Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Sister Victoria Lavente, Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres: A caterpillar to a butterfly

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Missionaries adapt to wherever they are sent. It can be a challenge. But at the same time it is an enriching experience for all as we grow with each other spiritually, emotionally, psychologically and culturally. Imagine two people walking together along the […]

Sister Patricia Rapozo, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: To Love. To Share. To Serve.

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Crafts have been my life, and my religious life ever since I was 10 years old. My grandparents started me on sewing. We made everything. When I was in high school at St. Joseph School in Hilo, we had our bazaar and […]

Sister Patricia Mary Maresca, Daughters of St. Paul: Be with me, God

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Our motherhouse in Boston has several communities. There is the provincialate community, the novitiate community, the infirmary community and the main community which is called the Damascus Community. The Damascus Community is the largest and consists of over 40 sisters who help […]

Sister Mercedes Namayan, Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres: Just talk to God

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I love God. When I entered the convent, I freely promised God that whatever he wanted me to do, I would do it. I would not complain either, as it was my decision to follow him. Thus, with the ministerial assignments I […]

Father Frankie C. de los Reyes, Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament: The living, breathing Christ

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald One year, I noticed a lot of caterpillars crawling about on a tree outside. Unfortunately, I also saw a number of birds entering into their space and eating them. Being a lover of nature, I got the idea to move the caterpillars […]

Brother Dennis R. Bautista, Marianists: Outrunning grace

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald As a religious and working professional who is an active person, learning to develop a contemplative side is so important. One of the things I have been working on is Centering Prayer. I appreciate the practice because it takes almost 20 minutes […]

Sister Maria Joseph Petrill, Daughters of St. Paul: The life of an evangelizer

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald There was once a lady who came into our bookstore and told us that our children’s books had helped her family very much. Every night she would read stories on the faith or the saints to her children. Her husband, who was […]

Father Phillip Ganir, Society of Jesus (Jesuits): Why Jesus Christ?

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I think we are at a point where the study of catechetics has lost its luster because we focus so much on evangelization. Evangelization is very important. However, now we need to get back to catechetics again because we have to ask […]

Sister Rose Loraine Matsuzaki, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: The good thief

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I remember when my father prayed, he used to bow and clap his hands. His prayer space contained two vases with branches in it. As for my mom, she was Catholic. But, due to not understanding the Japanese language, my 11 siblings […]