View from the pew Our parish music director, aka the piano man, was MIA at Sunday Mass a couple weeks ago after eye surgery. We had just switched back into Ordinary Time and were past the familiar sing-along music of our 18-day Catholic Christmas festivities. Singing a cappella was no problem for the fantastic Samoan […]
Newman Center welcomes all to Good Friday Taize Prayer
Hawaii Catholic Herald The University of Hawaii’s Newman Center will again sponsor the traditional Good Friday Taize Prayer around the Cross March 29 at 7:30 p.m. The candlelit ceremony includes chants, prayers, reflections, a Scripture reading of the Passion and a period of meditative silence. The prayer culminates with small groups of participants kneeling and […]
Photo: Praying for Christian unity
Bishop Larry Silva, right, prays at an icon of the crucified Christ at the Taize prayer service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Jan. 24 at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. (Photo courtesy of Dann Ebina)
Good Friday’s Taize Prayer around the Cross returns to Newman
By Jon James Special to the Herald After a three-year absence due to COVID-19, the contemplative Taize Prayer around the Cross service will be held again at the University of Hawaii Newman Center-Holy Spirit Parish on Good Friday evening, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. Taize Prayer around the Cross stems from a tradition adopted by […]
Photo: Silent prayer for Christian unity
Bishop Larry Silva, right, and others bow in prayer before at a large iconographic cross during an ecumenical Taize prayer for Christian unity Jan. 18 at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. Taize is a non-denominational prayer developed by Catholic and Protestant religious brothers in Taize, France. The hour-long service included chants, petitions, […]