Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Sister Rose Loraine Matsuzaki, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: The good thief

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I remember when my father prayed, he used to bow and clap his hands. His prayer space contained two vases with branches in it. As for my mom, she was Catholic. But, due to not understanding the Japanese language, my 11 siblings […]

Photo: Commitments and recommitments

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The Hawaii-Southwest region of the Franciscan Associates held an installation of associate co-directors, and a commitment and recommitment of associates Nov. 18 at St. Francis Convent in Manoa. Associates Sister Patricia Schofield and Sister Miriam Dionese, both Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, were recognized for their years of service to the Hawaii […]

Brother Gary Morris, Marianists: Divine minstrel

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald There are students who sometimes take my class not necessarily because they want to be an actor, but because they need to fulfill a fine arts credit. How do I encourage the shy ones? I keep challenging them. I tell them that […]

Sister Grace Capellas, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: Performance is prayer

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald There is a unique connection between the artist and the Divine. When we look at the life of St. Francis of Assisi, he was a troubadour. Francis used his musical gifts to serve the Lord. Like him, if there is a need […]

Hawaii gave $107K to religious retirement fund

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Hawaii Catholics contributed $107,318.33 to the national Retirement Fund for Religious collection last year. This year’s collection in parishes is Dec. 9-10. Coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office in Washington, D.C., the annual appeal benefits 32,000 elderly Catholic sisters, brothers and religious order priests whose religious congregations lack adequate retirement funding. Hawaii’s Carmelite Monastery […]

Sister Grace Marie Tom, Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and Perpetual Adoration: A ministry of presence

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “Don’t go back,” my sister said when I told her I would be returning to the missions. I am very close to my brother and my sister, but it is my sister who takes me around whenever I return home. She was […]

Obituary: SISTER ANN CIC, OSB | 1929-2017

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Benedictine served her monastery as sacristan, bookstore manager, spiritual director Benedictine Sister Ann Cic, who came to the Benedictine Monastery of Hawaii in Waialua a dozen years ago, died Oct. 24 after two weeks in hospice care in Wahiawa. She was 88 and a professed religious for 66 years. Before her illness, Sister Anne served […]

Marianists celebrate 200 years of order’s foundation

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Story and photos by Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald On Oct. 2, 1817, French priest Blessed William Joseph Chaminade, with three professional teachers, two seminarians and two artisans, started a “congregation” dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Two hundred years later, on Oct. 2, 2017, Marianist priests and brothers around the world marked […]