Faith, hope and love: Separate paths, same journey
From left, Sister Patty Chang, CSJ, Sister Irene Barboza, SSCC, and Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP, at St. Anthony Retreat Center posing in a golf cart used to navigate the large property located in...
View ArticlePope marks Hiroshima anniversary by calling for nuclear weapons ban
A woman sets a floating candle lantern on the river Aug. 6 in Hiroshima, Japan. The lanterns, thousands of which were launched on the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city, bear handmade...
View ArticleMarketing Hawaii Catholic Schools: A new website is a step in diocese’s...
“Our caring principals, teachers and school staff work hard to provide a quality education and safe learning environment.” “Our programs support our students’ passions and invest in our students’...
View ArticleOfficial notices: Aug. 28, 2015
Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] August 29, 11:00 am, Funeral Mass for Deacon Julio Akapito, St. Joseph Parish, Hilo. August 29-30, Episcopal...
View ArticleVita Saxa. Life Rocks: Being a student pro-life advocate can be tough, even...
For so long, I had a limited understanding of the abortion debate as being “pro-lifers vs. pro-choicers.” We battle it out at marches, in politics and all over social media. When emotions come into...
View ArticleMary Adamski | View from the Pew: The Mountain
I told a friend that I want to write about The Mountain and she immediately tried to argue me out of it. “It’s just sticking your neck out to be harassed,” was the prediction. “You’re the wrong ethnic...
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DEACON JULIO M. AKAPITO | 1945-2015: Former congressman, lawyer, educator...
Deacon Julio Muritok Akapito, who came to Hawaii 11 years ago from Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia with a broad range of achievements in politics, law, education, sports and religion, and...
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Proper order: In sessions around the state, the discussion is about lowering...
Kristina DeNeve, diocesan adult faith formation coordinator, facilitates the “Restoring Proper Order” session at St. Ann Church, Kaneohe, July 7. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) Catechism classes,...
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Imperfect saint: Serra’s legacy complicated by the practices, conflicts of...
A bronze statue of Blessed Junipero Serra by sculptor Arthur Putnam stands on the grounds of the San Diego Presidio in San Diego, Calif., July 27. Serra chose the spot for the first Alta California...
View ArticleTwo newly professed Sacred Hearts brothers joining others in seminary...
Seven seminarians and two priests are commissioned Aug. 1 in St. Patrick Church in Kaimuki for a new mission in Fiji. (Photos courtesy of Steve Tagupa) The United States Province of the Congregation...
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Homily | Funeral for Sister Teresita Tam: Seeing with the eyes of God
Here are excerpts from the text of Father Michael Owens’ homily for the funeral of Carmelite Sister Teresita Tam, Aug. 28, at Carmel of the Holy Trinity Monastery at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. Sister...
View ArticleBishop Silva, nine others from Hawaii to make trip
Bishop Larry Silva will travel with nine other Island pilgrims to Philadelphia Sept. 21-28 for the World Meeting of Families and Pope Francis’ public Mass. The small pilgrimage group from Hawaii...
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The Francis challenge: The Holy Father will call on the U.S. Congress, U.N....
Pope Francis waves as he arrives to attend an audience with some 9,000 altar servers in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Aug. 4. (CNS photo/Giampiero Sposito, Reuters) VATICAN CITY — Along with...
View ArticlePriests in U.S., Canada can already absolve those who had abortions
BALTIMORE — Pope Francis’ Sept. 1 announcement that priests worldwide will be able to absolve women for the sin of abortion will have little effect on pastoral practices in the United States and...
View ArticlePope extends possibilities for absolution in Year of Mercy
Pope Francis, seen praying during his weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Aug. 26, has issued a letter offering a series of instances in which absolution can be granted during the Year...
View ArticlePope makes annulments quicker, cheaper, more pastoral
Byzantine Bishop Dimitrios Salachas of Greece, second from left, speaks at a a press conference for the release of Pope Francis’ documents concerning changes to marriage annulments at the Vatican Sept....
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Third-class relics of St. Marianne being distributed on prayer cards
Sisters of St. Francis, forensic anthropologist Vincent Sava, and others prepare to touch bags containing the remains to St. Marianne to white cloth. (Photo courtesy of Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP)...
View ArticlePope Francis in Cuba: ‘We do not serve ideas, we serve people’
People cheer as Pope Francis arrives for Mass in Revolution Square in Holguin, Cuba, Sept. 21. (CNS photo/Edgard Garrido, Reuters) HAVANA — As Cubans finally face the prospects of calmer...
View ArticlePope’s ground zero visit was somber moment for 9/11 survivors, relatives
Pope Francis meets family members of victims of the 9/11 terror attacks as he visits the ground zero memorial in New York Sept. 25. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) NEW YORK — Pope Francis’ Sept. 25 visit to...
View ArticlePope to Congress: Stop bickering, world needs your help
Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington Sept. 24. In the first such speech by a pope, he called on Congress to stop bickering as the world needs help. (CNS...
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