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HCH photo/Patrick Downes
Diocese applauds governor’s veto of civil union bill: Above, opponents of the civil unions bill, gathered outside Gov. Linda Lingle’s office on the fifth floor of the state capitol building on July 6, raise their hands in prayer shortly after learning that the governor had vetoed the bill. Read story.
Statue of Our Lady of Peace
Friday, June 30, 2006 (628 reads)
It’s an unusual depiction of the Blessed Mother. Her hair is tied back in braids; she wears no veil. Her dress has a tight waist and is accessorized with a short laced-up vest. She carries the Child Jesus in her left arm and an olive branch in her right hand.Read More |
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Renovation of St. Joseph Church, Waipahu
Friday, June 30, 2006 (1337 reads)
In early February, the jarring noises of construction vibrated the air around St. Joseph Church in Waipahu as jackhammers slammed the pavement outside and workers nailed tiles on the roof. Read More |
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OBITUARY: Father Lowell Fischer
Friday, June 30, 2006 (600 reads)
Father Lowell Edwin Fischer, a priest of the Diocese of Joliet, Ill., who worked in Hawaii for almost 20 years mostly as an associate of St. Michael Church in Waialua, died in Illinois on June 19. He was 82 and a priest for 52 years.Read More |
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Sacred Hearts Father Eustaquio is himself beatified
Friday, June 30, 2006 (491 reads)
Father Eustaquio Van Lieshout, a native of Holland who, inspired by the example of Blessed Damien de Veuster of Molokai, became a priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts, was beatified June 15 in an open-air Mass in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, celebrated by Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, head of the Vatican’s Congregation for Saints’ Causes.Read More |
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‘There’s no place I’d rather be’
Friday, June 30, 2006 (559 reads)
Marian Shishido wakes up each weekday morning, eager to go to her “club” and visit with her friends Haruko and Elsie. “I love this place!” exclaims the elderly Shishido. Sitting next to her is Haruko Hirakawa, who nods silently in agreement while the third woman, Elsie Hirota adds, “Everyone at the club gets along so well.”Read More |
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CNS photo/Henry Romero, Reuters
A clown stands next to a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe during an annual pilgrimage at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City July 22. Hundreds of clowns took part in the annual event to thank Mary for helping them find work.
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