By Jennifer Rector and Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The young boy running across the grounds of St. Elizabeth Church and School in Aiea in the 1980s probably wasn’t thinking about joining the priesthood. Fast forward through grade school at St. Elizabeth, high school years at Damien Memorial School and college life at the […]
How Jesuit spirituality inspires, gives rise to great scientists
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Hundreds of notable scientists have been Catholic — lay, religious and priests, according to lists compiled on Wikipedia. And of all the Catholic clergy who have made significant contributions to the world of science, more than half of them have been Jesuits. There seems to be […]
Jesuit Matthew Yim of Holy Trinity Parish ordained deacon
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Matthew Lonoikamakahiki Wah Tim Yim, the son of Judge Patrick and Santa Marie Yim of Holy Trinity Parish in Kuliouou, was ordained a deacon Oct. 23 by Jesuit Bishop Michael C. Barber of Oakland, Calif., in Oakland’s Cathedral of Christ the Light. Yim, a Jesuit, was one of nine […]
FATHER RUSSELL J. ROIDE, S.J. | 1938-2021
Jesuit educator served at UH Newman Center Jesuit Father Russell Roide, a member of the U.S. Jesuits’ West Province who served for three years as pastor of the Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii, died peacefully in his sleep on April 13 at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos. He […]
FATHER DAVID O. TRAVERS, SJ | 1934-2020
Former Navy chaplain served 16 years as pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Jesuit Father David O. Travers, who served as pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Honolulu’s Ala Moana district for 16 years, died June 14 in the Jesuits’ Campion Health and Wellness center in Weston, […]
Father Shay Auerbach, Jesuits: Finding God and grasping his hand
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I have been a Jesuit for 31 years and a priest for 20. I was attracted to the Jesuits because of their — believe it or not — humility. Ignatius Loyola, our founder insisted that God was laboring in all things, for […]
Hawaii-born Jesuit named president of theology school in Taiwan
By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Honolulu-born Jesuit Father Jeffrey Chang has been named head of the Catholic Church’s school of theology in Taiwan. His appointment as president and dean of the Fu Jen Faculty of Theology of St. Robert Bellarmine was approved by the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education and […]
Jesuit aims to stem decline of faith with catechetical website
By Maureen Pratt Catholic News Service ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jesuit Father Robert J. Spitzer, former president of Gonzaga University, launched a cutting-edge catechetical website to confront the rising tide of unbelief spurred by an increasingly skeptical, science-saturated society. Developed through Father Spitzer’s Magis Center, based in Garden Grove, Credible Catholic offers 20 downloadable “modules” that […]
Newly ordained Jesuit returns home to Kauai for first Mass
Father Kyle Shinseki will spend part of the summer in the islands celebrating Masses in Spanish By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald LIHUE, KAUAI — Tourists who attended the 9:30 a.m. Mass on June 17 at Immaculate Conception Church in Lihue might have wondered if the parish usually had such colorful Sunday liturgies. At this […]
Speaker Paul Ryan gives House chaplain his job back
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Jesuit Father Patrick Conroy, chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives who said he had been forced to resign, was reinstated to his post by House Speaker Paul Ryan May 3. The priest was reinstated after a letter he wrote to Ryan, R-Wisconsin, became public. In the letter, Father […]