Facing the future together By Lisa DahmHawaii Catholic Herald Petra Ranches’ first action when working with new clients at St. Francis Hospice is to meet them and personalize their care. Whether they need relief from physical, emotional or spiritual symptoms, the nurse practitioner’s goal with hospice care is to first understand the patients’ immediate needs, […]
Talk story: Mercy plants the seeds of hope
Office for Social Ministry “Mercy is the very foundation of the church’s life … The church’s very credibility is seen in how she shows merciful and compassionate love … Mercy is the force that reawakens us to new life and instills in us the courage to look to the future with hope.” (Pope Francis, Bull […]
Talk story: Let us be living examples of Christ’s light for others
Office for Social Ministry “In this Jubilee Year of Hope, Christ, who is our hope, indeed calls all of us to come together, that we might be that true living example: the light of hope in the world today.” (Pope Leo XIV video message, Chicago, June 14) Recently, tens of thousands gathered at the Chicago […]
St. Francis Healthcare System names Kathleen Morimoto as president, CEO
St. Francis Healthcare System has selected HMSA vice-president Kathleen (Kathy) Morimoto as president and CEO of St. Francis Healthcare System. She began Dec.18. Howard Lee, chairman of the St. Francis Healthcare System Board of Directors made the announcement to Healthcare System employees in a Dec. 5 letter. He said the selection came after an extensive […]
National Catholic Sisters Week: St. Francis Healthcare honors its sisters
By Sister Davilyn Ah Chick, OSF Special to the Herald St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii celebrated National Catholic Sisters Week by honoring all of our Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities on March 8. Our sisters living at the Plaza in Kaneohe and in Kalaupapa came to join our sisters in Honolulu […]