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Chuukese deacon Peter Soumwei and his wife Yustina Petrus in St. John the Baptist Church in Kalihi on Aug. 14.
 
Four deacons emerge to serve Hawaii's Catholic Micronesian community. (read story)
 

Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: May 18, 2007
Friday, May 18, 2007 (261 reads)


Dear quiz masters, I think I have come up with some questions that will challenge you this time around. We cover popes, bishops, saints, clerical fashion, and even some local facts. See how...
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St. Francis frail elderly program awarded $1.7 million contract
Friday, May 18, 2007 (243 reads)


The City and County of Honolulu has given more than $1.7 million to a St. Francis Healthcare program to provide personal care for Oahu’s frail elderly....
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OBITUARY: St. Joseph Sister Jerome Mulligan
Friday, May 18, 2007 (297 reads)


Year after year at the Easter Vigil, Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Jerome Mulligan had stood beside the white-robed newly baptized as they surrounded the baptismal...
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Maryknoll to honor Hawaii baseball legend
Friday, May 18, 2007 (304 reads)


Hawaii sports superstar Wally Yonamine is this year’s honoree at Maryknoll School’s Monsignor Charles A. Kekumano Award and Scholarship Dinner, May 27, at the...
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More than 100 Jesuit ‘alumni’ reconnect
Friday, May 18, 2007 (320 reads)


Calling up fond college memories, finding old friends among an array of school pennants, making new friends through shared experiences and, in one case,...
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Dentists flying in from Iowa to fix teeth of Big Island children
Friday, May 18, 2007 (386 reads)


It’s a story that will make you — and 100 children — smile.
A Catholic woman from Kamuela moves to Iowa, works as a pediatrician at the...

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Support the FCC scholarship fundraiser
Friday, May 18, 2007 (263 reads)


Oahu Council of Filipino Catholic Clubs (OCFCC) is continuing its annual Charity Queen Fundraising until June. This yearly project, which began in March, raises...
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Essay topic: ‘The heroism of Father Damien’
Friday, May 18, 2007 (252 reads)


In honor of Blessed Damien, the Damien Day Planning Committee sponsored an essay contest this year for seventh and eighth graders with the theme “The heroism of...
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On his day, Damien celebrated in song, dance, drama, prayer
Friday, May 18, 2007 (462 reads)


A light drizzle wafted down from Nuuanu Valley on the morning of May 10 and into the open rotunda of the State Capitol where dozens of plaid-skirted and polo-shirted...
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Diocesan Pastoral Council discusses ministries to young people
Friday, May 18, 2007 (235 reads)


Youth and young adult ministry in the Diocese of Honolulu was a substantial topic of discussion at the third meeting of the Diocesan Pastoral Council (DPC) on April 20-21...

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Oahu conference offering 30 courses
Friday, May 18, 2007 (341 reads)


The 2007 Oahu Catechetical Conference, June 13-16, will offer catechists, religion teachers and parish ministers 30 courses on topics ranging from church history, the ...
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OBITUARY: Marianist Brother James Roberts
Friday, May 18, 2007 (301 reads)


The Marianist brother who helped create one of the most beautiful worship places in Hawaii has died. Brother James William Roberts, a former faculty member of Chaminade University...

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The story of the statue
Tuesday, May 15, 2007 (1021 reads)


The Father Damien Memorial Statue stands alone in front of the Hawaii State Capitol, looking like a timeless monument. A duplicate sculpture is in the National Statuary...
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Damien junior wins three state speech titles in one day
Friday, May 04, 2007 (622 reads)


Not one. Not two. Chris Ballesteros, a Damien Memorial School junior, took home three first place wins at the State Forensic Speech and Debate finals, April 14, at...
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Musical Mass honoring Damien will make its debut here May 10
Friday, May 04, 2007 (328 reads)


A new musical Mass, composed in tribute to Blessed Damien, will be sung in public for the first time on his feast day, in the church where he was ordained, in a language...
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Capitol, cathedral hubs of Damien Day activities
Friday, May 04, 2007 (432 reads)


Clusters of downtown activity will commemorate Father Damien, the beatified 19th century missionary to the Hansen’s disease patients of Molokai, on his feast day, May...
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Calendar: May 4-17
Friday, May 04, 2007 (321 reads)


* Month of special devotions to Mary
* Older Americans Month
* Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

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Academy athletics having very, very, very good year
Friday, May 04, 2007 (279 reads)


Sacred Hearts Academy sports teams are having a very good year. For the fifth time in eight years, the schools air riflery team won the girls state...
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Lifelong passion for saving the unborn started with 'impulse'
Friday, May 04, 2007 (435 reads)


Mary Jane Home founder and pro-life champion Robert Pearson shared his experiences counseling pregnant women at a Respect Life Evening on April 25 at St...
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Hawaii’s largest vicariate ponders its future needs
Friday, May 04, 2007 (296 reads)


Strategic planning arrived at the diocese’s largest and fastest growing region and received an enthusiastic welcome....
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There’s talk, again, of a Catholic high school in west Oahu
Friday, May 04, 2007 (330 reads)


It’s been 45 years since a Catholic high school — Damien Memorial in Kalihi — has been built on Oahu....
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Diocese buys 23 acres in Ewa for ‘gathering space’
Friday, May 04, 2007 (307 reads)


The Diocese of Honolulu on April 26 closed its purchase of an undeveloped 23-acre plot in Leeward Oahu that, according to diocesan planners, will be the site of a new...
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Graduate learned discipline, faith at St. Anthony School in Kalihi
Friday, May 04, 2007 (408 reads)


Discipline. Faith. These are the prominent words used by 24-year-old Hazel Abinsay of Kalihi when asked to reflect on her student years at St. Anthony School in Kalihi....
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Osage ancestor talks with bishop at parish event honoring Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
CNS photo/Dave Crenshaw, Eastern Oklahoma Catholic
Carla Powell, an Osage Indian and lifelong parishioner of Immaculate Conception Church in Pawhuska, Okla., talks with Bishop Edward J. Slattery of Tulsa, Okla., during a special luncheon at the church Aug. 10. The bishop and Powell, an Osage Indian, were on hand for the dedication of a new parish shrine dedicated to Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. Following the dedication parishioners gathered for a traditional Osage meal. The church, founded in 1890 in Indian territory, has had a longtime connection to the Osage tribe.

    

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