By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish will remain at its present location on the mauka end of the University of Hawaii at Manoa at least for another 12 years. The fate of the parish had been up in the air ever since the Sisters of St. Francis of the […]
Newman continues to host yearly prayer service for Christian unity
Bishop Larry Silva is inviting the leaders of Catholic, Eastern rite, Protestant, Orthodox and other Christian churches to an hour of hymns, Scripture and prayer at the ecumenical Taize service in observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 7 p.m., Jan. 24, at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. […]
Book review: ‘GOD’S QUAD’
Hawaii campus minister co-edits award-winning book on ‘student church’ By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald “God’s Quad: Small Faith Communities on Campus and Beyond,” Kevin Ahern and Christopher Derige Malano, Orbis Books, 228 pages, $20 “God’s Quad: Small Faith Communities on Campus and Beyond,” is a 2018 book filled with tangible essays focusing on “the […]
Newman Center to host Good Friday Taize prayer around the cross
The Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii will host its annual Taize Prayer around the Cross at 7:30 p.m., Good Friday, April 19. The Newman Center is at 1941 East-West Road, mauka of the Korean Studies Center on the university campus. Parking is available in front of Newman on UH campus or […]
Photo: United by the cross
Bishop Larry Silva and leaders of local Christian churches look on as participants venerate a wooden iconographic cross at the Jan. 25 ecumenical Taize prayer service at the Newman Center. The Taize evening ceremony was held at the University of Hawaii at Manoa parish and Catholic campus ministry hub as part of the annual Week […]
In advance of Christian unity week, Newman to show film about the life of Taize founder
In anticipation of the Taize ecumenical service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, the Newman Center will show the new film, “Moments in the Life of Brother Roger,” who founded the Taize Community of Brothers in France, 7 p.m., Jan. 18. The film will […]
Newman Center hosting annual Good Friday Taize prayer
The Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii at Manoa will host its annual Taize Prayer around the Cross at 7:30 p.m. Good Friday, April 14. The Newman Center is at 1941 East-West Road, mauka of Korean Studies Center on the university campus. Parking is available on the UH campus or at the […]
Newman Center hosting annual Good Friday Taize prayer around the cross
The Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii at Manoa will host its annual Taize Prayer around the Cross at 7:30 p.m. Good Friday, March 25.
Jesuit missionary’s Newman Center retreat to ponder God’s mercy
When he declared this year a Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis wanted the church to become a witness to mercy. He calls us to a journey that begins with spiritual conversion to help us live this year in light of the Lord’s words: “Be merciful just as your Father is merciful.” What does […]
Former Newman head to lead Europe pilgrimage
This coming summer, Jesuit Father Russell Roide, director of adult spirituality at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose and the former director of the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii in Manoa, will lead two pilgrimages to European religious sites. The full pilgrimage is June 20-July 6 and includes Krakow, Prague, Vienna and Budapest. […]