Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities sing a hymn to St. Francis as others look on after the enshrinement of St. Marianne’s remains at the cathedral. A small relic of the saint was placed on top of the tapa-and-lei-covered zinc box that holds the saint’s remains. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) […]
Obituary: Catherine ‘Marie’ Kuhn | 1931-2014
‘The prolife community has lost an angel’ Catherine “Marie” Kuhn, a steadfast defender of the unborn who was not afraid to speak truth to apathy and to walk the talk of the prolife cause, died July 17 on Oahu from complications following surgery. She was 82. For the past 35 years, the mother of six […]
Vatican honors Honolulu cathedral with status of ‘minor basilica’
The Vatican has given Honolulu’s Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace the honorary title of “minor basilica” in recognition of its historic and spiritual significance. The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in Rome granted Bishop Larry Silva’s petition for the special designation with a 200-word decree in Latin dated May […]
Leis, songs, kisses welcome back St. Marianne to Isles
An employee at the United Airlines cargo facility outside the Honolulu International Airport kisses the casket containing the remains of St. Marianne Cope, which arrived in Honolulu from Syracuse, N.Y., July 27. St. Marianne’s remains would be enshrined in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace on July 31. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela […]
Chaplain of Korean Catholic community eager to see Pope Francis in home diocese
Father Jong Ki Kim is excited that Pope Francis’ first major trip to Asia will be to his home diocese of Daejeon, South Korea, and that he and 23 others from Hawaii’s Korean Catholic Community will be there. Father Kim is the head chaplain for the Korean Catholic Community based at St. Pius X Parish […]
Remembering a loving uncle, model priest
The advantage of having a priest for an uncle, Jamie Psak said, was that everything got blessed. Cars, boats, homes, kids, pets. The holy water was always available, she said, as long as you kept adding water to the original supply. You can’t dilute water. Her Uncle Al told her that. Psak’s Uncle Al was […]
Hawaii’s Young Ladies Institute seeking spark of new membership
Young Ladies Institute delegation meets with Father Gary Secor on July 24. From left, Elizabeth Sanchez, Evelyn Cabral, Patricia McGuire, June McJunkin and Rosalie Smith. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) The “young” in Young Ladies Institute does not refer to a chronological age, but rather the spirit the women of this 127-year-old Catholic […]
St. Marianne: Arrival from Syracuse, a second and final time
Honolulu again will give an aloha welcome to Hawaii’s beloved saint who is returning for permanent rest St. Marianne Cope’s remains will return to Hawaii to be enshrined in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace nearly a decade after they were exhumed in Kalaupapa to rest at her motherhouse in Syracuse. All that is […]
Obituary: Msgr. Alan Nagai | 1933-2014
Isle priest, respected veteran of parish, diocesan, religious life Msgr. Alan A. Nagai, an island priest for 56 years who served in 10 parishes and several high diocesan positions, died June 18 at Straub Medical Center in Honolulu after a brief illness. He was 81. He was retired and living in Honolulu. A vigil of […]
Bishop ‘disappointed’ in passage of new statute of limitations bill
Bishop Larry Silva expressed disappointment at the passing of a law that gives victims of child sexual abuse until April 24, 2016, to file civil lawsuits for cases where the statute of limitations had run out. Gov. Neil Abercrombie on June 20 signed into law SB 2687, a bill that the Diocese of Honolulu had […]
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