By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva appointed on Sept. 8 Deacon Gerald (Gary) E. and Valerie Y. Streff as co-directors of the Respect for Life Ministry in the Diocese of Honolulu taking over from Paulette Vernay who retired in mid-July. Deacon Streff continues his current diaconal ministry at St. Elizabeth Church, Aiea. […]
40 Days for Life campaign: The power of public prayer
By Alfred Hagen Special to the Herald The ecumenical spring “40 Days for Life” campaign of 2020 begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 26, and ends on Palm Sunday, April 5. Begun in 2004, the 40 Days for Life campaign now is observed in more than 500 cities in 64 nations. Since its start, 40 Days […]
Marching for life, from Washington, D.C., to Kauai, to Waimanalo
From Washington, D.C., … Island family joins indigenous peoples to advocate for the unborn By Dallas Carter Special to the Herald My entire ohana and I were blessed to be able to travel to Washington, D.C., for this year’s Jan. 24 March for Life. For my children, it was a powerful witness of the importance […]
Protecting life from birth to death
Paulette Vernay talks about building up Respect Life programs in the diocese and her goal to have a pro-life coordinator in every Hawaii parish By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Paulette Vernay, the Diocese of Honolulu’s Respect Life director, has been in the role for a year now. However, her diocesan work has involved pro-life […]
Scenes from the March for Life 2020
Here are photos from the annual March for Life 2020, Jan. 16, at the Hawaii State Capitol
Local youth get a pro-life seminar tailored to them
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald This year’s Life Symposium had a new youth track designed to get local teens more engaged with the pro-life movement. The 60-plus teens who attended received special T-shirts and met in a separate room for most of the all-day diocesan-sponsored event on Nov. 9 at the Kroc Center in […]
Theme of 2019 Life Symposium: ‘Family under siege’
By Alfred Hagen Special to the Herald “As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.” (St. John Paul II) As a reflection of the Holy Family, the human family is one of the most sacred of God’s gifts. Beginning with a marriage between one man […]
Photo: Life support
The Hawaii State Council of the Knights of Columbus last month presented its 2018-2019 Faith in Action Life Awards to Council 6307 Kailua and Council 14620 Kaneohe. Accepting the awards on behalf of their councils were Grand Knights Robert Hoevel of Kailua and Paul de Vos of Kaneohe. The awards were presented by state deputy […]
Photo: Respecting life on Kauai
The Kauai parish respect life coordinators met on Feb. 16 with the new director of the diocesan Respect Life Office, Paulette Vernay, to plan future activities. Pictured from left are Neves de Laveaga from St. Theresa, Kekaha; Kathleen Refamonte-Ramos of Immaculate Conception, Lihue; Andy de Laveaga of St. Theresa, Kekaha; Lillian Lucas of St. Catherine, […]
Photos: In defense of life
Students from Damien Memorial School hold signs opposing abortion at Oahu’s annual March for Life Jan. 22 at the Hawaii State Capitol. Far right, a pro-life advocate holds a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe during the 7th Annual Maui March for Life in Kahului on Jan.26. (Maui photo courtesy of Norman Franco)