According to Bishop Sam Jacobs of the Diocese of Houma-Tibodaux in Louisiana, it is possible to have a life of everlasting joy, in peace and love. That was his message as the keynote speaker of the Hawaii Catholic Charismatic Conference at St. Philomena Church in Salt Lake, Aug. 11-13.

Dorothy Ring, retired real estate agent, bequeathed $1.15 million of her estate to the non-profit organization  The Dorothy Ring estate gave Catholic Charities Hawaii $1.15 million, the agency announced Aug. 15.

The gala benefit dinner for a new church on Molokai will feature historic and artistic items related to Blessed Damien both for display and for sale.

“Hawaii’s adopted world class actor” Terence Knapp will repeat his “A Celebration of Traditional Catholic Hymns and Benediction Liturgy” in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, 7 p.m., Sept. 1.

There will be no Sisters of the Holy Family here next year to celebrate the order’s 60th anniversary of their arrival in the islands. Sister Elizabeth Murray, the last Holy Family Sister serving in Hawaii, left last week.

“Apostles of Mercy” is the theme of the second Divine Mercy Conference in Hawaii, Sept. 8-10, at the Hawaii Convention Center, sponsored by the Eucharistic Apostles of Divine Mercy.

“This may be difficult for you,” Kris Theiler said. The congregation in the Newman Center chapel managed to chuckle at the young woman’s cheery attempt to gain control of her tears as she told stories about her aunt, Maryknoll Sister Katherine Theiler, at her funeral service, Aug 5.

A nationally recognized expert in Catholic education will be the guest speaker following the Mass of the Holy Spirit, the liturgy that traditionally opens the Catholic school year in Hawaii, 8:30 a.m., Aug. 21, at St. Ann Church in Kaneohe.

The Sisters of St. Francis have always incorporated an aesthetic eye in their ministries of compassion. Whether it was dressing their Kalaupapa patients in the latest fashion finery, or enhancing the halls and walls of their medical centers with fine art, they valued the healing properties of beautiful things.

After 10 years of raising money on Molokai for the island’s new parish church, the Molokai Catholic Community is taking its fundraising efforts to Honolulu in a big way — a “show stopper.”