HOPE Services director invites lawmakers to join her in standing up for the homeless By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The talk was one of confidence and hope, delivered to a congregation considerably thinned by social distancing. It was also an invitation. “I need your help in showing compassion for the vulnerable, to advocating for […]
Red Mass address: Relationships and partnerships
Our goal is a simple one: for homelessness to be rare, brief and non-recurring By Brandee Menino CEO of HOPE Services Hawaii Here are excerpts from the prepared text of this year’s Red Mass address delivered by Brandee Menino on Jan. 19 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Menino is CEO of […]
HOPE Services Hawaii director to speak at Red Mass
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Brandee Menino, whose achievements in the battle against homelessness on the Big Island are fueled by her driving optimism, aloha and a surplus of hope, will share her passion with Hawaii lawmakers and other civic leaders at the 9 a.m. Red Mass, Jan. 19, in the Cathedral Basilica of […]
2020 Red Mass speaker: Millennials have the grit to reshape the world
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald He was the first Red Mass speaker to begin his talk by taking a selfie with the congregation. Typical “millennial.” Which was the point. Kainoa Fukumoto, 35, the founder and president of EPIC Ministry, a community of young Catholic adults in the Diocese of Honolulu, was the guest speaker […]
About those Millennials: Excerpts from the Red Mass talk
Here is an extended excerpt from the prepared text of Kainoa Fukumoto’s Red Mass address Jan. 14 in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Another unfortunate characteristic of the millennial generation is their general apathy or indifference toward religion. Millennials are not only leaving Hawaii; they’re leaving the church. According to statistics from […]
Red Mass speaker is a millennial youth and young adult minister
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Next month’s Red Mass speaker will be atypical. Instead of the usual bishop, cardinal or established community leader, the congregation of politicians and other civic leaders on Jan. 14 in Honolulu’s Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace will hear the views of a local lay millennial. Not that […]
‘In the service of peace’
Red Mass speaker Cardinal Peter Turkson offers a spiritual view of ecology, work, politics By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Cardinal Peter Turkson, head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, offered Hawaii’s civil servants a consecrated view of work, politics and environmental stewardship in his talk at Hawaii’s Red Mass, Jan. […]
Red Mass homily excerpts: ‘Co-creators with God’
Here are excerpts from the Red Mass homily of Cardinal Peter Turkson delivered Jan. 15, in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu. Co-creators with God “Our job when God put us in charge of this earth was to till and to keep it. To exercise control. God wanted us, created […]
Top Vatican official, papal advisor, the main speaker at the Red Mass
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A top Vatican official and advisor to Pope Francis will be the main speaker at the Red Mass Jan. 15 in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu. The annual liturgy corresponds with the opening of the State Legislature which convenes on Jan. 16. Cardinal […]
Red Mass speaker urges officials to open their hearts to the newcomer
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald In a talk full of autobiographical detail, the head of Catholic Charities Hawaii spoke to Hawaii’s public leaders about the courage and humanity of immigrants and refugees at the annual diocesan Red Mass, Jan. 16 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. “I speak from experience,” Terry Walsh said, “that […]