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The Benedictines celebrate 25 years in Hawaii
Friday, March 20, 2009 (1823 reads)


On Saturday, March 21, at the Benedictine Monastery of Hawaii on Oahu’s north shore, the bells will ring and praise be sung as the Benedictine Community, oblates, ...
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Journey to a canonization: March 20, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009 (1123 reads)


Blessed Damien de Veuster’s heroic life has motivated people in many ways. In local musician and Maryknoll High School teacher Glenn Medeiros’ case, the priest ...
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Maile wreaths for a new saint
Friday, March 20, 2009 (595 reads)


Artist Dietrich Varez has chosen to honor our beloved Kamiano with the time-honored sign of genuine aloha, leis of maile leaves which, because of the difficulty of ...
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OBITUARY: Father John Ward
Friday, March 20, 2009 (1558 reads)


The name Father John Ward may not mean anything to many Hawaii Catholics today, but for a certain generation of island priests and former seminarians, it stirs ...
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Blessed Marianne awaits your crayons and magic markers
Friday, March 20, 2009 (793 reads)


Her habit may have been black and white, but she lived in an environment colored by rainbows and flowers. Children young and old can now grab their crayons and ...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s quiz: March 20, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009 (588 reads)


What is an auxiliary bishop? a) The bishop appointed to automatically take over after a diocesan bishop retires or dies. b) A bishop who helps a diocesan bishop with his duties ...
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Diocesan Road Map to the future: March 20, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009 (932 reads)


The Diocese of Honolulu, under its civil title of Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii, is a major landholder in Hawaii with 294 parcels consisting of over 3,000 ...
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Young Ladies Institute presents seminarian donation to bishop
Friday, March 20, 2009 (563 reads)


Young Ladies Institute, District Deputy Rosalie Smith, District #22, announced that Grand President Joan Vandehey has appointed Evelyn Cabral, a member of Kailua ...
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St. Joseph School celebrates 140 years
Friday, March 20, 2009 (682 reads)


Hilo’s St. Joseph School celebrated its 140th anniversary this week with a party March 18 at Auntie Sally’s Luau Hale and a school Mass March 19 at St. Joseph ...
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Mana'olana: Student athlete takes his religion as seriously as his game
Friday, March 20, 2009 (633 reads)


When he graduates from the University of Hawaii-Manoa this May, UH baseball player Shane Hoey will be leaving the ballpark behind to volunteer with Teach for ...
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Mana‘olana: March 20, 2009 | Ask Mason and Teo
Friday, March 20, 2009 (544 reads)


Dear Mason and Teo, I am Catholic and my girlfriend is a baptized Catholic but she has since left the Catholic Church and goes to New Hope Christian Fellowship ...
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Friends’ fundraiser to benefit work of Maryknoll Sisters
Friday, March 20, 2009 (547 reads)


The friends of Hawaii’s Maryknoll Sisters are hosting a fundraiser to support the work of the sisters around the world to continue their legacy of helping others. The ...
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Richard M. Doerflinger: March 20: 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009 (491 reads)


Though tempered by sober realism, President Obama’s inaugural address in January delivered a message of hope – including a hope that science will help our nation solve ...

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Diocesan youth board organizing 126-mile ‘cross walk’ around Oahu
Friday, March 20, 2009 (1138 reads)


“Cross walk.” It’s a simple name. And clever. But what a walk! 126 miles! Around the island. Really around the island. None of this cutting through Mililani and Wahiawa....
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Star of the Sea parishioner offering tours to canonization
Friday, March 20, 2009 (550 reads)


Star of the Sea parishioner Edward Lum, who is a certified travel counselor, is organizing tours from Hawaii to Italy and the Holy Land that will include being in ...
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Six young sharp shooters take free throw prizes
Friday, March 20, 2009 (936 reads)


Two girls and four boys, ages 10-13, took home prizes on Feb. 7 as winners of the Knights of Columbus annual free throw championship. The event this year took place ...
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Weekend workshop offers ‘new beginning’
Friday, March 20, 2009 (466 reads)


Beginning Experience, peer ministry for those widowed, separated or divorced, is offering a weekend workshop April 3-5 at St. Anthony Retreat Center in Kalihi Valley. ...
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Photo: Meeting the bishop
Friday, March 20, 2009 (491 reads)


Members of the Catholic Women’s Guild met with Bishop Larry Silva in his chancery office, March 10, and presented him with their annual contribution from the...

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Photo: Cursillo leader workshop
Friday, March 20, 2009 (613 reads)


The participants in a Feb. 13-15 Cursillo leaders’ workshop hosted by Cursillos of Hawaii at St. Anthony Retreat Center in Kalihi Valley pose for a photo with Bishop ...
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Photos: Consecration of a life to the Lord
Friday, March 20, 2009 (1070 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva consecrated St. Joseph, Waipahu, parishioner Noemi Angeles as a Consecrated Virgin Living in the World at a March 8 Mass at the Cathedral of Our ...
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Poem: Prayer of the Heart
Friday, March 20, 2009 (577 reads)


Bless my heart, 0 God. / Every beat of my heart / proclaims and tells me / of Your abiding presence / and that You are by me — fill me, heal me, cleanse me ...
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Photo: An artist and his work
Friday, March 20, 2009 (620 reads)


Local Catholic and artist Edgardo Garcia II poses with his portrait “Blessed Mother Marianne Cope.” The Sisters of St. Francis commissioned the portrait for the 125th ...
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The canonization date is set: Oct. 11
Friday, March 06, 2009 (704 reads)


On Oct. 11, the Catholic Church will bestow on Father Damien de Veuster the title of “saint,” 120 years after the Belgian missionary died on Molokai among his beloved ...
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Announcement excitement comes to Kalaupapa
Friday, March 06, 2009 (554 reads)


The day after Damien’s canonization date was announced and a Mass celebrated on Oahu, a group of pilgrims flew into Kalaupapa, Feb. 22, for another thanksgiving ...
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Journey to a canonization: March 6, 2009
Friday, March 06, 2009 (590 reads)


Sold out! Two days after Seawind Tours and Travel announced its three tour packages to the Oct. 11 canonization of Father Damien in Rome, the main one, which includes a ...
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A is for Belgium, B is for Rome
Friday, March 06, 2009 (577 reads)


The Diocese of Honolulu has selected Seawind Tours & Travel Inc. as the official Hawaii tour coordinator for the Oct. 11 canonization of Father Damien at Saint ...
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Bishop, vicar general in vigorous fight to defeat civil unions bill
Friday, March 06, 2009 (600 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva and other diocesan leaders have been making a vigorous effort to defeat a civil union bill before the state legislature. In letters to state lawmakers, in ...
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Photos: Lent begins
Friday, March 06, 2009 (800 reads)


Father Henry Sabog places ashes on the forehead of a man during 6:30 a.m. Mass on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25, at Our Lady of the Mount Church in Kalihi Valley. ...
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Consecration to a Life of Virginity
Friday, March 06, 2009 (1298 reads)


Noemi Angeles has been an active Catholic her entire life. And on Oct. 8, before the bishop of Honolulu, a cathedral full of people, and God, she will pledge her life to ...
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REMEMBRANCE Bernard Punikaia of Kalaupapa
Friday, March 06, 2009 (1450 reads)


His quest for dignity complete, Kalaupapa human rights activist Bernard K. Punikaia died last week on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25, after he was anointed with oil, ...
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Wanted: top diocesan youth minister
Friday, March 06, 2009 (648 reads)


The diocese is looking for a smart, cool dude or dudette, who loves being a Catholic and wants to help other young people take their faith, like, seriously.
Or, as the diocese ...
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Color Damien’s world
Friday, March 06, 2009 (1077 reads)


Parents and teachers, are you looking for a creative and fun way to teach your children about the life of Father Damien? The diocesan Department of Religious ...
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Twenty something: Christina Capecchi, Mana‘olana, March 6, 2009
Friday, March 06, 2009 (516 reads)


I can count on Elsie to be in the fifth pew, toward the aisle. Her white hair and purple pea coat are just as much a fixture at St. Pat’s as the gold Celtic cross. And ...
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Chaminade wrapping public lecture series
Friday, March 06, 2009 (519 reads)


Chaminade University of Honolulu is wrapping up its public lecture series on the Catholic intellectual tradition with talks in March and April. On March 30, Krista Chronister ...
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CSI: Kalihi -- Damien students use science to solve ‘crime’
Friday, March 06, 2009 (1030 reads)


There’s a body on the floor of Damien Memorial School’s room 211. It’s an apparent suicide. A brunette woman in her bathrobe lies where she fell, one leg tucked under, a gun in her left ...
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Photo: Global Carondelet conference in Hawaii
Friday, March 06, 2009 (634 reads)


The Congregational Leadership Teams of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet gather for photo at St. Stephen Diocese Center on Feb. 23, the last full day of meetings which ...
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Mana'olana briefs: March 6, 2009
Friday, March 06, 2009 (538 reads)


The Our Lady of Good Counsel Young Adult Ministry has a blog! about Go to www.olgcyam.com for regularly updated posts on all things Catholicism at OLGC, ...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: March 6, 2009
Friday, March 06, 2009 (781 reads)


If you think that Lent is simply 40 days straight, you’d be wrong. While there are 40 days of prayer and fasting between Ash Wednesday and Holy Saturday (not including ...
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Photo: Deacon sing-a-long
Friday, March 06, 2009 (686 reads)


More than 30 deacons and their spouses recently enjoyed a special appreciation dinner at St. Stephen Diocesan Center sponsored by the Serra Club of Honolulu. ...

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Kailua parish welcoming wayward Catholics home
Friday, March 06, 2009 (702 reads)


St. Anthony of Padua Church in Kailua invites all inactive Catholics who are seeking answers to questions about returning to the church to an informal sharing and Catholic ...
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Grief counseling expert to offer free coping workshop
Friday, March 06, 2009 (840 reads)


Dr. Louis E. LaGrand, a leading authority on grief counseling, will offer the free workshop, “Nine Proven Survival Skills for Coping with Loss and Change,” 9 a.m. to ...
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Mobile Care to end service in June, as community clinics step forward
Friday, March 06, 2009 (968 reads)


After a homeless Hilo man died of complications from a tooth infection in the early 1990s, the Mobile Care Health Project was born as a dental safety-net on wheels, ...
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Going meatless with pleasure
Friday, March 06, 2009 (607 reads)


Ah, tuna casserole! Hot, creamy, comforting, satisfying, filling, inexpensive, nourishing, cheesy, noodly tuna casserole! Again? ...
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St. Anthony Parish offering three Lenten fish fries
Friday, March 06, 2009 (576 reads)


St Anthony’s Parish Family Fellowship in Kailua is bringing a little bit of Wisconsin to the windward side this Lent with three fish fries. The Midwestern tradition of getting together ...
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A word that should be eliminated from our language
Friday, March 06, 2009 (808 reads)


While I — and many others who call Kalaupapa home — were excited to hear that Father Damien de Veuster will be canonized, it was also deeply offensive to once again ...
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Diocesan Road Map to the future: March 6, 2009
Friday, March 06, 2009 (909 reads)


It was a special privilege to travel to Kalaupapa on Sunday, Feb. 22, to participate in the Mass of Thanksgiving following the announcement by Pope Benedict XVI that ...
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Living with uncertainty: a mother’s ordeal
Friday, March 06, 2009 (521 reads)


Standing in Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport scanning the incoming passengers, Pat Marks could hardly contain her excitement. “We were smiling all the ...
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Franciscans offering women spring break ‘alternative’
Friday, March 06, 2009 (582 reads)


Women looking for an alternative spring break experience are invited to join the Sisters of St. Francis for a Franciscans in Action (FIA) service retreat at Our Lady of ...
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A weekend of exercise of the Ignatian kind
Friday, March 06, 2009 (782 reads)


In the windy and rainy Kalihi Valley at St. Anthony Retreat Center, over the Feb. 12-15 Valentine’s Day weekend, 34 women from Oahu, Kauai, Maui and Molokai ...
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Ask Mason & Teo: Mana'olana, March 6, 2009
Friday, March 06, 2009 (557 reads)


Hi Mason & Teo, I like to read horoscopes and my friends and I were thinking of seeing a psychic. Our other friend says that it is ...
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2009 Lenten regulations for the Diocese of Honolulu
Friday, March 06, 2009 (552 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 ...
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Commentary: Mana‘olana, March 6, 2009
Friday, March 06, 2009 (514 reads)


Unless your parents are saints, they always seem to be asking you to do things they didn’t do themselves, or not to do things they did when they were our age....
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Vocations director can’t stop running
Friday, March 06, 2009 (627 reads)


Father Peter Dumag, vocations director for the Diocese of Honolulu is ready to run, again. Join him and other Hawaii Catholics in Hilo for the second leg of the “AKUA ...
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