The spirituality of running One of the strongest moments of my day is when I get out of bed in the morning. As I rise, I smile and offer a prayer of praise lifting up the day to God. This may sound simple, but as an athlete, this habit really helps me to stay focused […]
A kamaaina saint: Red Mass speaker portrays Mother Marianne as one who embraced Hawaiian culture to bring ‘pono’ to her patients
State lawmakers and other civic leaders receive a blessing at the altar. “She embraced the Hawaiian culture as she lived the life of hoolokahi (to keep peace and unity in the settlement) in her daily work, bringing hauoli (happiness/joy) and pono (the respect, caring and righteousness) to all the patients.” Using Hawaiian words to […]
Red Mass Homily | Sister Alicia Damien Lau, OSF: St. Marianne brought gift of ‘pono,’ righteousness, to the afflicted
Here is the prepared text of the talk delivered by Sister Alicia Damien Lau, a Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, at the Diocese of Honolulu’s Red Mass, Jan. 17, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu. Aloha! In its profoundest spiritual sense, “to come together face to face” (alo) […]
Jesus captivating my heart: A few short months from ordination, Island-born Jesuit reflects on his 14-year passage to priesthood
Jesuit Phillip Alcon Ganir, the son of Brigido and Lourdes Ganir of Foster Village, Honolulu, was ordained a deacon with 10 others by Bishop Patrick McGrath of San Jose on Oct. 20, 2012, at Santa Clara University in San Jose, Calif. The diaconate is the last major transition on his 14-year path to the priesthood. […]
Kauai’s first, final Franciscan Sister leaves
If the Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Basho were alive, he might write that even the waterfalls of Kauai — of Hanakapiai along the Na Pali Coast; to Wailua, north of Lihue; to the Kalalau Valley in Waimea — might be crying. They had witnessed the birth of five Kauai girls who became Sisters of St. […]
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