By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald This year’s Life Symposium had a new youth track designed to get local teens more engaged with the pro-life movement. The 60-plus teens who attended received special T-shirts and met in a separate room for most of the all-day diocesan-sponsored event on Nov. 9 at the Kroc Center in […]
Theme of 2019 Life Symposium: ‘Family under siege’
By Alfred Hagen Special to the Herald “As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.” (St. John Paul II) As a reflection of the Holy Family, the human family is one of the most sacred of God’s gifts. Beginning with a marriage between one man […]
Head of Human Life International to speak at Life Symposium 2019
Father Shenan J. Boquet, president of Human Life International, will lead the all-day Life Symposium on Nov. 9 at the Kroc Center in Kapolei. He will also participate in other events on Maui, Kauai and the Big Island from Oct. 31 through Nov. 11. Human Life International spreads the Catholic Church’s teaching on life and […]
Life symposium: Speaking on behalf of life
The second annual Life Symposium, “Na Mo‘olelo Ola: Living Stories,” took place on Aug. 17 at the KROC Center in Kapolei. The gathering focused on life topics including suicide, human trafficking, death and dying, and homelessness. Speakers included, clockwise from top left, Benedictine Sister Celeste Cabral, Sacred Hearts Father Herman Gomes and Kuakini Medical Center’s […]
Day symposium to address suicide, human trafficking, other life issues
The second annual Life Symposium, “Na Mo‘olelo Ola: Living Stories,” 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Aug. 17, at the KROC Center in Kapolei will feature speakers on difficult life topics including suicide, human trafficking, death and dying, and homelessness. The event will address these issues through the lens of Scripture, church teaching, and personal testimonies. The day […]