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Hail Hawaii's Catholic High School Class of 2013 HAWAII HAWAII HAWAII HAWAII Good stewardship guides Benedictines to remain Former St. Francis Hospital After 10-year absence, the management of in Islands under to reopen as skilled Hawaii priest returns diocese’s investments new local status nursing facility to ministry Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 7 HawaiiVOLUME 76, NUMBER 12 CatholicFRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2013 Herald$1 Hail Hawaii’s Catholic high school Class of 2013 Special section, pages 9-11 2 HAWAII HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • JUNE 7, 2013 Receive Hawaii the Holy Catholic Spirit Herald Bishop Larry Silva Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu administered the Founded in 1936 sacrament of Con- Published every other Friday firmation to more PUBLISHER than a dozen candi- Bishop Larry Silva dates from several (808) 585-3356 Honolulu parishes [email protected] in a combined cere- EDITOR Patrick Downes mony at St. Anthony (808) 585-3317 Church in Kalihi, [email protected] June 1. Here, the REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER bishop anoints with Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz chrism the forehead (808) 585-3320 of Raymond John [email protected] Ramiro of St. John ADVERTISING the Baptist parish. Shaina Caporoz (808) 585-3328 The sacrament [email protected] of Confirmation CIRCULATION bestows upon the Donna Aquino candidates the gift (808) 585-3321 of the Holy Spirit. [email protected] HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD (ISSN-10453636) Periodical postage Photo by Darlene Dela Cruz paid at Honolulu, Hawaii. Published ev- ery other week, 26 issues a year, by the Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii, 1184 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION RATES Hawaii: $24 Mainland: $26 Mainland 1st class: $40 Foreign: $30 POSTMASTER Official Notices Send address changes to: Hawaii Catholic Herald, 1184 Bishop Bishop’s Calendar Catholic Bishop’s (USCCB) Com- June 15, 9:30 am, Jubilee Cel- closed June 11, 2013 in obser- Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. OFFICE June 8, 10:00 am, Memorial mittee for the Protection of Chil- ebration for the Sacred Hearts vance of Kamehameha Day. dren and Youth and National Re- Hawaii Catholic Herald Mass for Sr. Julia Marie Acain, CSJ Congregation, St. Patrick Parish, Bishop Silva has appointed 1184 Bishop St. view Board, San Diego; 2:00 pm, & Sr. Marie Agnese Arsenault, CSJ; Kaimuki. [Fr. Gary Secor] Reverend Joseph Pilotin, MS, as Honolulu, HI 96813 USCCB Committee for the Protec- Holy Trinity Parish, Kuliouou. [Fr. June 18, 9:30 am, Bishop’s Parochial Vicar of Christ the King PHONE tion of Children and Youth, San Di- (808) 585-3300 Gary Secor]; 5:00 pm, Confirma- Administrative Advisory Council, Parish, Kahului, effective May 10, ego; 6:00 pm, Confirmation Mass, FAX Chancery, downtown Honolulu. tion Mass, St. Rita Parish, Nanaku- St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Kai- 2013. (808) 585-3381 li. [Fr. Gary Secor] lua. [Fr. Gary Secor] June 21, 2:00 pm, Augustine Bishop Silva has appointed Rev- WEBSITE June 9, 10:00 am, Mass for June 10-14, USCCB General As- Educational Foundation Board, erend Stephen Macedo as Paro- www.hawaiicatholicherald.com the Feast of Sacred Hearts, Sacred Chancery. chial Vicar of Annunciation Parish, E-MAIL sembly, San Diego. [email protected] Hearts Parish, Lanai City. [Fr. Gary June 11, 6:00 pm, Serra Club Waimea, effective July 1, 2013. Announcements/Appointments NEWS DEADLINES Secor]; 11:00 am, Joint Meeting Installation of Officers, Waimalu. Father Macedo returned to public Nine days before publication date. of the United States Conference of [Fr. Gary Secor] The diocesan offices will be priestly ministry on June 2, 2013. ADvertising DEADLINES Nine days before publication date. ADVERTISING INFORMATION For a rate card or other information, call Heralding back Shaina Caporoz, 585-3328. A rate card is also available at www.hawaiicatholicher- NEWS FROM PAGES PAST ald.com. Click on “Advertising.” “PASS IT ON” POLICY To share an issue of the Hawaii Catholic 50 years ago — June 7, 1963 Herald with a friend, write or call us and Hawaii loved pope, mourns today we will send him or her a free copy. Or give them yours and we will send you The world went into mourning on Monday upon the death of Pope another one while supplies last. John XXIII, the 260th successor of St. Peter. Hawaii also joined the world LETTERS TO THE HERALD Letters are welcome. Letters should in expressing its great grief in having lost a true friend in the person of pertain to a story or issue in the Ha- Pope John. The leaders of the State of Hawaii were most generous in waii Catholic Herald, be courteous, and their praise of him who in four short years rose from the obscurity of not exceed 250 words. Letters must Venice to the prominence of the Holy See. be signed and include an address and phone number for verification. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. 25 years ago — June 10, 1988 Send them to Letters to the Herald, 1184 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI 96813 or to Enrollment drop has Catholic high schools cutting [email protected]. teacher lists MEMBER Catholic Press Association St. Louis School will have 15 fewer teachers this year than last year. It’s a situation that is unfortunate, but not entirely unexpected. Damien Memorial High School and St. Louis High School, the state’s two Catholic high schools for boys, have been forced to lay off a number ADDRESS CORRECTIONS To make corrections to your of faculty — and staff, in Damien’s case — as a direct result of declin- subscription name or ad- ing enrollment. Representatives of both schools say the lower numbers dress, cut out the address do not reflect a decline in the quality of education, but rather logistical label from the front page realities involving an ever-smaller pool of school-age children in the (reverse side). community. Please correct my name. Barbara Traver of Damien’s development office told the Hawaii Cath- Please correct my ad- olic Herald that four faculty and two staff members, not including caf- dress. eteria workers, will not be returning to Damien in the fall. We are receiving two copies. Please cancel this one. 10 years ago — June 6, 2003 Please cancel this sub- Damien High to add a middle school in 2004 scription. Starting with the 2004 school year, Damien Memorial High School in MAIL TO Donna Aquino Kalihi will add an all-boys middle school. It will be the last of Hawaii’s Hawaii Catholic Herald seven Catholic high schools to add grades below 9. 1184 Bishop Street According to Christian Brother Gregory O’Donnell, the school’s presi- Honolulu, HI 96813 dent, the school’s board of directors made the decision in response to QUESTIONS? the frequent request of alumni who wanted to send their sons to Damien Call Donna, 585-3321 earlier than the ninth grade. He said the board of directors has been investigating the middle school option since 1999. JUNE 7, 2013 • HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD HAWAII 3 Bringing Christ to the streets About 100 faithful braved the rainy and humid weather on June 2 to participate in the diocese’s an- nual Corpus Christi procession. The procession began at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa and winded through the streets of metro-Honolulu to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. Bishop Larry Silva and other clergy took turns carrying a gold monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament, and led the crowd on the 1.25 mile walk to commemorate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Photos by Darlene Dela Cruz Market ministry Good stewardship and good sense guide the management of the diocese’s investments By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz thirds of the $31 million comes the intention of being retained sion-maker for the diocese’s invest- have recommended a number of Hawaii Catholic Herald from a revolving fund that strictly and invested. There is no restric- ments. changes to our IPS over the past benefits the diocese’s 66 parishes tion on maintaining the principal The committee also reviews and few years.” Equities. Fixed notes. Quasi- and 30 schools. The other third is — unlike a regular endowment updates its objectives and guide- The IPS and the governance endowments. diocesan assets. — but the finance council con- lines regularly. This policy state- structure of checks and balances Financial investing jargon may According to Sakamoto, some tinually ensures that the funds are ment details everything from the upheld by the investment commit- at first sound out of place in the of the diocese’s available invest- being invested and expended ap- minimum and maximum amounts tee and its consultants have kept diocese’s spiritual lexicon of social ment funds accumulated from propriately. to be invested in various assets, to the rate of return in the diocesan outreach, Scripture and sacra- donations that were stewarded Joining Severson on the invest- the kinds of securities and transac- portfolio at a reasonable level. ments. These fiscal terms, howev- wisely over the years. Jim Sev- ment committee are two other tions prohibited by the diocese. Sakamoto said the ideal return on er, are very important to keeping erson, chairman of the finance finance council members: Paul One of the most crucial points each investment would be 5 per- ministries vibrant and thriving in council’s investment committee, DeVille and Sister Davilyn Ah in the document is the requirement cent of the amount invested. It is a the Islands. also noted that sales of land pre- Chick of the Sisters of St. Francis that the diocese not invest in any prudent objective, considering the The diocesan finance coun- viously owned by the diocese has of the Neumann Communities.
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