By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a sea of printed signs and huge student groups in colorful toboggan caps at the March for Life rally, Ed York was an outlier. He’d made the two-hour drive to the National Mall Jan. 19 from his home in Martinsburg, West Virginia, not with a […]
Island parishes join 40 Days for Life with prayer, rosary, public displays
Hawaii Catholic Herald Island parishes participated in the fall 40 Days for Life, a national community-based prolife campaign which ran from Sept. 27 to Nov. 5, with prayer, recitation of the rosary, holding of signs outside their churches and other activities. Another campaign is scheduled for the spring. On Kauai, parishioners read the 40 Days […]
October is pro-life month
Make a difference through prayer, pastoral care, public policy, education Hawaii Catholic Herald Oct. 1 was “Respect Life Sunday,” kicking off the month Catholics have dedicated to draw attention to issues that affect human persons from conception to natural death. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops this year chose the theme “Be Not Afraid” for […]
Diocese joining 40 Days for Life campaign
The diocesan Respect Life Office launches its 40 Days for Life fall campaign, Sept. 27-Nov. 5, by inviting Hawaii parishioners to be beacons of hope to save mothers and their unborn children from abortion, to be witnesses and voices in defense of the vulnerable in their communities. 40 Days for Life is a faith-based effort […]
Photo: Witnesses to life
The diocesan Respect Life Office encouraged Island Catholics to participate in a statewide rally Oct. 25 as part of the annual “40 Days for Life” campaign. That evening on Oahu, about 50 people gathered in front of the Planned Parenthood clinic in Honolulu with signs, prayers and spoken testimonies. October is Respect Life month, and […]
Diocesan official wants Catholics to take pro-life prayers to sidewalk
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “It was intimidating,” Paulette Vernay said. “It was scary.” The administrative assistant of the diocesan Respect Life Office described the trepidation of her first time participating in pro-life prayer vigil on the sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood’s Honolulu clinic a year ago. But as she settled into her […]
To build a ‘culture of life’
Building a “culture of life” in the Islands, in which human dignity is respected in all its “beauty” from conception to natural death, begins with a solid understanding of church teachings and a proactive attitude, said the keynote speaker at the diocese’s inaugural Catholics Reaffirming Life Symposium.
Diocese sponsoring pro-life symposiums
The Diocesan Respect Life Office is sponsoring two big pro-life conferences this month in the hopes of enkindling a more vibrant culture of life in Hawaii. The Catholics Affirming Life Symposium: Session 1, for priests, deacons and religious, is 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Feb. 25, at St. Stephen Diocesan Center in Kaneohe. The Catholics Affirming Life […]
Peaceful activists: One diocesan office is the hub of efforts to protect life from conception to a natural death
When the Hawaii Catholic Herald caught up with Deacon Walter Yoshimitsu and Paulette Vernay of the diocesan Respect Life Office on Oct. 14, they had just made it to their offices at St. Stephen Diocesan Center after a morning vigil at Honolulu’s Planned Parenthood clinic.
Manaolana | 10 ways to support her when she’s unexpectedly expecting
Your support might be the only support she receives. You can make a difference in her life. Will you? I had been brought up to believe that life is always a gift, but it certainly didn’t feel like one when I gazed in shock at a positive pregnancy test. As a mom who had my […]
