Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Diocesan official wants Catholics to take pro-life prayers to sidewalk

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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’

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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

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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

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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.