By Gina Christian OSV News As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, a California-based initiative is working to help speed along sainthood causes among Americans, and to make the canonization process more accessible overall. “We’ve gotten hundreds of inquiries from people all around the world saying how great this thing is, and saying how […]
Official notices: Feb. 14, 2025
Bishop’s schedule Feb. 15, 8 a.m., Mass for the Stewardship Day of the Maui-Lanai Vicariate, St. Anthony Church, Wailuku; 11 a.m., funeral Mass for Deacon Albert Phillips, St. Joseph Church, Makawao. Feb. 16, 6 p.m., Mass and blessing of participants in the Great Aloha Run/Akua Run, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu. Feb. 19, 1:30 p.m., […]
Photo: Priesthood candidates
Seminarians Edgar Pobre, front left, in his first year of theology at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University, and Larry Denis III, in his third year, on Sept. 22 received their Candidacy to the Holy Orders, another step in their vocation journey. The rite was presided over by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone. Joining the picture […]
Seminarians host luau for seminary donors
Seminarians from the Diocese of Honolulu, the Diocese of Suwon, South Korea and the Archdiocese of Agana, Guam, hosted a Hawaiian luau Oct. 20 for two longtime benefactors of St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, California, and 20 of their friends. Sean and Peggy O’Malley, strong supporters of vocations to the priesthood, won the feast […]