A revolving fund manages church money for the benefit of Isle parishes and...
The new St. Damien Church on Molokai. Upgrades to the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. A rectory for St. Rita Church in Nanakuli. These parish building projects and dozens of others have been made possible...
View ArticleAnd who is my (western Pacific) neighbor? Reaching out to Micronesian...
Jocelyn Howard, left, and Julie Walsh talk about Micronesian history and culture at a workshop for clergy, Aug. 8 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) People from...
View ArticleHawaii’s CSJs today
Here, in alphabetical order, are the 27 members of the Hawaii vice province of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and their current ministries. Two of them live on the Mainland. Sister Catherine...
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75 years of aloha: Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet became a vital force...
It took more than pleading to get the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet to come to Hawaii. There was also some conscience tugging involved. Hawaii’s Bishop Stephen Alencastre’s 1936 cabled entreaty...
View ArticleHoly Spirit Mass: Mission of education, evangelization requires ‘deliberate...
Catholic School educators pray at the Mass of the Holy Spirit Aug. 19 at St. Ann Church in Kaneohe. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) “Deliberate effort” is required for Catholic school instructors to...
View ArticleSisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia leave the Islands for Mainland ministry
Sister Rochelle Liu, left, and Sister Joan Roddy, Hawaii’s Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia. (HCH photo | Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP) Boxes have been mailed; a palette shipped. Hawaii’s...
View ArticleText: Bishop Silva’s letter to senators and representatives on same-sex marriage
August 22, 2013 To: Senators and Members of the House of Representatives of the State of Hawaii Subject: Possible legislation regarding same-sex marriage Honorable Senators and Representatives: Aloha!...
View ArticleHouse of hope: Former inmate opens transitional home for women out of prison
Passersby may not think much of the humble one-story residence on Keolu Drive. Nestled in the quiet suburb of Enchanted Lake, shaded by palm trees and set against a backdrop of the Koolaus’ lower...
View ArticleBishop sends ‘urgent’ call to Catholics to mobilize against same-sex marriage
Bishop Larry Silva sent an “urgent request” to pastors Aug. 22 to include in parish bulletins over the weekend of Aug. 24-25 a “very important” letter that urges parishioners to ask their state...
View ArticleText: Urgent letter to all Catholics in the State of Hawaii from Bishop Larry...
August 22, 2013 Dear Brothers and Sisters: The issue of same-sex marriage is in the limelight once again in our community, with a move for a special legislative session to vote on a bill that would...
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Weekday Masses moving next door as cathedral begins partial renovation
HCH photo | Darlene Dela CruzThe cathedral with Kamiano Center on the right The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace will move its weekday Masses and confessions next door to the Kamiano Center from Sept. 23...
View ArticleFeeding the hungry: Revisiting a corporal work of mercy
The subject is a popular one: food. But the discussion will not be so much about its enjoyment as about its absence. It’s called food poverty — the lack of a nutritionally adequate diet and its impact...
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November’s a four-star anniversary month for Sisters of St. Francis
St. Marianne Cope Hawaii’s Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities better start stocking up on cake candles. They are going to need a lot of them with all the anniversaries they’ll be...
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Jesus’ undivided attention, 24/7: The perpetual adoration chapel in Pearl City
Stepping inside the perpetual adoration chapel at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church is like entering an oasis for the soul. The busyness of the world fades away. Silence opens the heart to meditation,...
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The composers of two much-loved hymns, performing on Oahu this month, explain...
The Marianist Big Island Liturgical Arts Conference — or Marianist BILAC — will offer dozens of workshops on music, Scripture, prayer and liturgy Sept. 26-28 at Chaminade University in Honolulu. As it...
View Article‘Look to the cross: violence is not answered with violence’
Pope Francis leads a vigil to pray for peace in Syria Sept. 7 in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (CNS photo by Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY — Leading a crowd in prayer for peace in Syria, Pope...
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Waialua’s Benedictine priests incardinated into the diocese
Father David Barfknecht Father Michael Sawyer and Father David Barfknecht of the Benedictine Monastery in Waialua have been incardinated into the Diocese of Honolulu, Bishop Larry Silva announced in...
View ArticleAloha! Namaste! Visitors embody the Hawaii-India-Damien link
Seven Indian Sacred Hearts priests visit St. Damien’s grave in Kalawao, Molokai, last month with their congregation’s U.S. provincial Father Jonathan Hurrell, far right. (Photo courtesy off the...
View ArticleSisters of St. Francis in Hawaii
The Sisters of St. Francis who came to the Islands The first seven to arrive in 1883 Mother Marianne Cope Sister M Bonaventure Caraher Sister Crescentia Eilers Sister Ludovica Gibbons Sister M Rosalia...
View ArticleLegacy of a saint: 130 years of the Sisters of St. Francis in Hawaii
One hundred thirty years ago, in 1883, St. Marianne Cope arrived with six sisters from Syracuse, N.Y., to the shores of the Sandwich Islands responding to a call to care for the kingdom’s poor...
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