All’s ready for the iconic event to be called the Hawaii Islands Liturgy and Arts Conference After 40 years as the Big Island Liturgy and Arts Conference, BILAC is now the Hawaii Islands Liturgy and Arts Conference. Although BILAC moved to Oahu several years ago, now seems the right time to update the name to […]
Mackey Marianist Lecture to host panel on homelessness
The twice-annual Father Robert Mackey Marianist Lectures: Catholicism in Prophetic Dialogue will offer a very special panel presentation on “Housing the Houseless,” March 12, 4-5:30 p.m., in Mystical Rose Oratory on the Kalaepohaku Campus of Saint Louis School and Chaminade University. Speakers from several walks of life will share their inspiration and activities on behalf […]
Composer-singer Marty Haugen is Mackey Marianist speaker
Popular liturgical composer Marty Haugen will be the keynote speaker in the next of the Father Mackey Marianist Lectures, 4-5:30 p.m., March 13, in the Mystical Rose Oratory on the Campus of Chaminade University and Saint Louis in Kaimuki. The lecture, entitled “Pope Francis and the Jubilee Year of Mercy,” is part of a […]
Bye, BILAC. Hi, HILAC
Iconic festival of liturgical music and art celebrates 40th year with an announcement By Brother Dennis Schmitz, SM Special to the Herald BILAC, Hawaii’s iconic festival of liturgical music and art, this year celebrated its past and stepped confidently into the future. At the event at Chaminade University and Saint Louis School, Nov. 5-7, the […]
Ewa Beach native a member of new U.S.A. Marianist provincial council
The 300-member Marianist Province of the United States installed its new provincial council, an eight-member leadership body, last month. The Marianists sponsor Chaminade University of Honolulu and Saint Louis School in Honolulu as well as St. Anthony Parish and St. Anthony Junior-Senior High School in Wailuku. The new council includes Marianist Brother Dennis Bautista who […]
BILAC’s 40th anniversary promises a parade of past musical luminaries
Marianist BILAC (Big Island Liturgy and Arts Conference) began on the Big Island nearly 40 years ago. With its roots in the Hawaiian culture and the Catholic Marianist tradition, BILAC is an event committed to providing communitarian-based experiences of prayer, spiritual growth and formation in the liturgical arts. Its early home was Malia Puka O […]
Maui Lenten liturgical arts conference to feature major musical talent and more
Marianist VILAC (Valley Isle Liturgy and Arts Conference) is being offered as a Lenten Retreat/Conference, with major musical talent, for the Maui Vicariate at St. Anthony Parish, Wailuku, March 20-21. The weekend opens with a free concert at 7 p.m. on Friday evening, March 20, featuring veteran liturgical composer Marty Haugen and the younger prolific […]