Blessed Sacrament Church in Pauoa Valley will participate in the nationwide rosary rally, Rosary Coast to Coast, on Oct. 7 The event is part of the international alliance of faithful Catholics from 18 countries called the Holy League of Nations which is striving to transform their cultures through prayers and fasting. Hawaii organizers said that […]
Cathedral basilica to host presentation on relics
In preparation for the arrival in Hawaii in November of the relics of Italian Capuchin Franciscan mystic and stigmatist St. Pio of Pietrelcina, also known as Padre Pio, the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace is hosting a special presentation on the topic of saintly relics in its Kamiano Center, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Oct. […]
Diocese sets protocol for ‘traveling’ relics of Hawaii saints
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu is making available to other dioceses, parishes and religious institutes first class relics of St. Damien and St. Marianne for veneration. The Office of Worship, which is coordinating the use of the “traveling” relics, has published on the diocesan website the protocols for the transporting […]
Relic of pope ordained by St. Peter found, given to London cathedral
By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service LONDON — A relic of bones of an early pope was given to the Catholic Church after it was stolen from a car and recovered by a waste disposal company. Three fragments of a bone said to belong to St. Clement I, a first-century martyr who was ordained […]
Relics of St. Padre Pio to visit Hawaii in November
The relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina — better known as Padre Pio — are coming to Maui and Oahu in November. Padre Pio is the well-known 20th-century Italian mystic with miraculous healing powers who bore the stigmata, the wounds of Jesus Christ. Six relics, which have been touring the United States since last year, […]
Hawaii receives two more relics of St. Marianne Cope
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii has acquired two more relics of St. Marianne Cope, one for the local community of Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, the Molokai saint’s own religious congregation, and one for the Diocese of Honolulu. The relics, fragments of the saint’s bones, were obtained from the St. […]
Relics of Molokai saints venerated in Milwaukee
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The relics of Hawaii’s two saints paid a visit to a suburb of Milwaukee last month where they were venerated by about 30 people. Hawaii deacon and seminarian William “Pila” Tulua led the 45-minute devotional service honoring St. Damien de Veuster and St. Marianne Cope in the main chapel […]
Photo: Touching sanctity
A parishioner touches a first-class relic of St. Junipero Serra during a special Holy Hour for Vocations event, July 6 at St. Theresa Co-Cathedral in Honolulu. The relic was brought to the Islands by the Serra Club for veneration and for local faithful to ask the intercession of St. Junipero, patron for vocations, for more […]