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St. Francis to admit boys in sixth grade next year
Friday, November 24, 2006 (612 reads)


With the admission of boys in kindergarten this year, the formerly all-girls St. Francis School in Manoa was poised to be fully co-ed in 13 years, when those five year olds graduated from high school. However, on Oct. 23 the school announced it would cut the co-ed transformation time in half by accepting boys next year in grade six.


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A walk on holy ground
Friday, November 17, 2006 (639 reads)


The story of Blessed Damien, Blessed Marianne, and the thousands of Hansen’s disease patients exiled to Kalaupapa over the course of a century of Hawaiian history has been told and retold in countless articles, dozens of books and numerous films.
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St. Francis Hospitals transfer of ownership Jan. 1
Friday, November 17, 2006 (547 reads)


The sale of Hawaii’s two Catholic hospitals to a group of Hawaii physicians and a mainland-based hospital development company will take place on the first of the year. St. Francis Healthcare System made the announcement Nov. 6.


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Bishop will ordain three seminarians as deacons
Friday, November 17, 2006 (394 reads)


Bishop Larry Silva will ordain three Hawaii seminarians as “transitional” deacons during a 7 p.m. Mass, Nov. 30, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa.


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Obituary: Sister Joan Madden
Friday, November 17, 2006 (526 reads)


Sister Joan Madden, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) for 59 years and long-time Hawaii educator, died at age 78 on Oct. 31 at her order’s Marian Hall in Dubuque, Iowa.


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Islanders visit original Lady of Peace statue in Paris
Friday, November 17, 2006 (453 reads)


Forty pilgrims — 36 from Hawaii and four from California — had the rare opportunity last month to venerate the original 13-inch tall statue of Our Lady of Peace in the chapel of the Sacred Hearts Congregation on Picpus Street in Paris, France.
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2 Hawaii groups receive Catholic Campaign grants
Friday, November 17, 2006 (369 reads)


Two Hawaii community groups received grants this year from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), which conducts its next annual national parish appeal over the Nov. 18-19 weekend.


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Father DeCosta to direct Advent retreat at Our Lady of Keaau
Friday, November 17, 2006 (600 reads)


Retired Father George DeCosta will direct an Advent retreat Dec. 1-3 at Our Lady of Keaau, a new spiritual and recreational center and latest addition to the St. Francis Healthcare System, located at 83-300 Farrington Highway in Makaha.


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Friend of the Family awards going to two retiring state representatives
Friday, November 17, 2006 (339 reads)


Hawaii Family Forum and the Hawaii Catholic Conference will present its second annual “Friend of the Family Awards” to two retiring state legislators on Nov. 28 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center dining room.


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Going out of business sale to benefit St. Philomena Church
Friday, November 17, 2006 (369 reads)


A Hawaiian apparel and craft company is going out of business and has donated its inventory to St. Philomena Church for sale.


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The marriage tribunal ministry
Friday, November 03, 2006 (450 reads)


Most of us know people who are Catholic and divorced. Some have suffered greatly through a marriage that was problematic from the beginning. Often children are involved. Is there a way for these people to find healing and be free to remarry in the Catholic Church?


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All of the way from Manitowoc
Friday, November 03, 2006 (386 reads)


KEKAHA, Kauai -- It’s a long way from Manitowoc, Wis., to Kekaha, Kauai. Four thousand three hundred and three miles to be exact. But that distance couldn’t stop the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity ...


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A tsunami, fire, hurricane and six decades later
Friday, November 03, 2006 (377 reads)


The small, close-knit parish of St. Theresa in Kekaha, Kauai, has been through a lot since its first church opened its doors in 1941. There was the tsunami of 1946 that damaged property; a fire that destroyed the original church in 1977; Hurricane Iniki in 1992 that wrecked the school, rectory and convent; and the closing of Kekaha Sugar Mill in 2000 when many parishioners lost their jobs.


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Paauilo mission closed pending damage report
Friday, November 03, 2006 (312 reads)


Father Joseph Diaz, administrator of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Honokaa on the Big Island is considering adding 8:15 a.m. Mass on Sundays to accommodate the people who can no longer go to the parish’s mission church in Paauilo because it was heavily damaged in the earthquake that shook the Hawaiian islands on Oct. 15.


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Hospice ‘Rose for Remembrance’ service is Nov. 9
Friday, November 03, 2006 (318 reads)


Family and friends will once again honor their deceased loved ones at “A Rose for Remembrance,” St. Francis Hospice’s interdenominational memorial service now in its 20th year.
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Ewa Beach man joins Marianist volunteers in San Antonio
Friday, November 03, 2006 (426 reads)


Since joining the Marianist Volunteer Program in San Antonio, Texas, Norman Capinpin of Ewa Beach has served as a child care specialist and has assisted in an interfaith homeless shelter.


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Parishes sent video on ministry to homeless, hungry in Hawaii
Friday, November 03, 2006 (369 reads)


A new video presentation titled “Catholic Hawaii: Shelter the Homeless, Feed the Hungry” is being sent this month to all parishes in the Diocese of Honolulu by the Office of Social Ministry.


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Bishop carries Eucharist through downtown malls in prayer for vocations
Friday, November 03, 2006 (333 reads)


People waiting to catch a downtown city bus, strolling Fort Street Mall, or just minding their own business on a Sunday afternoon found themselves watching what might have seemed like an odd parade on Oct. 22.


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Fire and rain: Saint Theresa Parish timeline
Friday, November 03, 2006 (354 reads)


1940: Construction begins on the first Saint Theresa Church

Jan. 1941: New church dedicated

1944: Marist priests take over operation of Saint Theresa Parish


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Bishop joins hundreds of men in march protesting domestic violence in Hawaii
Friday, November 03, 2006 (337 reads)


Cars honked and passersby cheered as hundreds of men and boys, and a handful of women, marched through downtown Honolulu on Thursday, Oct. 19, in the 12th annual Men’s March Against Violence.


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Bishop Larry Silva statement regarding Kukui Gardens
Friday, November 03, 2006 (325 reads)


I would like to clarify several misperceptions regarding my role and that of the Roman Catholic Church in the Kukui Gardens situation.


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COMMENTARY: AIDS outreach and ministry
Friday, November 03, 2006 (263 reads)


Twenty five years ago, a small bit of matter called a virus (now named HIV) made its way into the human population. After causing illness and death in a few people, it quickly exploded into a plague of biblical proportions reaching virtually the entire globe.
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GRANTS
Friday, November 03, 2006 (309 reads)


Dick Pacific Construction donated $15,000 gained from its charity golf tournament to Catholic Charities Hawaii, the agency announced on Oct. 24. The donation will support programs that help seniors maintain their independence.
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Young boy performs with mariachi group during procession in Los Angeles
 
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A young boy joins mariachis in an annual procession in Los Angeles Nov. 26 in honor of St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music. The musicians attended an open-air Mass and on Dec. 7 they are scheduled to sing at an Los Angeles archdiocesan Mass honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe.

    

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