Catholic Social Tips May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month. Did you know that there is a document that celebrates the Catholic diversity of the identity, generations, cultures and leadership of the Asian and Pacific Islander community? “Encountering Christ in Harmony: A Pastoral Response to Our Asian and Pacific Island Brothers […]
Diocese to celebrate 10th anniversary of St. Marianne Cope’s canonization
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Ten years ago, on Oct. 21, under glorious blue skies, Pope Benedict XVI canonized Mother Marianne Cope in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, giving Hawaii its second saint in three years. The Diocese of Honolulu will celebrate the anniversary with a Mass in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa on […]
Waialua vestment designer making Damien-Marianne protective masks
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Wendy Wylder had been sewing chasubles, the priest’s primary outer Mass vestment, in her small sewing studio in Waialua to present to Hawaii clergy at their annual convocation in May when the coronavirus pandemic struck. The event was canceled, so she adjusted. Wylder is now making protective face masks […]
New portraits of Hawaii’s saints stand out above the cathedral’s altar
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Two new faces can be seen in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Specially commissioned portraits of St. Marianne Cope and St. Damien de Veuster went up in December on each side of the crucifixion scene on the high altar. The new paintings depict the two Hawaii […]
Molokai saints relics to visit New York City
The relics of St. Damien and St. Marianne will be traveling from Hawaii to the Big Apple this month, making three stops, including St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The first class relics, bone fragments from the two Molokai saints, will be on display for veneration in the sanctuary of St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, 5-9 p.m. Sep. […]
Diocese sets protocol for ‘traveling’ relics of Hawaii saints
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu is making available to other dioceses, parishes and religious institutes first class relics of St. Damien and St. Marianne for veneration. The Office of Worship, which is coordinating the use of the “traveling” relics, has published on the diocesan website the protocols for the transporting […]
Big Isle artist who made block prints of St. Damien and St. Marianne dies
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Big Island artist Dietrich Varez, whose block print images of Molokai’s St. Damien de Veuster and St. Marianne Cope were incorporated into popular aloha wear, died Aug. 14, at the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home on Hawaii Island. He was 79. Though not a Catholic, Varez considered Hawaii’s two […]
Photo: Relic bearer
Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities Charlene Epil carries a relic of St. Marianne Cope at a Mass commemorating the centenary of the death of the Molokai saint, Aug. 9, in the Almeida Center of Saint Francis School in Honolulu. Bishop Larry Silva was the main celebrant. (HCH photo | Dann Ebina)
Our unique Island faith community: Aloha spirit makes worship, service special in Hawaii
This article is the second in a four-part series highlighting speakers and perspectives to be shared at the Damien and Marianne Catholic Conference. In the next Hawaii Catholic Herald issue, DMCC speakers will explore the topic, “The next generation of ministry.” By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald In 2012, the official Diocese of […]
