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)
Annual March for Life continues after death of primary organizer
Oahu’s March for Life, the annual demonstration against the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nation-wide, will again take place this year at the Hawaii State Capitol, 2-8 p.m., Jan. 22. Bishop Larry Silva will offer the opening prayer and give a talk. Helen Latorre, secretary/treasurer of Aloha Life Advocates […]
Maui March for Life to feature physician speaker
The executive director of the American Association of Prolife Obstetricians and Gynecologists will be the guest speaker at a three-day event, Jan. 24-26, marking the 45th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court Decision that legalized abortion in America. The Annual Maui March for Life and Prayer Service is being organized by […]
Life symposium: Speaking on behalf of life
The second annual Life Symposium, “Na Mo‘olelo Ola: Living Stories,” took place on Aug. 17 at the KROC Center in Kapolei. The gathering focused on life topics including suicide, human trafficking, death and dying, and homelessness. Speakers included, clockwise from top left, Benedictine Sister Celeste Cabral, Sacred Hearts Father Herman Gomes and Kuakini Medical Center’s […]
Day symposium to address suicide, human trafficking, other life issues
The second annual Life Symposium, “Na Mo‘olelo Ola: Living Stories,” 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Aug. 17, at the KROC Center in Kapolei will feature speakers on difficult life topics including suicide, human trafficking, death and dying, and homelessness. The event will address these issues through the lens of Scripture, church teaching, and personal testimonies. The day […]
Defending, cherishing, choosing life
Catholics and others came out to publicly express their opposition to abortion and their respect for life from conception to natural death Jan. 22 at the annual Hawaii March for Life at the Hawaii State Capitol in remembrance of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion. Above, a woman holds her sign […]
