BHUBANESWAR, India — Students at a Hindu-run school for the blind joined a nationwide outcry over the gang rape of a 74-year-old Catholic nun. The 50 students at the Helen Keller School near the convent where the nun lived chanted “Mother we cannot see, but we can feel your pain,” March 17, after news of […]
SISTER MARY CANDELARIA PINUELA PERANIA, O.P. | 1948-2015: Dominican educator served the Lord ‘unreservedly’ in Hawaii, California
Dominican Sister of the Most Holy Rosary Mary Candelaria Pinuela Perania, who lived a full life as an educator, principal, religious superior, coordinator of Dominican lay associates and more died on March 1, the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, at St. Francis Hospice. She was 67 and a religious sister for 45 years. […]
SISTER JEANNE ANNE COLLIS | 1921-2015: Carondelet Sister was a pioneer for women and religious in Hawaii
Sister Jeanne Anne Collis, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet who paved new paths for women and religious in the Diocese of Honolulu, died March 6 at the congregation’s St. Joseph Provincial House in Latham, N.Y. She was 93 and a Sister of St. Joseph for 68 years. She served the church in Hawaii […]
Sister Judy Resta, Sisters for Christian Community: Living a joyful song
Fifteen years ago when I started hospital ministry, it was parish-based. Hospitals used to give the chaplain a list of the Catholics there. From that list, I would go around and visit the sick, while also bringing them Holy Communion. Now, however, my work is more inclusive. Queen’s Medical Center has a non-denominational chaplaincy program […]
Father Arnel Soriano, Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette: Challenges and blessings
I grew up with the La Salette priests. My hometown of Isabela was their first mission in the Philippines. They married my parents and were always at our house, even joining us for meals. Through the influence of my mom, I studied in a La Salette school and became an altar boy. During my high […]
Year of Consecrated life: Displays coming to the Big Island and Maui
Year of Consecrated life: Nov. 30, 2014 – Feb. 2, 2016 Coming to your parish and school! The Diocese of Honolulu is sending a special display celebrating the religious life to every parish and school in Hawaii through the Year of Consecrated Life. Here is the schedule for the next few weeks on the Big […]
Sister Monica Martin, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity: In generosity, God cannot be outdone
In declaring 2015 to be the Year of Consecrated Life, Pope Francis invites us to deepen our relationship with God. We are all consecrated by baptism. God loves us very much and desires nothing more than for us to love him in return. We can do that by spending more time in prayer. Even 15 […]
Obituary: MARYKNOLL SISTER LEONA MICHIELS | 1917-2015
Missioner teacher served 20 years in Catholic schools on Maui, Oahu Maryknoll Sister Leona Michiels, who served in Hawaii as an educator for more than 20 years, died Jan. 17 at Maryknoll Sisters Home Care IV, Maryknoll, N.Y. She was 97 and a Maryknoll Sister for 76 years. Sister Leona was born in Chicago on […]
Waipahu man to be ordained a La Salette priest here
Bishop Larry Silva will ordain Hawaii-born Edwin Damien Conselva a priest of the Missionaries of La Salette at 9 a.m., Jan. 3, in his home parish church of St. Joseph, Waipahu. The 49-year-old former Polynesian dancer and flight attendant will be the first local man ordained for the Philippine province of the La Salette order […]
Maryknoll Sister Mary Camilla Kennedy | 1926-2014
Missioner-educator served in the Marshall Islands, Hawaii Maryknoll Sister Mary Camilla Kennedy, missioner-educator to Hawaii and the Marshall Islands, died on Dec. 14 at the Maryknoll Sisters Home Care, Maryknoll, N.Y. She was 88 years old and celebrated 70 years as a Maryknoll Sister this year. Born in Syracuse, N.Y., on June 20, 1926, Sister […]
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