: Dr. Shirley Tamoria, Franciscan, reflection, St. Marianne Cope

Photo: New Franciscan fraternity

06/18/2015 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

New Franciscan fraternity The Korean-speaking St. Clare Fraternity of the secular Franciscan Order was established June 6 in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. The group was sponsored by Oahu’s Marianne Cope Fraternity. Hawaii’s secular Franciscans also have fraternities in Kona, Hilo, and on Maui, and an emerging Fraternity on Kauai. The secular […]

Filed Under: Local News, Photo Tagged With: Franciscan, slider1

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