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2006: Catholic Church in Hawaii year in review
Friday, December 29, 2006 (456 reads)
January: A memorial service for Army Reserve Sgt. Myla Maravillosa, who was killed in Iraq, takes place at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace on Dec. 31, 2005. Maravillosa had been considering religious life before she died after a rocket propelled grenade hit her Humvee on Christmas Eve.
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At Red Mass, Bishop Silva will preach on ‘bloodless violence’
Friday, December 29, 2006 (293 reads)
Bishop Larry Silva will preside and preach at the annual Red Mass at 9 a.m., Jan. 18, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu. His homily topic is “legal and bloodless violence” — abuse perpetrated by the misuse of media, law and economic policies.
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Lt. governor, chaplain to speak at Holy Name luncheon
Friday, December 29, 2006 (298 reads)
Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona and Dominican Father Thomas Hayes will be the main speakers at the Holy Name Society’s eighth annual Pro-life Luncheon, 11 a.m. at Tree Tops Restaurant, 3737 Manoa Road, on Saturday, Jan. 27.
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May they rest in peace, 2006
Friday, December 29, 2006 (377 reads)
Here is a list of priests, sisters, brothers, deacons and other notable Catholics with an island connection who died in 2006. They are listed in alphabetical order.
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A nativity scene and sandals
Friday, December 29, 2006 (332 reads)
Hawaii is often referred to an earthly paradise and not without reason. The climate alone would justify that description. On Dec. 6, I discovered a spiritual side of this 50th State as well.
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St. Vincent de Paul Society last year distributed more than $50,000 in aid
Friday, December 29, 2006 (365 reads)
Honolulu’s St. Vincent de Paul Society handed out more than $50,000 in direct aid, plus $370 in furniture and clothing, to 85 families from October 2005 through September 2006. The assistance, helping a total of 337 people, went mostly toward rent, according to a report by Bill Westphalen, treasurer of the Honolulu District Council.
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“Star Light, Star Bright!”
Friday, December 29, 2006 (321 reads)
Santa fans meet the big guy at the “Star Light, Star Bright!” party at St. Stephen Diocesan Center on Dec. 16, part of a diocesan Christmas giving program for incarcerated women, their children, and the children’s caregivers.
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Diocesan staff day
Friday, December 29, 2006 (310 reads)
Father Patrick Freitas, associate director of the Office of Religious Education, Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Roselani Enomoto, program co-director of Parish Social Ministry, and Christine Dias, the Office of Social Ministry’s Care-A-Van quality assurance director, talk toward the end of the diocesan staff day held at Catholic Charities Hawaii’s new Makiki campus on Dec. 19.
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Spreading the spirit
Friday, December 15, 2006 (316 reads)
Whether it’s sewing blankets for the elderly, serving a Christmas Eve dinner to the homeless, or leaving holiday cards at the bedsides of hospital patients, Catholic groups and parishes throughout Hawaii are doing their part to bring the spirit of Christmas to those who might otherwise be left out of the year’s most joyous day.
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Cheaper options for World Youth Day
Friday, December 15, 2006 (425 reads)
The coordinator of the Hawaii delegation to World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia, July 15-20, 2008, is offering Hawaii pilgrims two additional travel packages, each cheaper than the initial plan.
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Chipping away
Friday, December 15, 2006 (295 reads)
Hammer in hand, an inspector checks out the composition of a buttress of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu Nov. 28 in preparation for a major restoration project.
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Knapp, Yap in cathedral carols concert
Friday, December 15, 2006 (306 reads)
Actor Terence Knapp and maestro Donald Yap, under the patronage of Bishop Larry Silva will present, “A Festival of Carols,” 50 minutes of traditional Christmas songs in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, 7 p.m., Dec. 15.
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Creating ‘safe environments’ a constant educational process
Friday, December 15, 2006 (282 reads)
Room eight at St. John Vianney School in Kailua was filled with 28 atypical students on a recent Sunday. The “students” were parish volunteers, religious education teachers, diocesan employees, and Catholic school faculty and staff attending a Safe Environment class.
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Indonesian Sacred Hearts priest assigned to Hawaii
Friday, December 15, 2006 (339 reads)
Hawaii’s Sacred Hearts Fathers welcomed their congregation’s first Indonesian priest to the islands last month. On Dec. 1, Bishop Larry Silva announced his approval of the appointment of Father Benny Kosasih as associate pastor of St. Ann Church in Kaneohe.
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The joy of giving
Friday, December 15, 2006 (299 reads)
Serra Club of Honolulu members Chuck Furr and Jack Kampfer pose with Bishop Larry Silva in his office on Nov. 28 after presenting him with a copy of “The Joy of Priesthood,” a book by Father Stephen J. Rossetti, president and chief executive officer of the Saint Luke Institute in Silver Spring, Md.
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Subject: education
Friday, December 15, 2006 (280 reads)
Eighty administrators and pastors from Oahu’s Catholic schools and members of the Diocesan Board of Education gathered at St. Stephen Diocesan Center on Nov. 29 for the first Bishop’s Convocation on Catholic Education.
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Family friends
Friday, December 15, 2006 (279 reads)
Retiring state representatives Dennis Arakaki and Bud Stonebraker pose with Kelly Rosati, the Hawaii Catholic Conference representative and executive director of Hawaii Family Forum, at the “Friend of the Family” Awards reception on Nov. 24 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center.
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Japanese peace delegation meets bishop
Friday, December 15, 2006 (281 reads)
Fifty members of the Japan Religious Committee for World Federation paid Bishop Larry Silva a courtesy call in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace on Nov. 5.
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Deacons in transition
Friday, December 15, 2006 (281 reads)
Newly ordained deacons Cletus Mooya, Paul Dong-Min Li and Peter Miti sit next to Bishop Larry Silva at the Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace at their ordination Mass on Nov. 30.
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Makings of ‘a classic’
Friday, December 01, 2006 (574 reads)
In May of this year Daughter of Saint Paul Sister Rose Pacatte, the founding director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies, visited the movie set of “The Nativity Story” in Matera, Italy, and interviewed the film’s cast and crew.
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A quarter century of joyful service
Friday, December 01, 2006 (337 reads)
Richard Port said he received his first glimpse at the possibilities of a permanent diaconate while he was a Peace Corps worker with his wife Ann in Africa. It was before the church had reinstated the ministry.
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Bishop Silva to lead group to World Youth Day
Friday, December 01, 2006 (418 reads)
Bishop Larry Silva will lead the Hawaii delegation to Sydney, Australia, for World Youth Day, July 15-20, 2008. The event, a Vatican-sponsored event for young people attended by the pope, is expected to draw the largest crowd ever in Australia.
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Faith and persistence: Hawaii's priest candidates
Friday, December 01, 2006 (386 reads)
Zambian natives Cletus Mooya and Peter Miti and China-born Paul Dong-Min Li have spent nearly a decade praying, working and waiting to become priests. They reached the final major step toward that goal on Nov. 30 when Bishop Larry Silva ordained them as deacons at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu.
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National Prayer for Life at Star of the Sea
Friday, December 01, 2006 (370 reads)
Oahu parishioners are invited to a National Night of Prayer for Life, 7-11 p.m., at Star of the Sea Church, Waialae-Kahala, on Dec. 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
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O Antiphons
Friday, December 01, 2006 (551 reads)
O come, O Wisdom from on high,
Who governs all things tenderly;
To us the path of knowledge show,
And teach us in her ways to go.
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‘Star Light, Star Bright!’ brings inmates’ kids delight
Friday, December 01, 2006 (334 reads)
This Dec. 25 will mark the fourth year that Jacqueline Bissen, an inmate at the Women’s Correctional Facility in Kailua, has missed spending Christmas with her 5-year-old son Kaeo. There will be no visiting a shopping mall Santa, no opening presents Christmas morning, eating a holiday meal together, or taking him to church services.
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Chaminade on community service honor roll
Friday, December 01, 2006 (285 reads)
Chaminade University of Honolulu’s extraordinary outpouring of community service during its golden anniversary year has earned it a place on President George W. Bush’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
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Parish to host breast cancer awareness breakfast
Friday, December 01, 2006 (284 reads)
A breakfast organized to increase breast cancer awareness among parishioners at St. Philomena Church in Salt Lake will be held in the parish hall, Sunday, Dec. 3, following 7 a.m. Mass. Everyone is welcome.
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Concert, baby luau for Jesus at Star of the Sea
Friday, December 01, 2006 (434 reads)
The Oahu Civic Orchestra will perform selections from Handel’s Messiah, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, Bizet’s Farandole and Rutter’s Candlelight Carol at Star of the Sea Church, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 9.
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Advent Wreath Prayers
Friday, December 01, 2006 (1052 reads)
On the first Sunday of Advent, the family gathers to first bless the wreath. The Leader, usually the father, sprinkles the wreath with holy water.
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Catholic Women’s Guild Christmas meeting is Dec. 9
Friday, December 01, 2006 (278 reads)
Catholic Women’s Guild will host its Christmas general meeting, Saturday, Dec. 9, beginning with Mass at 10:30 a.m. in Saint Margaret Mary Chapel at Sacred Hearts Academy in Kaimuki, followed by a luncheon meeting at the Waialae Country Club.
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OBITUARY: Maryknoll Sister Madelon Marie Mullen
Friday, December 01, 2006 (323 reads)
Maryknoll Sister Madelon Marie Mullen, who served most of her six decades in religious life as a teacher, parish minister and hospital chaplain in Hawaii, died at Maryknoll, N.Y., on Oct. 28. She was 85 and a Maryknoll missioner for 62 years.
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Young boy performs with mariachi group during procession in Los Angeles
CNS photo/Victor Aleman, Vida Nueva
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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