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Hundreds rally ‘for life’ at annual capitol march: Behind the statue of St. Damien, Bishop Larry Silva speaks to the crowd at the Jan. 22 March for Life at the Hawaii state capitol.

Hundreds stand up ‘for life’ at annual capitol march
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (73 reads)

“We are here for one purpose,” boomed Father Marc Alexander’s voice over the sound system in the open-air rotunda of the Hawaii state capitol as he addressed the hundreds assembled there in ...

Red Mass: Health care reform must protect ‘life, dignity of all’
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (33 reads)

In a talk that brought national front page politics into the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, retired health care administrator Richard Meiers told Hawaii government ...

Diocese gives support to River Street housing project
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (58 reads)

A Chinatown homelessness project supported by the Diocese of Honolulu is in danger of falling through without enough community backing, and Bishop Larry ...

Mother Marianne is back, an inspiration larger than life
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (75 reads)

Mother Marianne is back in Hawaii, larger than life. This time, she’s a bronze statue, striding on a grassy knoll at Honolulu’s Kewalo Basin Park toward the blue ocean lapping ...

Work begins on St. Francis’ senior living Ewa project
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (25 reads)

Blessed Marianne’s legacy broke new ground in Ewa last month with the start of construction of St. Francis Healthcare’s newest ministry. To be called Franciscan Vistas ...

House votes to kill civil unions bill for this session
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (31 reads)

First, a lot of mahalos are in order, said Dennis Arakaki, executive director of Hawaii Family Forum and the Hawaii Catholic Conference, shortly after the state ...

OBITUARY: Sister Rose Kathleen Lenchanko
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (43 reads)

Sacred Hearts Sister Rose Kathleen Lenchanko, the youngest child of Russian refugees to Hawaii whose talents as an educator, administrator and linguist placed ...

A simple birthday gathering back home for ‘mother’
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (35 reads)

Here at Kalaupapa, Jan. 23 is a very special day. It is the day Blessed Marianne Cope received life from God and special recognition from the Catholic Church. For ...

Ask Mason and Teo: Feb. 5, 2010
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (39 reads)

Hey Mason & Teo, We saw the bishop at a recent event up-close and personal. How are we suppose to address the bishop when see him? (Stunned Silence) ...

Photo: Mahalo for deacons
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (49 reads)

The Serra Club of Honolulu hosted more than 30 deacons and their wives at its annual appreciation dinner at St. Stephen Diocesan Center on Jan. 26. Each year ...

‘10 in ‘10’ campaign tops Catholic Charities’ fund raising effort
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (27 reads)

“10 in ‘10” is the name of the new initiative designed to cap off Catholic Charities Hawaii’s $28 million capital campaign that is funding the purchase and renovation ...

Photo: Toil and rubble
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (45 reads)

St. Michael the Archangel Church in Kailua-Kona is torn down on Jan. 22 to make way for a new church, now in the planning stages. The 159-year-old building had been vacant since fall ...

Photo: Episcopal visit to Episcopal church
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (41 reads)

Bishop Larry Silva delivers the first reading at the third annual observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, held this year at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Andrew in ...

Kahala Nui donates $15,000 to Catholic Charities Hawaii
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (41 reads)

Kahala Nui, the retirement community next door to Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala, gave $15,000 to Catholic Charities Hawaii’s Housing Assistance ...

Willie K is headliner for Kau Kau’s fundraiser
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (29 reads)

Maui musician Willie K will be the top draw at “Music Feeds the Soul,” a March 6 fundraiser for Hale Kau Kau, a program of St. Theresa Church in Kihei, Maui, that ...

Island Catholics collect more than $67,000 for Haiti
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (27 reads)

As of Feb. 1, parish collections pulled in $67,940.42 for disaster relief in Haiti, according to the diocesan Finance Office (formerly Business Office). More is ...

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Feb. 5, 2010
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (22 reads)

Following Scripture and Jewish tradition (“On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the Israelites gathered together fasting and in sackcloth, their heads covered with dust.” – Nehemiah 9:1) on ...

Diocese of Honolulu Lenten Regulations, 2010
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (39 reads)

1. All members of the Christian faithful, in their own way, are bound to do penance, in virtue of divine law. In order that all may be joined in a common observance of ...

Text of Red Mass Talk by Richard E. Meiers: Jan. 21, 2010
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (21 reads)

Good morning — friends all. Thank you for inviting me to participate in this Mass of the Holy Spirit, which is held every year at the opening of the State Legislature of Hawaii. It is truly an honor to ...

St. Anthony High in Wailuku kicks off $10M capital campaign
Thursday, February 04, 2010 (24 reads)

St. Anthony Junior-Senior High School in Wailuku on Jan. 21 launched the public phase of a $10 million capital campaign that will help build a tuition-assistance ...

Catholic relief agencies rush aid to Haiti
Friday, January 22, 2010 (61 reads)

Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services has been asked by the Vatican to coordinate the churchs relief and recovery efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti....

Capitol rally mobilizes opposition to civil unions
Friday, January 22, 2010 (56 reads)

Thousands of white-wearing supporters of traditional marriage turned out in force at the Hawaii state capitol on Jan. 17 for the iVote Rally. Sponsored by Hawaii Family ...

Obituary: Father Albert Miechielsen, SSCC
Friday, January 22, 2010 (91 reads)

Father Albert Miechielsen, one of the last three Belgian Sacred Hearts priests serving in Hawaii, died on Jan. 15 at St. Patrick Monastery in Kaimuki. Father Miechielsen ...

Kona winds add challenge to churchless Big Isle parish
Friday, January 22, 2010 (97 reads)

A “freakish storm” the Sunday before Christmas knocked over and shredded up the tent that St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Kailua-Kona has been using for its ...

Ask Mason and Teo: Jan. 22, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010 (37 reads)

Dear Mason & Teo, The recent movie “2012” portrayed the end of the world, the apocalypse. The current news about wars, natural disasters and deadly plagues seems to ...

Diocesan Pastoral Council report: Jan. 22, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010 (43 reads)

With hearts still full of holiday cheer, the Diocesan Pastoral Council, Bishop Larry Silva’s 17-member group of general advisors, convened its first quarterly session of ...

Photo: Deacon class, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010 (107 reads)

The seventh diocesan deacon class poses for a photo Jan. 9 during its first formation weekend at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. During one of the weekend’s talks, ...

Mondoy does Mozart with Oahu Chamber Orchestra
Friday, January 22, 2010 (53 reads)

Well-known island composer, arranger and liturgical musician Robert Mondoy will perform on the piano with the 36-member Oahu Chamber Orchestra in an vvvv...

National vocations leader to speak at Chaminade
Friday, January 22, 2010 (36 reads)

The executive director of the National Religious Vocation Conference will speak in Hawaii next month on campus at Chaminade University of Honolulu...

Photo: Priests' retreat 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010 (68 reads)

Diocesan priests gathered in the St. Stephen Diocesan Center chapel on Jan. 11 during the first morning talk of the annual diocesan priest retreat, Jan. 10-15. Leading the week of ...

Island Catholic a barrier-breaker in the world of sports
Friday, January 22, 2010 (44 reads)

Wally Yonamine was a trailblazer in the world of sports, much like Jackie Robinson. Yonamine, a Hawaii-born Catholic, became the first Japanese-American to play ...

St. Anthony fifth grader swims Lanai-Maui channel
Friday, January 22, 2010 (102 reads)

He’s only 10, but Clay Stoddard has already set a swimming record. The St. Anthony School, Kailua, fifth grader became the youngest person to swim the Auau Channel ...

Diocesan Road Map to the future: Jan. 22, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010 (40 reads)

Is there anything more wonderful than the beaming smile of a child? A family story from the holidays got me thinking about the importance of a smile. ...

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: Jan. 22, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010 (63 reads)

After a request by Bishop Larry Silva, the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments decreed on October 25, 2009, that May 10 ...

CALENDAR BRIEFS: Jan 22, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010 (36 reads)

The Holy Name Society of Oahu annual luncheon to raise funds for the Pregnancy Problem Center of Aiea begins at 11 a.m., Jan. 30, at Tree Tops Restaurant, 3737 ...

Andrea Hamilton is Academy’s new development chief
Friday, January 22, 2010 (41 reads)

Sacred Hearts Academy, the preschool through high school for girls in Kaimuki, has named Andrea Hamilton, a 1968 graduate, as its director of ...

Meet Jesus at the movies
Friday, January 22, 2010 (112 reads)

“Faith, fun and film.” That’s how Pauline Books & Media is promoting a monthly film-viewing night it is calling “Meeting Jesus at the Movies.” Why are they doing it? ...

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Boy arrives in Netherlands with group of Haitian orphans

CNS photo/Jerry Lampen, Reuters

A boy, one of 106 children arriving in the Netherlands from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, walks on the tarmac at an airport in Eindhoven Jan. 21. All the children, aged between 6 months and 7 years, were in the process of being adopted before the Jan. 12 earthq uake, which killed more than 100,000 people and reduced much of Haiti's capital to rubble.

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