By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Jon James is a retired Chaminade University English professor, the founder of an orphanage in India, and a perennially disappointed fan of the University of Notre Dame’s football team. He is also the biggest promoter in Hawaii of the spirituality of Taize, the international ecumenical religious community based in […]
Photo: Unified by the cross
Participants in the 2020 Prayer for Christian Unity at the Newman Center, University of Hawaii-Manoa, pray around the Taize cross Jan. 24. The annual event, hosted by the Diocese of Honolulu, brings together Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Eastern Rite and other Christians in supplication for unity. The Taize prayer service, which includes hymns, Scripture readings, and […]
Newman continues to host yearly prayer service for Christian unity
Bishop Larry Silva is inviting the leaders of Catholic, Eastern rite, Protestant, Orthodox and other Christian churches to an hour of hymns, Scripture and prayer at the ecumenical Taize service in observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 7 p.m., Jan. 24, at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. […]
Newman Center to host Good Friday Taize prayer around the cross
The Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii will host its annual Taize Prayer around the Cross at 7:30 p.m., Good Friday, April 19. The Newman Center is at 1941 East-West Road, mauka of the Korean Studies Center on the university campus. Parking is available in front of Newman on UH campus or […]
Photo: Praying for Christian unity
People pray around the Taize cross during the 2019 Prayer for Christian Unity Taize Service at the Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The ecumenical event has been held since 2008 and is now sponsored by the Diocese of Honolulu and the Hawaii Council of Churches. This year’s prayer service […]
Newman to host annual prayer for Christian unity
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva has invited the leaders of Catholic, Eastern rite, Protestant, Orthodox and other Christian churches to an hour of hymns, Scripture and prayer at the ecumenical Taize service in observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 7 p.m., Jan. 18, at the Newman Center at […]
Photo: United by the cross
Bishop Larry Silva and leaders of local Christian churches look on as participants venerate a wooden iconographic cross at the Jan. 25 ecumenical Taize prayer service at the Newman Center. The Taize evening ceremony was held at the University of Hawaii at Manoa parish and Catholic campus ministry hub as part of the annual Week […]
In advance of Christian unity week, Newman to show film about the life of Taize founder
In anticipation of the Taize ecumenical service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, the Newman Center will show the new film, “Moments in the Life of Brother Roger,” who founded the Taize Community of Brothers in France, 7 p.m., Jan. 18. The film will […]
Newman continues to host annual prayer service for Christian unity
Bishop Larry Silva will represent the Catholic Church at the ecumenical Taize service in observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 7 p.m., Jan. 25, at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. This will be the fifth straight year the Newman Center, the hub of the university’s Catholic campus […]
Newman Center hosting annual Good Friday Taize prayer
The Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii at Manoa will host its annual Taize Prayer around the Cross at 7:30 p.m. Good Friday, April 14. The Newman Center is at 1941 East-West Road, mauka of Korean Studies Center on the university campus. Parking is available on the UH campus or at the […]
