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God makes a joyful life possible, bishop tells conference goers
Friday, August 25, 2006 (263 reads)


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.


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A parish with heart
Friday, August 25, 2006 (255 reads)


It was with good reason that Catholic author Paul Wilkes, in his 2001 book “Excellent Catholic Parishes,” picked St. John Vianney Parish in the Enchanted Lake area of Kailua as one of the nation’s best parishes.
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Catholic Charities receives $1.15 million from Dorothy Ring estate
Friday, August 25, 2006 (255 reads)


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.


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Ewa Beach celebrates isles’ first local-born Capuchin
Friday, August 25, 2006 (286 reads)


For Brother Marvin Bearis, making his final solemn profession as a Capuchin Franciscan Aug. 12 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Ewa Beach was a life-changing moment.
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Gala for new Molokai church will feature historic display, items for sale
Friday, August 25, 2006 (330 reads)


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.


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Mainland actor to perform Aldyth Morris’ ‘Damien’
Friday, August 25, 2006 (230 reads)


Mainland actor Casey Groves will perform “Damien,” the one-man play by Aldyth Morris made famous by Hawaii’s Terence Knapp, at various settings throughout Hawaii this month and next.


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Knapp, Yap to reprise concert of traditional Catholic hymns
Friday, August 25, 2006 (287 reads)


“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.


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Breaking the sound barrier
Friday, August 25, 2006 (323 reads)


Father Thomas Coughlin’s lifelong dream to start a religious community where sign language for the deaf is the means of expression at both the Eucharistic table and the dinner table is finally becoming a reality.


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Departure of Sister Elizabeth Murray ends order’s 60-year Big Island legacy
Friday, August 25, 2006 (231 reads)


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.


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Third St. Francis hospice facility will serve east Oahu
Friday, August 11, 2006 (299 reads)


St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii is planning a new 24-bed freestanding hospice in east Oahu. To be called St. Francis Hospice East, the facility is part of St. Francis’ move away from acute hospital care toward long-term services for the elderly, sick and dying.


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Divine Mercy Conference to feature mainland speakers, vocations fair
Friday, August 11, 2006 (390 reads)


“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.


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New Hawaii district deputy and staff appointed for Young Ladies Institute
Friday, August 11, 2006 (246 reads)


The Young Ladies Institute’s grand president Joane Muniz has appointed Mary Wuscher (Institute # 208) as the Hawaii district deputy for the 2006-2007 term.


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Maryknoll Sister Katherine Theiler: A spiritual guide remembered
Friday, August 11, 2006 (237 reads)


“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.


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For sale by auction
Friday, August 11, 2006 (322 reads)


Here is an incomplete list of the art from St. Francis Medical Centers that will be sold at auction at McClain Auctions in Honolulu, 10 a.m., Sept. 9. Some of the pieces have listed their appraised or estimated worth.


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National expert on Catholic education to speak to Hawaii’s Catholic educators
Friday, August 11, 2006 (243 reads)


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.


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Help in the time of pregnancy
Friday, August 11, 2006 (255 reads)


The two women could not be more different, yet they ended up happily in the same place. Forty-four-year-old Ramona is a high-spirited Chinese-Hawaiian-Portuguese woman who grew up in Kaneohe, graduated from Castle High School, and worked in Waikiki up until last November.
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Art for sale for hospice
Friday, August 11, 2006 (285 reads)


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.


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Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet celebrate Founders’ Day on Aug. 26
Friday, August 11, 2006 (303 reads)


Hawaii’s Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet will host their annual Founders’ Day Celebration, Saturday, Aug. 26, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Hotel.


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Gala event in Honolulu seeks to raise funds for new church on Molokai
Friday, August 11, 2006 (249 reads)


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.”


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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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