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OBITUARY: Father John Bolin
Friday, June 27, 2008 (1336 reads)


Father John Francis Bolin Jr., a former Marianist provincial superior who held numerous leadership positions at Chaminade University of Honolulu, and who was ...
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Parish fitness programs: Step, two, three, four, stretch …
Friday, June 27, 2008 (2296 reads)


A parish is a place of worship, community, learning and service. And now, for some, physical fitness. It’s a natural extension of a parish community’s concern for the ...
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A vineyard takes root in Manoa
Friday, June 27, 2008 (975 reads)


In a corner of the Lychee Garden at St. Francis Convent in Manoa, leafy, green grape vines are flourishing atop several plastic, latticework fences. What makes these vines unique is that...
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Welcoming Parish renamed Office of Parish Resources
Friday, June 27, 2008 (832 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva is changing the name of the Office of Welcoming Parish to one that he says more accurately describes the office’s present focus and its connection ...
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Molokai parish gets a new name
Friday, June 27, 2008 (790 reads)


Molokai’s main parish has a new name. Bishop Larry Silva announced on June 5 that the collection of four top-side churches known as the Molokai Catholic ...
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Bishop to celebrate a Latin High Mass with confirmations
Friday, June 27, 2008 (3074 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva will celebrate a Solemn Pontifical High Tridentine Mass on June 29 at Blessed Sacrament Church in Honolulu for Oahu’s Latin Mass community ...
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Art academy acquires old portrait of Damien imagined as a young man
Friday, June 27, 2008 (1179 reads)


The Honolulu Academy of Arts recently acquired an “imaginary portrait” of a young Father Damien de Veuster, which is now on display in the museum’s John Dominis ...
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Priest seeks support for late Maryknoll sister’s Philippine projects
Friday, June 27, 2008 (1481 reads)


The late Maryknoll Sister Grace Dorothy Lim created a connection of charity between a Catholic parish in Kalihi and a poor farming community in the ...
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Faith formation conferences set for Kauai, Maui
Friday, June 27, 2008 (794 reads)


Following the Diocese of Honolulu Faith Formation Conference this weekend at Damien Memorial School, two more have been scheduled for the neighbor islands, ...
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Diocesan Road Map to the Future: June 27, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008 (1023 reads)


In early June I attended the Catholic Theological Society of America Convention in Miami, Florida. Some 400 theologians gathered for the convention theme — ...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: June 27, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008 (764 reads)


Who do scholars say wrote the Acts of the Apostles? a) St. Peter, b) St. Paul, c) St. Luke, d) St. Andrew ...
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Photo: It’s the police
Friday, June 27, 2008 (782 reads)


The children were so excited. A shiny big blue police van, and other police cars, drove up to St. Philomena Early Learning Center on June 4 and police officers and police ...
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Kauai school bids aloha to Sister Delores
Friday, June 27, 2008 (1080 reads)


St. Theresa Parish and School in Kekaha bid aloha on June 1 to Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity Delores Wisnicky who has left for a new assignment in Wisconsin....
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Jesuit author to be cathedral gallery’s artist of the month
Friday, June 27, 2008 (849 reads)


A visiting Jesuit university professor and author will be the July “artist of the month” at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace Gallery, starting July 4, at 5 p.m....
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Office of Clergy offering spiritual direction workshop
Friday, June 27, 2008 (916 reads)


The diocesan Office of Clergy is offering a two-day workshop on spiritual direction for priests, deacons and deacons’ wives, 9 a.m.-noon, followed by lunch, July 15-16, ...
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Ask Mason & Teo: Mana‘olana, June 27, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008 (709 reads)


Dear Mason and Teo, My boyfriend is a Lutheran and I’m Catholic. I think he may be the guy I want to marry. I attended his church service at the Lutheran church ...
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Hawaii-born Jesuit Glen Chun ordained a priest
Friday, June 27, 2008 (1240 reads)


Hawaii-born Jesuit Glen Chun was ordained a priest on June 7 at Holy Family Church in Chicago, Ill. He is assigned to St. Xavier Church in Cincinnati....
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Hawaii Knights of Columbus pick new officers
Friday, June 27, 2008 (940 reads)


The Hawaii State Council of the Knights of Columbus announced its new slate of officers for 2008-2009 at its recent convention at Makaha Resort and Spa....
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Implementation subcommittees created for diocesan ‘Road Map’
Friday, June 27, 2008 (888 reads)


The number of people Bishop Larry Silva has picked to guide his diocesan strategic plan into action has grown to 55, with more to follow....
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Do not be afraid to discern your gifts, let them serve others
Friday, June 27, 2008 (974 reads)


“For the courage to put our gifts at the service of others: that God will free us from fear so that we may live as women and men for others, we pray to the Lord.”...
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New deacon class in fall of 2009
Friday, June 27, 2008 (922 reads)


The Diocese of Honolulu is looking for men for its seventh permanent deacon class which begins its formation program in the fall of 2009. Information sessions will be offered on...
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Photo: Priest for one year
Friday, June 27, 2008 (1010 reads)


The parishioners of St. Jude Church, Kapolei, celebrated Father Cletus Mooya’s one-year anniversary of ordination to the priesthood with a potluck dinner, June 7, ...
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Photo: Serra officers installed
Friday, June 27, 2008 (905 reads)


Jack Kampfer was installed as president of the Serra Club of Honolulu for 2008-2009 at ceremonies at the Hickam Air Force Base Officer’s Club where the new officers ...
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Top 10 list: Mana‘olana, June 27, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008 (764 reads)


Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, offered 10 principles for protecting the environment, a main theme of Pope Benedict ...
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Pearl City priesthood candidate ordained a deacon
Friday, June 13, 2008 (877 reads)


The small children playing while their young Filipina mothers chatted outside the front doors of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church as the sun sank into the haze ...
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Homily: Bishop Larry Silva, diaconate ordination of Jon Cabico
Friday, June 13, 2008 (1159 reads)


Whenever we think of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a particular artistic image comes to mind, the image of Jesus with his heart exposed, outside the normal protection of his ...
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Destination: Down Under -- heading for World Youth Day
Friday, June 13, 2008 (2474 reads)


At the close of the last day of school, June 6, at Holy Trinity School in Kuliouou, as parents picked up their children and teachers hugged their students goodbye, a ...
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New arrivals puts Philippines priests in majority in Hawaii parishes
Friday, June 13, 2008 (1032 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva has assigned seven priests new to the islands to parishes on Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island. All except one are from the Philippines....
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Contemplative sister from Maui celebrates 50 years in Maryknoll
Friday, June 13, 2008 (1470 reads)


Consuela Torrecer of Puunene, Maui, is a contemplative Maryknoll Sister, a member of the missionary order’s little known “cloistered” community, which pursues a life of ...
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Kauai-born Sister Diane Rapozo observes golden jubilee as BVM
Friday, June 13, 2008 (1225 reads)


Sister Diane (Malia) Rapozo, of Lihue, Kauai, will celebrate 50 years as a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) on June 17 at her community’s Mount ...
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Diocesan Road Map to the Future: June 13, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008 (1051 reads)


Imagine sitting directly behind home plate in a new softball stadium and finding that you can’t see the plate over the top of the wall separating the stands from the field. ...
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Father George Maddock speaker at Holy Spirit gathering
Friday, June 13, 2008 (912 reads)


Capuchin Franciscan Father George Maddock will be the guest speaker at the June 13 Holy Spirit Gathering at Holy Trinity Church sponsored by the Hawaii Catholic ...
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For his beloved parish, countless hours of love
Friday, June 13, 2008 (754 reads)


Gilbert Santos has given countless hours of love to his parish of Blessed Sacrament in Pauoa Valley, a few minutes from downtown Honolulu. He has cared for the ...
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Mana‘olana: CD review, June 13, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008 (1295 reads)


Though their melodies have long been long lost to modern ears, the powerful words of the Psalms have been an inspiration and challenge to centuries of musicians, both ...
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Mana‘olana: Saints under 35, June 13, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008 (2688 reads)


Saint Toribio Romo González was murdered at age 27 for being a priest during the Mexican Revolution. He is one of the group of the 25 Martyrs of the Cristero Wars, ...
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Mana‘olana: Ask Mason & Teo, June 13, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008 (689 reads)


Dear Mason and Teo, I was brought up Catholic. My parents have been married in the church for over 20 years. My mom recently left my dad. She says that God told her to leave him. How ...
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Commentary: Deacon Ron Nelson on Father’s Day
Friday, June 13, 2008 (755 reads)


As we welcome Father’s Day this June 15, I cannot help but reflect on the words of Jesus concerning God the Father as recorded in the Book of John in recent Sunday ...
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Obituary: Brother ‘Wasy’ Wasielewski
Friday, June 13, 2008 (864 reads)


Marianist Brother Joseph Wasielewski, a former teacher and coach at Cathedral School in Honolulu, where he led the basketball team to the league championships ...
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Photos: Feast of Corpus Christi
Friday, June 13, 2008 (837 reads)


the Diocese of Honolulu held its second annual Eucharistic Procession on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ on May 25. After a 10:30 a.m. Mass and ...
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Photo: Seminary supporters
Friday, June 13, 2008 (869 reads)


Members of the Young Ladies Institute and their visiting grand president paid a social visit to vicar for clergy, Father Khanh Hoang, on May 27, at the downtown ...
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Photo: Federal prison volunteer of the year
Friday, June 13, 2008 (1678 reads)


The Honolulu Federal Detention Center presented Betty Jean Schreiner, center, a parishioner of St. Pius X Church in Manoa, the Volunteer of the Year Award, April ...
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Mana‘olana: Calendar, June 13, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008 (697 reads)


Gifts Discernment Workshop: Part 1 “Discovering Your Gifts,” 6:30-9 p.m., June 13; Part 2 “Ministry Needs Assessment,” 6:30-9 p.m., June 20; Our Lady of Perpetual ...
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Mana‘olana: By the numbers, June 13, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008 (762 reads)


The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University conducts studies about Catholicism and the Catholic Church in the United States. A ...
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: June 13, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008 (677 reads)


What is Peter’s Pence? a) The coin taken from a fish’s mouth that St. Peter used to pay the Roman tax. b) The sword Peter used to cut off the ear of the high priest’s servant at Gethsemane....
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