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Chaminade University of Honolulu professor Jon James is living MAIL TO 50 years ago – March 16, 1962 proof that one man can make a difference. Moved by compassion after Donna Aquino For the fifth consecutive year Cathedral School has captured the a visit to southern India more than 14 years ago, he managed to raise Hawaii Catholic Herald $250,000 in four years to build an orphanage to help 72 of the world’s 1184 Bishop Street first place honors in the Oahu Elementary Schools division of the Honolulu, HI 96813 annual February press drive. The Most Reverend James J. Sweeney, “poorest of the poor.” “I was just going to raise some money and then pull out, but now QUESTIONS? Bishop of Honolulu, presented the school with the Oahu Council of Call Donna, 585-3321 Holy Name Societies plaque of excellence. Pictured with the Bishop I’m involved for the rest of my life,” James said. “It’s transformed my are (left to right) Joseph Toledo, Dennis Chun with 1962 plaque, life and has become the most fulfilling thing, though it hasn’t been Edward Lardizibal with 1958 plaque, John Wong holding 1961 plaque, easy.” MARCH 16, 2012 • HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD HAWAII 3 A new Visayan saint with a Micronesian connection Logo for Blessed Pedro’s Also to be canonized canonization with Blessed It was “like love Marianne, a teenage at first sight,” Fa- Filipino catechist ther Arong said, of his first “en- martyred on Guam counter” with Blessed Pedro. By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz “He was a Hawaii Catholic Herald missionary who was not even Among the six others chosen to a priest or reli- be canonized with Blessed Mari- gious,” he said. anne Cope in Rome in October is “Filipinos could a lesser-known saint-to-be whom think of him as more Island Catholics should an example and in- know about. spiration to live and Pope Benedict XVI will raise share their faith in a to sainthood on Oct. 21 Blessed foreign land despite op- Pedro Calungsod, a 17th century position — not just physical teenage lay catechist and martyr opposition, but more the secu- from the Philippines. He will be lar culture of the lands where they only the second saint from the cause for Calungsod. He was be- find themselves.” predominantly Catholic country, atified on March 5, 2000, by Pope Father Arong, who lives in Oak- which has known the faith for 400 John Paul II. Father Diego had land, Calif., and is a good friend years. The Philippines’ first saint been beatified 15 years prior in of Bishop Larry Silva, who is from was St. Lorenzo Ruiz, canonized 1985. Oakland, said he has volunteered in 1987. The late pope called Blessed to promote devotion to Blessed The devotion to Blessed Pedro Pedro an inspiration for Filipino Pedro in the United States and is particularly strong in his native youth. Canada. He has started a website Cebu, a province of nearly 4 mil- “Young people today can draw — www.pedrocalungsod.net — lion people in the southern Philip- encouragement and strength from where people can read Blessed Pe- pines where Visayan, or Cebuano, the example of Pedro, whose love dro’s biography and find prayers is the dialect spoken. But the story of Jesus inspired him to devote to the future saint. of his life has slowly been spread- his teenage years to teaching the In Hawaii, Lumantas hopes to Blessed Pedro Calungsod as depicted on a website dedicated to him. ing among Filipino Catholics in faith,” said Pope John Paul II. begin catechesis within the Visay- the Mainland United States and in Last December, the path to an community about Calungsod’s Hawaii. sainthood was cleared for Blessed life. She is also planning to orga- be as familiar to islanders as that Calungsod and Father Diego “Saints are alive in our midst, Pedro when Pope Benedict XVI nize a pilgrimage group to travel especially in our world of so many of Blessed Marianne. got caught in a wave of persecu- approved a miracle attributed to to Rome for the canonization. unpleasant things going on that’s According to a biography writ- tion in the region. On April 2, his intercession — the unexpected With Blessed Pedro and Blessed away from God’s plan,” said Gene ten by Msgr. Ildebrando Jesus 1672, in the village of Tomhom on recovery of a 49-year-old woman Marianne becoming saints on the Lumantas, a parishioner at St. An- Alino Leyson of Cebu, “very little Guam, the two men were killed af- from a deep coma. same day, Lumantas said that Ha- thony Church in Kalihi and mem- is known” about the beginning of ter trying to baptize a native baby Father Jose Arong of California, waii’s Filipino Catholics will have ber of the Visayan Catholic com- Blessed Pedro’s life. Most of the girl. Calungsod was 17 when he a member of the Oblates of Mary a double reason to celebrate. She munity. information about him was com- died. His body and that of Father Immaculate, is one of the Filipino hopes local Filipinos will consider Lumantas is among the lo- piled from accounts written by Diego were dumped in the ocean Catholics in the U.S. who have joining the pilgrimage group to cal Catholics excited about the Father Diego Luis de San Vitores, and never found. been following Calungsod’s jour- become better acquainted with new Filipino saint. Blessed Pedro a 17th century Spanish Jesuit “Witnesses said that Pedro had ney to sainthood. Father Arong, their new patrons. Calungsod resonates with Filipi- priest. Calungsod was one of the all the chances to escape because a former member of the National “This would be a good and nos in the modern day, she said, young natives from the Visayas he was very agile, but he did not Filipino Priests Association steer- spiritual journey to all of us,” she because like Blessed Marianne, region of the Philippines who ac- want to leave Padre Diego alone,” ing committee, said he heard of said. “We all need the intercession his unwavering faith provides a companied the Jesuit missionaries Msgr. Leyson wrote. Calungsod three years ago, when of our dear Blessed Mother Mari- “model in life.” to the Mariana Islands in Microne- In 1994, the Archdiocese of he visited a shrine dedicated to anne and Beato (Blessed) Pedro Blessed Pedro’s story will not sia in 1668. Cebu opened the canonization him in the Philippines. Calungsod.” Blessed Marianne of Molokai, cartoon hero By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Manhattan in 1999, Waldron said satiable appetite for reading about after he discontinued his weekly I will be forever grateful,” he said. Hawaii Catholic Herald he “rediscovered” his Catholic the lives of modern Catholic holy comic strip for the Baltimore city “The thought that it may inspire faith and began attending Mass people,” he said. “I was on fire, newspaper. others, possibly spark vocations, is Imagine the surprise of finding daily. He also began reading about poring over books and articles and “Being able to write and draw very exciting.” a “cartoon strip” of our next Ha- the saints, first picking up books anything I could get my grubby about a subject close to my heart, The strip Waldron recently did waii saint in the pages of a Con- on St. Maximilian Kolbe and St. mitts on.” and receive feedback from readers on Blessed Marianne Cope came necticut Catholic newspaper. Padre Pio. Illustrating the lives of saints who share the same passion for about as he was reading up on The Hawaii Catholic Herald ed- “Before I knew it, I had an in- became a new project for Waldron the faith, has been a blessing that St. Damien of Molokai. Waldron’s itor was casually browsing the Jan- brother, a religious in the Francis- uary 2012 edition of the Fairfield cans of Primitive Observance, also County Catholic, when he came inspired him to delve into Blessed upon a large, page-wide, colorful Marianne’s story. cartoon of our own Blessed Mari- “He, of course, was always anne Cope. The six-panel display, pushing for the notable Francis- called “Saintly Lives,” details how cans,” Waldron said. Blessed Marianne traveled from Syracuse to Molokai, and worked Waldron said he admires at Kalaupapa. Blessed Marianne’s “fortitude and Curious about how a Mainland selflessness.” artist picked up the story of our “She realized that being mother local saint, we contacted the car- superior of her order and running toon’s creator. the Franciscan hospital in Syra- Ed Waldron has had his “Saint- cuse wasn’t the complete fulfill- ly Lives” pieces published almost ment of God’s design for her life,” every month in the Fairfield Cath- he said. “Hawaii wasn’t exactly a olic for the past 12 years. He lives hop-skip-and-a-jump or a simple in Baltimore, Md., and is an active jet ride away in those days. She Catholic with a communications/ traveled a great distance to serve journalism degree. the most needy of God’s children, Waldron, 43, said he has no strangers in a strange land, be- formal training in art, but has cause God’s love is boundless.” been drawing cartoon strips “since “Her story is one that melts I was a toddler.” While living in hearts,” Waldron said. 4 HAWAII HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • MARCH 16, 2012
The St. Anthony Junior-Senior High Symphonic Band
Photo courtesy of St. Anthony High School the music program flourish. The raise as much money as possible to St. Anthony junior, who plays the defray costs for band members. A flute, said the music students have St. Anthony Band Carnival on Aug. Full of talent, excitement formed a very tight-knit cohort. 25 will be a fundraiser for the trip. “The band is like my second In addition to Carnegie Hall, family,” she said. “We get along re- the trip will make the traditional and jitters, St. Anthony Band ally good.” NYC stops —the Statue of Liberty, Pacheco is one of the musicians the museums, and a Broadway who will be traveling to New York play. Yamashita said a public per- City. She and the other members formance by the band is also ten- headed for Carnegie Hall have already been busy with re- tatively scheduled, possibly at the hearsals for an April 17 perfor- U.S.S. Intrepid. By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz ally good festival,” Yamashita said. students that inspired Yamashita to mance at the Maui Arts and Cul- Isaiah Ragasa, a junior at St. “This one came across, and this pursue the opportunity. Hawaii Catholic Herald tural Center, while also preparing Anthony, said he is eagerly await- festival, it being at New York and “Especially with the group that for next year’s national festival. Members of the Symphonic ing his visit to the Big Apple. He at Carnegie Hall, I figured I’d just we’ll have next year, I knew that Yamashita said the students are has been a band member for five Band at St. Anthony Junior-Senior go for it.” we could handle it,” Yamashita beginning to learn the music for years, and said the opportunity to High School are gearing up for a The National Band and Orches- said. “So I went ahead with the the New York engagement. One of perform at Carnegie Hall will be a major gig next year, one that will tra Festival selects 12 bands each process.” the pieces is “First Suite in E flat” unique “team bonding” experience bring them to a famous stage in the year from a pool of applicants. Last by Gustav Holst — a fairly recog- for the budding group of young bright lights of a big city. A growing band of players November, Yamashita submitted to nizable composition, Yamashita musicians from Maui. Band instructor Everett Ya- the festival’s director some record- The band program at St. An- said, but complex enough to test “I’m really excited yet really mashita recently announced that ings from St. Anthony’s past con- thony has been growing since Ya- the band’s ability. nervous at the same time, knowing 42 music students from the Wai- certs. Within a week, the director mashita arrived at the school in “It will show its challenges,” he the challenges that we face,” said luku school will be traveling to called to invite the band to New 2007. At that time, only a hand- said. “It’s definitely going to be an Ragasa, who plays trombone. “Be- New York to perform in the Na- York. ful of students were involved and educational piece as well.” ing such a small school, we really tional Band and Orchestra Festival Yamashita said he “was a little only two band classes were being In addition to musical prepara- rely on each other, I would have to on April 1, 2013. The band will be intimidated” at first by the magni- offered. Now, St. Anthony has 62 tion, the band has also begun fund- say. (The trip) is really a ... great playing at historic Carnegie Hall, tude of the event. Other local en- students in grades seven to 12 en- raising. The trip is expected to cost way to connect with one another.” where they will be evaluated by a sembles have played at Carnegie rolled in seven band courses. The $125,000 to cover all the students panel of notable university and col- before, but St. Anthony would be total enrollment at the school in who will be traveling. Parents, To donate money for St. Anthony’s lege music professionals. the first Hawaii band to participate 2010 was 153. chaperones, faculty and admin- trip expenses, contact Kathleen De- “I always kind of wanted to in this particular festival. Keani Pacheco has been in the istrators will be paying their own Lima, the school’s development di- take them (the students) to a re- It was the talent in St. Anthony’s band for six years and has seen expenses, but the school will try to rector, at 244-4190, extension 228.
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The Diocese of Honolulu will practices,” the rules state. ernor might give at the blessing and opportunity to Four documents must be sub- not allow any guest speaker in “No individual or group will of a new facility. promote information mitted to the vicar general to its parishes, schools or other di- be provided space and oppor- All speakers in the Diocese of receive approval: a current re- ocesan facilities who has “pub- tunity to promote information Honolulu must be approved by and/or opinion that is sume or curriculum vitae, a de- licly promoted beliefs and/or and/or opinion that is contrary the vicar general before being contrary to Catholic scription of the presentation, lo- practices contrary to defined to Catholic belief and practice,” invited to speak. cal sponsor contact information, Catholic teaching on faith or the guidelines state. “Doing so All speakers must have writ- belief and practice” and a letter of good standing. morals,” according to a new set would provide a platform for er- ten verification of their “good of guidelines issued on Feb. 22 ror and scandal.” standing in the Catholic Church” lic Church,” according to the According to the rules, Cham- by Bishop Larry Silva. According to vicar general — priests and deacons from their guidelines. inade University of Honolulu The two-page instructions de- Father Gary Secor, the rules are bishops, members of religious Any invited speaker “discov- and St. Francis Healthcare Sys- fine “publicly promoted beliefs” not new but a “updated articu- orders from their superiors and ered to have demonstrated posi- tem, which are private Catholic as those demonstrated in the lation of existing policy.” The lay persons from their diocese or tions contrary to defined Catho- entities in Hawaii, will follow past through “public speaking, guidelines have been “tweaked “national Catholic organization.” lic teaching will be disinvited.” their own directives, but they are voting record, published works, …clarified,” he said. “Non-Catholic speakers must The group extending the invi- asked to heed “the importance etc.” He said that these rule per- respect and support the philoso- tation is responsible for verifying of the principles” in the bishop’s The disqualification would tain to formal presentations and phy and teachings of the Catho- the speaker’s “good standing and guidelines. Genuine Father David Sister Bernadette Sister Mary Rose Warmth and Attention Lupo Meno Atuu Three new religious to Hawaii come from varied backgrounds By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP she joined the Brothers and Sis- Special to the Herald ters of Penance. She is now working with The Diocese of Honolulu wel- Bishop Larry Silva and a canon comes three religious to the Is- lawyer to complete the official lands, one man and two women paperwork necessary to begin a of disparate backgrounds and dis- foundation of Franciscan Sisters tinct callings. Here are their brief of Penance in the islands. This profiles. foundation would be for elder vo- Father David Lupo, SSCC cations and second career voca- The moment you arrive, you’ll feel our commitment tions who desire to live as a “her- Father Lupo was born in Sche- mit in community.” She has four at the Franciscan Adult Day Care Center, nectady, N.Y., the eldest of three children and six grandchildren. brothers. He has been a priest of The Brothers and Sisters of a program of St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii. the Congregation of the Sacred Penance of St. Francis is a private Hearts of Jesus and Mary for 20 association begun in the United years. States in the late 1980s as the Games, exercise, crafts, intergenerational and He first came to Hawaii 25 outgrowth of a movement in the years ago to participate in the Secular Franciscan Order, which social activities for older adults. formation program of the Sa- followed the primitive Rule of the cred Hearts priests and brothers. Peace of mind for caregivers who work during the day. Third Order of St. Francis. This time, we welcome him from The association itself was for- Wareham, Mass., where he min- Conveniently located on the grounds mally founded in 1996 with the istered at the Sacred Hearts Re- blessing of Archbishop Harry J. of St. Francis School in Manoa. treat Center. Flynn in the Archdiocese of St. He has been helping out at St. Anthony Retreat Center in Kalihi Paul and Minneapolis. Find out why the Franciscan Adult Day Care Center Valley and at St. Michael Parish in Sister Mary Rose Atuu, lsmig Waialua and its Waimea Bay mis- is the right solution for both caregivers sion of Sts. Peter and Paul. He is Born in Wyi Tolo, Uganda, Sis- looking forward to more retreat ter Mary Rose Atuu belongs to and their family members. work at the retreat center. the congregation of Little Sisters With the recent merger of the of Mary Immaculate of Gulu, of Sacred Hearts Congregation’s the Archdiocese of Gulu, Uganda. For more information or to schedule a visit, East Coast and Hawaii provinces, She has been a religious for 35 he looks forward to new opportu- years. call 988-5678 today. nities to grow in God’s grace and Before coming to the United love. States on a scholarship, she en- Father Lupo enjoys walking, joyed teaching in Gulu. After war reading (especially local history), broke out in Uganda, leading to playing tennis and chess. Next on the “Invisible Children” move- his reading list: James Michener’s ment that sought to stop the “Hawaii.” abduction of children for use as child soldiers, she remained in Sister Bernadette Meno, BSP the U.S. to complete her doctor- Sister Bernadette Meno of the ate in chemistry at the University Brothers and Sisters of Penance of of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. St. Francis has recently returned In Hawaii, she is engaged in from the Mainland to Maui where undergraduate research at the We have a Saint! she had raised her children back University of Hawaii while work- Celebrating the canonization of Blessed Marianne Cope on October 21, 2012. in the 1970s, enrolling them at ing as a hospice chaplain with St. St. Joseph School in Makawao. Francis Healthcare Systems of Before 2005, she left the Islands Hawaii. stfrancishawaii.org to follow the 1221 Franciscan Her hobbies include reading Rule for laity. Later, as a widow, and music. 6 HAWAII HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • MARCH 16, 2012
Feel what youhavebeen missing... Grateful Hearts Campaign ROAD MAP PRIORITIES Life insuranceprovidesyou Retreat helps teachers, administrators peaceofmind, like none other. By Lisa Dahm Kalihi; and Ismael Ruiz and Lelani Special to the Herald Eteuate, religion teachers at St. Louis School, Honolulu. Low CostTerm Through a With Grateful Hearts According to Michael Rockers, grant, three Catholic school ad- superintendent of Hawaii Catholic Life Insurance ministrators and two Catholic Schools, the program trains ad- school teachers attended a two- ministrators and teacher leaders in day Preparation for Salt and Light the mission and vocation of their $250,000 Ministry (PSALM) weekend retreat leadership role in establishing and Campaign spending at St. Anthony Retreat Center, Ka- promoting the Catholic identity in Activity: Preparation for Salt LevelProtection lihi, from Oct. 14 through 16. Catholic schools. and Light Ministry (PSALM) Fred Chow,CLU,DFP According to Lovey DeRego, as- Rockers said the program links retreat sociate superintendent of Hawaii well with the faith formation and People served: Five Catholic Benefits forYourFamily &Loved Ones Catholic Schools and a PSALM leadership priorities of the diocese’s school administrators leader, the Catholic schools office strategic plan, “Witness to Jesus: Road Map priority: Faith Family Security Home Loan Protection has been sending administrators Diocesan Road Map for Pastoral, Formation l l and teachers to the retreats since Survivor Income Estate Preservation Program, and Facility Needs.” The With Grateful Hearts l l 2005. College Savings Business ValueProtection plan calls for strong school leaders Funding: $2,000 l l Sister of St. Francis Norise Kai- and leaders in all diocesan minis- Planning l PeaceofMind ser, director of mission and values tries to be well grounded in their integration for St. Francis Health- Catholic faith. Comparethese monthlyPreferrednon-smokerrates: care System and also a PSALM PSALM weekend topics include Sister Delia, who is in her leader, said that PSALM was a focus on spirituality, an introduc- first year as principal of St. John 10 years 20 Years30Years formed as a mentorship program tion to Catholic social thought, an School, said the retreat gave her a for managers created by the lead- exploration of ethical leadership, better understanding of each of the Age Male Female Male Female Male Female ers from Catholic Charities Hawaii, a study of personality styles, and organizations. 25 $15.75 $15.09 $25.16 $22.97 $29.53 $24.50 St. Francis Healthcare, Hawaii a review of the history, mission “When I went there, I didn’t Catholic Schools, and Chaminade and ministry of the Diocese of Ho- have an idea what PSALM was,” 35 $15.97 $15.09 $25.38 $23.84 $33.69 $27.56 University. To date, 121 partici- nolulu. The two-day retreat also Sister Delia said. pants from the organizations have included Mass and contemplative She said she found the weekend 45 $23.41 $19.69 $44.63 $35.00 $68.91 $54.41 attended a PSALM retreat. prayer time. helpful. She brought an exercise 55 $49.22 $35.88 $88.59 $67.59 N/AN/A DeRego said she had attended According to Busekrus, the re- on personality styles back to use the retreat as a participant and was treat helped him gain a better per- with her teachers and staff. Thesemonthly ratesare guaranteed nottoincreasefor the specifiednumberofyears.Smokerrates arealsoavailable. “very impressed.” spective of the diocese. He said he “It was well run by the Marian- “The whole purpose of a PSALM learned more of the history and ist fathers and brothers,” Sister De- retreat is for the attending leaders mission of the different social min- lia said. “The speakers were great to have a better understanding of istry areas in the diocese. and the time was not hectic.” “LeaveaMillion-heir” their ministry,” DeRego said. “As a young administrator, it “We were only 24 in the group, She said that having a grant for certainly widened my scope as to so it was a small group and we the retreat allowed the administra- what we are trying to do collective- could really interact with each oth- Fred Chow, CLU, DFP 527-8837 tors and teachers to attend the re- ly in the Diocese of Honolulu and er,” Sister Delia said. treat and not worry about finances. what we are all about,” Busekrus In addition to Sister Norise (40 years experience) They could “absorb all the retreat said. “It’s not just about schools, but and DeRego the PSALM leader- has to offer.” also about health care and about ship team includes Tina Andrade, Attending as a result of the the poor and underprivileged. It is vice president of Catholic Identity grant were Michael Busekrus, prin- all of us working together to bring and Mission for Catholic Charities cipal of St. John Vianney School, God’s love to people and to serve Hawaii; Marianist Brother Dennis Kailua; Sister of St. Paul of Char- the needs of all people.” Schmidt, director of the Marian- Come andVisit Us! tres Victoria LaVente, principal of He said that having this knowl- ist Community; Marianist Brother St. Anthony School, Kalihi; Do- edge will help administrators from Jerome Bommer, rector of Chami- minican Sister Delia Obenza, prin- the different ministries “tap into nade University; and Marianist Fa- cipal of St. John the Baptist School, each other’s resources.” ther George Cerniglia. Catholic Charities marking 65th anniversary Catholic Charities Hawaii is services and offerings. It is free. violence and abuse, immigrant celebrating its 65th year with a Four Maryknoll Sisters from and refugee issues, and indepen- downtown community fair, 11 New York organized Catholic dent living for seniors and persons a.m.-1 p.m., March 16, at Tama- Charities in the Islands in 1947 with developmental disabilities. rind Park, on the corner of Bishop at the request of Bishop James J. Joining in the celebration will and King Streets. Sweeney, then bishop of the Ter- be Maryknoll School which is The organization serves thou- ritory of Hawaii, to help families celebrating its 85th anniversary. sands of Hawaii residents each strained by the affects of World The master of ceremonies will year through more than 30 pro- War II. They were led by Sister Forthe Islands’ andthe Pacific’sBEST grams including Lanakila Multi- Victoria Francis, an experienced be Glenn Medeiros and enter- Purpose Senior Center, Maili Land social worker. tainment will be provided by the • Catholicbooksand Bibles Transitional Housing Program Today the organization serves participants at Lanakila Multi-Pur- Prayerbooks and the Mary Jane Program for in eight areas: child abuse and pose Senior Center and Maryknoll • expecting mothers. neglect, homelessness, children’s students. • ReligiousArticles The fair aims to educate the emotional and behavioral prob- For more information, visit • Apps andE-books public about Catholic Charities lems, unplanned pregnancy, adult www.catholiccharitieshawaii.org. • DVDs andMusic CDs • And lotsofnew titles for children... St. Francis receives $115,000 for elderly services St. Francis Healthcare Founda- $75,000 to St. Francis Health adults and their family caregivers 1143 Bishop Street,Honolulu 96813 808-521-2731 tion of Hawaii has received two Services for Senior Citizens to pro- who demonstrate financial need. one-year grants totaling $115,000 vide baths and other personal care Funds also will be used for trans- Our new hours from the May Templeton Hopper services to frail elderly. portation for field trips. Monday&Saturdays: 10 am -4pm Fund (Persons In Need Program $40,000 to the Sister Maureen St. Francis Healthcare Founda- Tuesday-Friday:9am -5pm for Elderly Services) of the Hawaii Intergenerational Learning Envi- tion of Hawaii raises funds and Sundays: closed Community Foundation for two ronment (aka Franciscan Adult acquires and holds assets for St. St. Francis programs that serve se- Day Center) in Manoa to provide Francis Healthcare System of Ha- We validate parkingatthe CenturySquaregarageonly. nior citizens. partial financial support for older waii. TheDaughters of St.Paul Kihei’s Hale Kau Kau seeks development director St. Theresa Church in Kihei, Duties include grant-writing, week position ranges from $800 of theHonolulu Maui, is looking for a part-time fundraising and public relations. to $1,400 per month depending Community grant writer/fundraiser for Hale Applicants should have strong on qualifications and hours. arehere Kau Kau, its program that pro- communication skills, be well- For information, call business to serveyou! vides meals to the homeless and organized and computer literate. manager Paul Corarito, 879-4844, low-income families. The salary for the 12-20 hours per ext. 23. MARCH 16, 2012 • HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD HAWAII 7 Sacred Hearts Fathers to return to Wahiawa parish Father Petrie said of his return to Others from the Molokai 12 years after his post- India sabbatical. congregation’s Father Patrick Killilea, a former mainland native of County Galway, Ireland, studied for the priesthood in the province will receive United States in the 1960s and was ordained in Ireland in 1969. island assignments He spent most of his priesthood in parish work in the Massachusetts By Patrick Downes diocese of Fall River, except for Hawaii Catholic Herald Sacred Hearts Sacred Hearts one year teaching religion in a Father Clyde Father William Galway high school in Galway and After 43 years, the Sacred Guerreiro Petrie three years, 1995-1998, in the Hearts Fathers are returning to Bahamas where the Sacred Hearts Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Fathers have a mission. Wahiawa, a move made possible of Calcutta. In India he started Father Killilea, 68, has been by the merger in November of the Damien Institute, which was the pastor of St. Mary Parish in that congregation’s East Coast dedicated to improving the lives Fairhaven, Mass., for the past and Hawaii provinces, which of those with Hansen’s disease. has created a larger pool of In 2000, he began a six- 13 years. He is no stranger to Sacred Hearts priests for island month sabbatical in Kaunakakai, Kalaupapa. He first visited in assignments. Molokai, at the then-named St. 2004 while on a Hawaii visit. He said that while celebrating Mass In a letter dated March 10 read Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Wahiawa Sophia Parish and worked with to parishioners last weekend, Sacred Hearts novices on Oahu on Molokai at the time, “I had a Bishop Larry Silva announced for another six months. He served feeling that I would be back.” that Sacred Hearts Father Clyde decided to accept the offer,” the the Sacred Hearts Congregation as pastor of Maria Lanakila Parish He returned in 2006 at Guerreiro will be the pastor of bishop said in his letter. is sending Father Patrick Killilea, in Lahaina, Maui, from 2002 to the request of his provincial, Our Lady of Sorrows beginning in Father Hurrell, speaking another Massachusetts-based 2003. “covering” in Kalaupapa for the July. Father Edgar Brillantes is the by phone on March 8 from Sacred Hearts priest, to be the Father Petrie was the three summer months. pastor there now. Massachusetts, said he made the pastor of St. Francis Parish in congregation’s vocation director Regarding his new assignment, Hawaii-born Father Guerreiro suggestion because the Wahiawa Kalaupapa. He will replace Father in Fairhaven, Mass., from 2003 “I consider it a great honor,” he is the current pastor of St. parish is next to St. Michael Ambrosius Sapa, a Sacred Hearts to 2006, after which he was told the Hawaii Catholic Herald Damien Parish on Molokai. He Parish in Waialua, which his Father from Indonesia who will elected provincial superior for by phone on March 8. “It is almost will be replaced there by Sacred congregation also administers. be the parochial vicar, or associate two terms, serving up until the like a dream. It is a very special Hearts Father William Petrie Having both parishes under pastor, of Our Lady of Sorrows merger of Hawaii and the East place.” of Massachusetts, according to Sacred Hearts control would and St. Michael. Coast provinces and the election In other congregational news, Sacred Hearts provincial superior provide special opportunities for A third East Coast-based priest of Father Hurrell. Father Hurrell said that his order Father Johnathan Hurrell. collaboration, he said. is also being considered for a He is now on a six- now has three pre-novices, two Bishop Silva, in his letter, said Our Lady of Sorrows Parish Molokai assignment. month sabbatical working on from Hawaii and one from the that Father Hurrell initiated the had Sacred Hearts priests from its Father Petrie was ordained international “leprosy projects” East Coast, now in formation proposal to send a Sacred Hearts founding in 1939 to 1969 when in 1969. He worked from 1975 before he settles down on Molokai in Wareham, Mass. They will priest to Our Lady of Sorrows. it was turned over to diocesan to 2000 in India among leprosy on July 20, he told the Hawaii begin their novitiate on Aug. 22 “After consultation with the priests. patients, many of those years in Catholic Herald on March 8. in Hawaii at the Sacred Hearts Clergy Personnel Board, I have Also in July, Father Hurrell said, collaboration with Blessed Teresa “God works in strange ways,” Bethany Center in Kaneohe.
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Pictured from left are Olaso, pastor Father Pascual Abaya, bank BAUTIST managers and executives Rowena Cooper, Arnold Santanyana and Tammy Calma, and president Wacker. B A Lic. #C-31295 Maryknoll’s award going to Dr. Thomas and Mi Kosasa RESIDENTIAL l COMMERCIAL l TROUBLECALL l ISLAND WIDE BENY.BAUTISTA Maryknoll School will honor Dr. Mi Kosasa is a UH Manoa grad- is given, much is expected.” OWNER Thomas Kosasa and his wife Mi Ko- uate and former Cherry Blossom Past honorees include Dr. Liv- P.O. BOX 492242 FREE 987-8995 CELL sasa with this year’s Msgr. Charles queen. She and Dr. Kosasa founded ingston M.F. Wong, James H. KEAAU,HI 96749 ESTIMATES 966-8007 PH. A. Kekumano Noblesse Oblige Ser- Bradley Pacific Aviation, a private Gahler, Irmgard Farden Aluli, Cha vice Award at an award banquet, jet-servicing company, and chaired and Jack Thompson, Nina Keali- April 20, at the Sheraton Waikiki the Symphony Ball. iwahamana Rapozo, Dr. Jorge Ca- ROBERT A. BAYSA,D.D.S. Hotel. 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[email protected] Maryknoll’s Board of Trustees. to, which means, “To whom much [email protected]. MARCH 16, 2012 • HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD HAWAII 9 On Sunday, go to church. On Saturday, build a house Story and photos by Lisa Dahm Hurney said that the partner Special to the Herald family, the Kamas, are well known in the community and serve in the WAIMEA, Hawaii community themselves. Almost every Saturday for the “It was community members past two months, dedicated An- that brought the family to us,” nunciation parishioners have Hurney said. volunteered their time building Doreen Kama, the homeowner, a new, one-story, three-bedroom has been working along side the home for a neighborhood family. volunteers throughout the project. According to the site supervi- She said her family has been on sor Christopher Martinez, about the property since 1977. 25 people from the Big Island par- “The staff of Habitat has helped ish in Waimea arrive each week to us a lot,” Kama said. “They helped work on the Habitat for Humanity in getting everything together for Kona project. us. I appreciate it and I appreciate Habitat for Humanity is an in- the members of the church, too.” ternational nonprofit, ecumenical Annunciation pastor Father organization that builds simple Robert Schwarzhaupt said that homes for people in need with the the ages of the parish volunteers help of volunteers. range from 16 to 75 and the skill “They want to help,” Martinez level goes from unskilled to pro- said. “It is a great feeling every fessional. He and Deacon Larry morning when I get here and I see Ignacio have also joined the pa- car after car show up. They are rishioners in helping out. He said people dedicating their time to it that some of the volunteers are Volunteers from and not expecting anything in re- very active in other parish minis- Annunication turn for it.” tries and, for others, it is their first Parish in Waimea Martinez himself is an Annun- volunteer project. were hard at ciation parishioner and owner of “Habitat has been very helpful work on a recent Hammerhead Framing Co. With and had done a good job guiding Saturday build- his brother and partner, Thomas us through,” Father Schwarzhaupt ing a Habitat for Martinez, and coworker Gilbert said. Humanity home. LaFarga, the trio has been work- Kawaiola Peck, an 11th grade About 25 people ing beyond the scheduled Satur- student at Hawaii Preparatory arrive each week day workdays. Academy, Waimea, said that about to lend their “We have been able to do a 15 students from the Annuncia- muscle to the majority of the work during the tion youth group help each week. project. week,” Martinez said. “Then when “We thought it would be a re- the church people come in during ally good thing to do to help out, the weekend, we are ahead of the especially with the economy,” game and there is plenty of stuff Peck said. “I never knew that that they can do.” something like building a house, The project was started and could be so life changing and very blessed on Jan. 21. In only two rewarding.” months, the house had the foun- She said that since the project, dation laid, was framed and now she has built stronger friendships has a roof, moisture-barrier house with the other parish youth and wrap and the windows installed that she experiences “a lot of joy and painted. Martinez said that and happiness” while working on Specializing in the house should be completed in Saturdays. Customer Satisfaction about two months. “It is a great way for us to get #1 “Bestofthe Best” Three criteria to qualify together and bond over a project,” People’s Choice Peck said. Award According to Patrick Hurney, Rich Rog, a member of Ascen- SmallBusinessPrime executive director of Habitat for sion Church in Puako, a mission of Contractor of theYear Humanity West Hawaii, for a fam- Annunciation Parish, has worked ily to qualify for a Habitat for Hu- on the project since the ground- manity house, it must first meet breaking. He has enjoyed meeting “Onceacustomer,alwaysafriend” three criteria: it must have a need, other parishioners who “show the must be able to repay the mort- same spirit of wanting to help in Alltypes of roofing&repairs gage and it has to be a working a productive way in the commu- DAVIDJ.L. family with a limited income that nity.” LEONG ranges from 40 to 70 percent of “I think it reflects our mis- President “Nojob is toobig or toosmall” median income. sion in life to love your neighbor Although the labor is subsi- as yourself,” Rog said. “That is a Call us foraFREE ESTIMATE: 833-1633 dized, 100 percent of the funds theme that is appropriate. We are must be raised before construc- all neighbors.” 96-1217 WaihonaSt. #2 tion. Rog said he found it “very en- PearlCity,HI 96782 For a three-bedroom house, couraging to see our youth partici- Lic. #BC-19703 Since 1980 VISA &MCaccepted owners need $85,000, Hurney pate in that service as well.” said. Habitat holds the 20-year “It is building on a theme of mortgage for the family at no in- lifelong commitment to service,” terest. The average monthly pay- Rog said. LicC-14194 ment by the family is $300-$400. Martinez said that the large “It is so rewarding because you turnout of volunteers each week can really make and see a differ- gives him “a renewed faith in ence in the home within a day,” people.” Hurney said, also a parishioner of “People are willing to do some- Annunciation. “That is the thing thing for other people without ex- Overhead Door Co.ofHonolulu with Habitat; you actually have pecting anything from it,” Marti- div: Western Overhead Doors something tangible when you’re nez said. “There are good people finished.” out there that want to do things Hurney said that the organi- for people, not just talk about it.” “WeKnow Garage Doors” zation raises funds for construc- Father Schwarzhaupt said that ServingHawaiiSince 1970 tion through its ReStore as well as a parish, the project “empowers as through grants and donations. them.” The Habitat’s ReStore in Kona re- “If we can do that, we can do it ceives donations from individuals again,” Father Schwarzhaupt said. and hotels and in overage from “We can engage (in a Homebuild- construction companies. ReStore ers Ministry) and be successful as Eric Carlbom sells the products at almost 90 a parish family.” President percent below cost. “We are making a difference For more information on building a Broken Springs Replaced in our own community,” Hurney Habitat for Humanity house, go to 832-0555 www.overheaddoorhawaii.com24 hour EmergencyService said. habitatwesthawaii.org. SECURITYAND QUALITY “GENIE”OPENERS 10 HAWAII HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • MARCH 16, 2012
OBITUARY Maryknoll Father Charles Schmidt gave 40 years to Hawaii By Patrick Downes He entered Maryknoll College in He was expelled from the country Annunciation in Kamuela and St Our Lady of Grace. Hawaii Catholic Herald Clark Summit, Pa., in 1939, and in March of 1951. Theresa in Mountain View. Besides basketball and scout- was ordained in 1948. From China, he went to Hilo, He had gained an interest in ing, Father Schmidt was inter- Maryknoll Father Charles J. After a year studying Manda- serving as an associate pastor Boy Scouting while on the Main- ested in carpentry, gardening, Schmidt, who served in Hawaii rin at the Kwei- at St. Joseph Church for four land. He was the first in Hawaii spearfishing and swimming. He for more than 40 years, died at lin Mission in years. There he was responsible to earn scouting’s Wood Badge. had been a Red Cross swimming age 90 at Maryknoll’s St. Teresa the Kwangsi for Malia Puka O Kalani Church Forming Boy and Girl Scout and life saving instructor. assisted-living nursing home in Province of in neighboring Keaukaha, then a troops in a number of Hawaii Father Schmidt retired in New York. Remembered as a South China, mission of the Hilo church, where parishes, he later earned the es- 1993. church builder who loved basket- he was sent to he began several building and teemed Silver Beaver Award and In announcing his death, ball, he spent most of his 64 years the mission in renovation projects. St. George Cross. Maryknoll Father Emile Dumas of as a priest on the Big Island. Hsingan. When He spent one year, from 1955 As pastor of St. Anthony in The missioner was one of the Commu- to 1956, back in New York as a Papaaloa in the 1960s, he com- New York wrote, “We give thanks Maryknoll’s last “China hands” — nists took con- chaplain for Manhattan College pletely renovated the church and to the Lord of the harvest for call- the priests who served in China in Maryknoll Father trol, he was before returning to the Big Is- was instrumental in gaining bus ing and sending Father Schmidt the 1940s and who were expelled Charles Schmidt placed under land. Back in Hawaii, he proceed- transportation for students at- into mission as a Maryknoll mis- from the country when it was tak- surveillance ed through a string of small par- tending St. Joseph School in Hilo. sionary priest. May God grant Fa- en over by the Communist Party. but, unlike some priests, never ish assignments — St. Benedict He also renovated Sacred ther Schmidt a share in the un- Father Schmidt was born on arrested, perhaps because he be- in Honaunau, St. John the Bap- Heart Church in Hawi, built the ending peace and joy of the heav- Sept. 23, 1921, the only son of friended the Communist soldiers tist in Honolulu, St. Anthony in parish gym and social hall, and enly Kingdom that he so faithfully a Brooklyn Post Office worker. and played basketball with them. Papaaloa, Sacred Heart in Hawi, re-roofed its mission church of proclaimed for 64 years.”
lows the group to give grants to most women could sew, and sew charitable organizations in Ha- fast,” Chapman said. waii. She noted that the minutes Calling herself the archive proj- of the guild’s early meetings ect’s “head cheerleader,” Richard- were handwritten in a “beautiful son said that the discovery of the script.” Minutes began to be typed guild’s history was initially a sur- in 1923, she said. prise to her. As a Hawaii historian, Also speaking were Albert she had studied the work of Ter- W.H. Lum, retired Chaminade ritorial social welfare groups for University English professor and five years “and hadn’t come across curator of the Marianist Brother the Catholic Women’s Guild.” Bertram 1883–1905 photograph It was longtime guild mem- collection, and Sister William ber Catherine Hughes who ap- Marie Eleniki, a Sister of St. Fran- proached Richardson with the cis and administrator of the St. request to save and study the re- Francis Healthcare Foundation of cords. Hawaii. Richardson described the ar- Scheduled to speak but unable chives as 10 banker’s boxes of to attend were Paula and Jacque- “typed and handwritten annual line Rath of the Palama Settle- reports, minutes of meetings, cor- ment Archives. respondence, scrapbooks, news- According to Lum, some of the paper clippings, financial ledgers, work and circumstances of the and social welfare committee re- guild’s work at the turn of the HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz ports.” They had long been stored 20th century were recorded in Catholic Women’s Guild speakers, from left, Albert Lum, Sister William Marie Eleniki, Janine Richardson and Ellen Chapman. at the diocesan archives at St. Stephen Diocesan Center and in photos by Brother Bertram, some guild members’ homes, before be- of which he displayed. ing sent to Hamilton Library last Sister William Marie, who is Before Damien, Marianne, Charities, August. a present member of the guild, Also on the discussion panel said that the women’s organiza- was Ellen Chapman, head of the tion also contributed significantly there was the Catholic Women’s Guild University Archival Collections. to the work of Mother Marianne By Patrick Downes ian Collection of historical sourc- Janine Richardson. Chapman said that, in looking Cope and St. Francis Hospital. Hawaii Catholic Herald es in the University of Hawaii- The Catholic Women’s Guild over the material, she was “as- Chapman said that the ar- Manoa’s Hamilton Library, thanks was formed in 1859 by 22 Native tounded by the guild’s length of chives’ permanent placement at Before there was Father to a $5,000 grant from the Hawaii Hawaiian and two white women existence and the amazing things the University of Hawaii library Damien, Mother Marianne, St. Council for the Humanities. to assist the newly-arrived Sisters they were doing.” will preserve them and make Francis Hospital, Catholic Chari- Those records were the topic of of the Congregation of the Sacred She said that the organiza- them fully accessible to the public ties Hawaii and the Office for So- a public forum by local historians Hearts of Jesus and Mary. tion had a “lot of imagination” for research. She said the papers cial Ministry, there was the Catho- and archivists March 3 at Palama The guild re-organized in 1890 in the ways it helped people. She are also in the process of being lic Women’s Guild. Settlement in Honolulu. About for the “relief of poor and desti- pointed to one point in its history digitized for availability on the More than a century’s worth of 50 people attended. Leading the tute Catholics in our midst.” Its when the guild’s sewing commit- Internet. Catholic Women’s Guild’s records discussion was the director of the mission expanded to assist people tee “sewed prodigious amounts of Asked if a book about the re- were recently rescued from obscu- Catholic Women’s Guild Archives of all faiths and continues today things” for people in need. cords is being planned, Richard- rity and placed among the Hawai- Preservation and Access Project, through an endowment that al- “It speaks of another era when son responded, “In time, in time.”
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1 PEARL CITY Dadiz and Thelma Pascua. Our Lady of Good Counsel Lectors: Eleanor Aquinde Parish Ben Acob, Rose Inamasu, A surprise birthday party was Cindy Baron and Charlene celebrated on March 1 for Yamashiro. Hospitality/ 80-year-old Angel Jardiolin, usher: Abe Opena Jr., Andy a parishioner for 40 years. He Andaya, Kathleen Saca- thought his daughter Lori panio and Juliet Blando. and son Angel Jr. were (Reported by Carol Ursua and taking him to McDonald’s Jasmine Higa) Restaurant for a simple cup PAPAIKOU of coffee. To his amazement, 20 parishioners who attended Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish (Hamakua Catholic the morning Mass met him Community) with balloons, leis, monetary gifts and gift certificates at Lent began with the usual EDITO the Monterey Bay Canners practice of placing ashes on 1 2 3 CHOIC Restaurant in Aiea. Even the our foreheads as an external breakfast fare was special and sign of the internal conversion featured an eggplant omelet. that we strive for during this A huge birthday cake and lots penitential season. As a Lenten of singing, hugs and kisses Project, our parish is partici- kept Angel breathless. He was pating in the Pencil Project. speechless but gasped, “I didn’t This is an effort to get this know so many people loved most basic school necessity to me.” YES, we all do! (Reported those who would not other- by Elaine Yamashita) wise have them. … The re- cent painting of the interior 2 EWA BEACH of Immaculate Heart Church Our Lady of Perpetual Help has brightened and freshened Parish up our worship space. … First Do you surf? That was one of Communicants celebrated the questions a student asked Reconciliation on March 3 Bishop Larry Silva when he along with those who will be 7 8 9 visited all the religious edu- fully initiated into the church cation classes, pre-K-grade at the Easter Vigil. … The 8, at the 9:30 a.m. session on Big Island Faith Forma- March 4. The visit coincided tion Conference sponsored with the bishop’s March 3-4 an Enrichment Day at pastoral visit. Pictured with the Annunciation Church in bishop are the first graders Waimea on March 10 and a and their catechist Priscilla good number of parishioners Rayray. The first graders from the two churches and the performed their interpretation mission that make up our com- of the Preface Dialogue from munity participated in sessions the New Roman Missal. The that covered everything from visit was a very interesting ex- Eucharistic Adoration to feed- change between the shepherd ing and housing the homeless. and the little flock. The bishop Thank you to the committee 12 13 14 asked what they were learn- for sponsoring the day and to ing on that Sunday. He also the presenters for presenting. asked if anyone has thought (Reported by the parish) of God. Besides preaching celebrating half a century or 7 LANAI CITY 25, and headed to Our Lady of becoming a priest or a sis- and teaching, Father Pat filled more of marriage, received Sacred Hearts Parish Queen of the Angels in 4 KALAHEO ter. Several hands went up in the church and our spirits a special blessing at the end The season of Lent is here and Kula for a retreat in prepara- several classes. The children Holy Cross Parish with song (pictured). … The of the 9:30 a.m. Mass. It was our parish is again observing tion for the reception of the also had questions: How do Hosea, Come Back to Me newest parish ministry, clear to all present that, to the path that Christ followed Sacrament of Confirmation on you become a priest? How do is the theme of one of the par- JAVA With JESUS, which these four couples, marriage is to Calvary. This year we have April 25. Father Wojciech ish’s newest ministries, which Jaskowiak, a visiting priest you become a bishop? What began March 4, invites par- truly a sacrament, a holy and set up our Stations of the had its second meeting on ents of religious education from the Diocese of Newark, is it like to be a priest? Do binding union. When asked Cross outdoors. Father March 10. This ministry seeks students to the parish hall to N.J., facilitated the retreat you have to finish college to how they kept their marriage Rex says the opening prayer become a priest? Did you have to reconnect our inactive enjoy coffee or tea, Internet with Anne Diola, an expe- strong, one of the brides, inside the church. We then fol- another job before you became Catholic family members access, and fellowship with low him and the altar servers rienced youth leader from Chrispina Cadelinia, said a bishop? Do you live near the with their church home. Two other parishioners. The par- outdoors where we begin our Guam. Parents surprised their church? Pointing to the bish- banners welcoming them are ish hall doors open at 8 a.m. simply, “We love, honor and re- Way of the Cross. We stop sons and daughters by join- op’s picture on the wall, one on display along the church’s and close at 9:30 a.m., just in spect each other. We cooperate at each station to reflect, me- ing them for a private and child asked: Is that really you? fence line and tips on how time for Sunday Mass. … Our with each other. In everything diate and retrace the journey intimate conversation after the Another asked: How old were to invite them to church on Health Ministry is spon- we do, we have to decide what of the Lord’s Passion. After students read their letters of you in that picture? (Reported Sunday are in the church bul- soring a presentation March is best for us.” Our warmest devotions to all 14 stations are support. It was a Spirit-filled by Julia Torres; photo by Denise letin. A Welcoming Mass 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the parish congratulations to the four complete we return indoors to experience in the beautiful Oliveira) is scheduled in May. In the hall by Dr. Arnulfo Diaz on couples: Maximo and Chri- the church where Holy Mass gardens of Kula. Parents and meantime, please pray for this dementia and Alzheimer spina Cadelinia, 55 years; is celebrated. (Reported by students participated in the 3 KAHULUI ministry and for those you disease. Liza Trinidad will Remigio and Juanita Eleanor Ozoa; photo by Elpidio celebration of the Eucharist. Christ the King Parish want to see back in our pews. also speak about care-givers One testimonial shared by Respicio, 58 years; Bay and Etrata) On Feb. 25 at the 2 p.m. Rite … The annual Parish Val- responsibilities. Everyone is all was, “I liked the personal Lillian Sojot, 59 years, and of Election of Catechu- entine’s Day Dinner was a invited. … We would like to 8 MOLOKAI letters from my parents, that mens, four students from our tremendous success! The food thank all our aunties and Ron and Barbara Umia- St. Damien Parish was something I can treasure parish — Kristin Domingo, was delicious; the fellowship, uncles who led the activities maka, 50 years. Collectively, We installed new Stations of forever, and it let me know Tami Johnson, Crystal very congenial; the service, for the children at the March they represent 222 years of the Cross in our new church that I am not alone in my Nishida and Lauri Lei Sato excellent; and the games, in- Bible Camp, March 13-15. marriage. May they be blessed just in time for Friday Lenten journey to Confirmation. This — along with other students novative and fun. Thank you Aunties and uncles, you all with many more anniversaries! devotions. The Stations are kind of retreat should be done from St. Anthony, St. Ann, to all who helped with the rock! … Upcoming events and (Reported by Vicki Galam) reproductions of the original in Catholic Schools as well.” Maria Lanakila and St. Jo- decorations, the food and the reminders to parishioners: Stations of the Cross installed These Confirmation students seph Churches, signed their program. Special recognition The Bishop’s Retreat for 6 LIHUE in 1874 by St. Damien at will lead the Station of the names in the Book of Elect. Re- goes to the young men and parish leader on March 17 at Immaculate Conception the parish’s sister church Our Cross on March 9. (Reported by freshments were held outside women who spent several St. Raphael Church, Koloa. Parish Lady of Seven Sorrows. Sister Georgina Delgado, OP) on the lawn after the celebra- days assisting wherever they Stations of the Cross, 6:30 Church volunteer work- The parish extends much ma- KAILUA tion. Congratulations to all the could. Congratulations to these p.m. on Fridays of Lent at Holy ers break for a photo Feb. halo to Nebraska friend and St. John Vianney Parish Elect in their journey. Pictured youths for their attentiveness Cross. Pro-life sign holding 25 in a public housing apart- photographer Richard Rad- and efforts in making this Marianist Father Ken are Father Efren, Sister every Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at ment in Hanamaulu that they er who took digital photo- Angie (holding Elect Book), night special for everyone. See Templin will give the parish the Planned Parenthood Office, cleaned and painted as part graphs of the original Stations students and sponsors. … On you all next year! … Father 4357 Rice Street. (Reported by and got the project underway. Lenten mission Monday, of a state-wide effort to ready March 4 at the 8 a.m. Mass, Pat, of the Missionaries of Judy Cabanting) (Reported by Maria Sullivan) Tuesday and Wednesday, Father Efren commissioned the Our Lady of La Salette, empty public housing units March 19-21, at 9 a.m. and new leaders of different minis- returned to lead our Feb. 27- 5 EWA for the homeless or those in 9 MAKAWAO repeated at 7 p.m. Morning tries. Extraordinary ministers 28 Lenten parish retreat, Immaculate Conception transitional housing on Kauai. St. Joseph Church Mass at 8 a.m. is followed by of the Eucharist: Mila Cor- two days centered on serenity Parish (Reported by Father William Our 19 Confirmation stu- a continental breakfast. Father puz, Lisa Kahuhu, Desiree and stillness in the presence On Feb. 26, four couples, each Shannon) dents boarded a bus on Feb. Templin, a part-time chaplain H E HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD MARCH 16, 2012 13
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few. Wonderful entertainment featured our students, the Puuloa Band, the Honu Groove Group, and others. Co-chairpersons Evangeline Dionisio and Mela and Eric Kim, along with so many who gave of their time, talents, and treasure, worked ceaselessly to assure that this was another memorable fair. A warm mahalo goes out to all those who contributed to its tremendous success. Pic- tured, from left, are Grace EDITOR’S Transfiguracion, Erica CHOICE 4 5 6 Nishikata, Clarence Ni- shikata, Micah Ponce, Sis- ter Davilyn, Franchesca Ponce, Fred Ponce and Ed- itha Domingo. (Reported by Laverne Suster; photo by Thalia Woodward) 15 HONOLULU Sacred Hearts Academy High School Our Lancer Robotics Team spent six weeks of hard work every day after school and on weekends preparing the 2012 Lancer robot SHA-Q for competition. The hard work 10 11 culminated in packing SHA- Q for shipment to Portland, Ore., for the Autodesk Or- egon Regional Robotics Tournament. The robot’s name, SHA-Q, connects Sa- cred Hearts Academy (SHA) and the 2012 FIRST Robotics Challenge, Rebound Rumble, a basketball-like game, with NBA star Shaquille O’Neal. The Lancer Robotics travel team of 16 students and four mentors will meet up with their robot in Portland for the 15 16 17 tournament, followed by the Hawaii Regional Competition March 22-24 at the University at St. Louis School, will help members and organizations. by Anita Carrington; photo by Interested participants will our potential, and embrace all of Hawaii’s Stan Sheriff Cen- participants grow in their re- The first through third stations Leroy Carrington) report to Dr. Bill Mitchell of God’s treasures that he has ter. Pictured are the members lationship with God and seek were donated by Michael or Brother Fred Silbereis blessed us with. Sometimes of the robotics team Angela WAIALUA a challenging change of heart. Barksdale in memory of his every other Tuesday at 6:30 though, they too may need ex- Wong, Connie Wu, Lind- (From the parish bulletin) mother Rita, a long time pa- St. Michael Parish p.m. in the Borges Room in tra help, prayers and blessings. say Sanborn, Alexis Fraga rishioner. Winnie and Anne Bishop Larry Silva will the church center. (Reported by Although the children know and Lynse Chock prepping 11 NUUANU Petraitis donated the fourth install Father Christopher Miriam Kahalekai) that they may be smaller and SHA-Q for shipping. (Reported St. Stephen Parish station; Rey Golino, head of Keahi as pastor on March 31 younger; they can still make by Hayley Matson-Mathes) During the Season of Lent, the environment ministry, the at the 5 p.m. Mass. We hope 12 HONOLULU a difference in someone’s life. the Christian faithful, in fifth; Cherlyn Kong donated to make the evening ceremony St. Anthony School During Catholic Schools 16 HONOLULU a special way, pray, perform the sixth; Jim and Edna simple yet meaningful for our It was a bright Feb. 25 morn- Week, as a way of honoring Sacred Hearts Academy works of piety and charity and Difalco donated the seventh; parishioners and friends. We ing when parents rolled their our elders, we held a walk- Lower School deny themselves by fulfilling and Karen Venardos, the plan to have the bishop bless sleeves to keep their school a-thon. The students raised Six students competed in their responsibilities more eighth. Nona Kong donated the palms in the parish hall in tiptop shape. Parents fixed a whopping $2,150! All of Nene Jeopardy, a competi- faithfully. Our Lenten journey the ninth station in memory courtyard and then process doors, windows, vacuumed this was donated to Catho- tion that challenges students began with our outreach of her husband David. Office into the church via the school and shampooed carpets, lic Charities to be used for based on their reading and ministry participating in manager Paul Corarito and pathway. We will have a simple brushed and cleaned windows, senior citizens. Presenting the knowledge of 30 books on an affordable housing proj- his wife Lee donated the 10th potluck dinner in the parish painted doors and cabinets, donation check to Catholic the Nene nominee reading ect of the Office of Social station. The 11th station was hall to give all of us the oppor- and cleaned their children’s Charities are Mrs. Amano list. Our team — Agia Lee, Ministry in partnership with donated by the Knights of tunity of sharing a meal with respective classrooms. The and Mrs. Loiselle who orga- Mandi Hill, Alana Gla- Hawaii Affordable Hous- Columbus while the 12th Bishop Silva. (From the parish Parents Volunteer Day nized the fundraiser, accompa- ser, Aiyana Arnobit, team ing Project. On Feb. 25, 15 was donated by the Tongan bulletin) showed the commitment of nied by a few kindergarten captain Jade Spallina and volunteers from our parish Community. Kalae Mar- the parents to their school. students. (Reported by Ginger Amanda-Joy Lee — com- joined 17 men and women tin, who is in charge of youth WAILUKU The PVD was not only a day Kamisugi) peted against Keolu Elemen- from the National Guard ministry, donated the 13th St. Anthony of Padua Parish of working together but it was tary. It was a close call until in a campaign by the Hawaii station with her husband Special birthdays were cel- also a day of community bond- 14 EWA BEACH Final Jeopardy, when Keolu Public Housing Author- Scott and her parents Walter ebrated for two long-time pa- ing, sharing resources and the Our Lady of Perpetual Help wagered everything and lost. ity to clean, paint and repair and Lani Kuluhiwa. Joyce rishioners in recent weeks. Our gifts of persons. The parents, School The Academy won with 4,100 vacant public housing units Crabtree-Cimperman 90-year-old matriarch Harriet students, and teachers shared The early morning showers points. (Reported by Hayley all over the state to provide donated the 14th and 15th Takitani attended Mass with a hearty and delicious lunch opened the door to a beautiful Matson-Mathes) homes for low-income families stations. Our pastoral associate her relatives, friends and nine prepared by the administra- day of sunshine on March 3 and individuals. The diocese Sister Candelaria Pinaula children and enjoyed a week tion and staff. Thank you, at our annual “Grand Give- 17 HONOLULU gave T-shirts to the volunteers created a book on the sta- of events. Richard Yadao, dear parents, for the spirit of away + Family Fair.” The Maryknoll Grade School who put in a full day’s work. tions with pictures taken by a daily communicant will be volunteerism. Thank you and honorary chairperson Sister The Honolulu Police De- Mahalo to all who participated parish photographer Leroy 95 years old and he will enjoy God bless! (Reported by Sister Davilyn Ah Chick was there partment visited our school in this worthy cause! Special Carrington. The book and his celebration at a family Anielyn Delicana, SPC) to meet and greet the hun- in February to show kinder- thanks to Valerie Low and the stations were blessed and reunion. May God grant them dreds of school, parish, and garten and second-grade Randy Tom for signing up dedicated on Feb. 23 and ev- peace and continued good 13 PEARL CITY community members gathered classes the importance of our volunteers! (Reported by eryone received a beautiful, health. … St. Anthony Men. Our Lady of Good Counsel to enjoy the variety of activi- safety. Officers created ID Ginny Jordan) hard-cover copy of the book. That’s the name the new group School ties on campus: Items of Gold, cards for all the students by Our pastor Father Terry will call themselves. Duties The students have learned Country Store, Filipino Ben- taking their fingerprints and 10 KIHEI Watanabe is pictured giv- will include fundraising, labor to respect our kupuna and tos, hot dogs, tic-tac-toe, ring pictures. Two Honolulu Police St. Theresa Parish ing the blessing. The donors or project-intensive responsi- recognize just how important toss, face painting, Wheel of Department vehicles accom- Just in time for Lent, our par- and others involved then cel- bilities and homework. Focus they truly are. Many times it is Fortune, video game center, panied the officers and SWAT ish has all new Stations of ebrated the project’s success will be on sharing experiences, our kupuna who have helped massages, rides, malassadas, team members on campus, the Cross donated by parish with a dinner party. (Reported ideas, concerns and fellowship. us learn new things, develop and shave ice just to name a offering our students the op- 14 HAWAII HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • MARCH 16, 2012
22 23 24 25 portunity to tour the vehicles and meet police dogs. Ma- halo to HPD for visiting and for keeping our keiki and com- munity safe! Pictured are stu- dents with a Honolulu police officer and a member of the K-9 corps! (Reported by Loryn Guiffre)
KULIOUOU Holy Trinity Parish This parish is more than just a church. It is all of us united in worship and fellow- ship. We all see each other at Mass but how many of us know each other? In addition to sharing the celebration of 18 19 20 21 Mass we need to share with each other in a social setting. Several parishioners have expressed this idea to Father Koshko. A group has formed to take on the planning of an event. The slogan is E Pupu- kahi Kakou -- We Are One! Save the date, Holy Trinity Sunday, June 24, for the first of our events in our gym from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm. More EDITOR’S information will be in the bul- letin as the event gets closer. 26 CHOICE 27 28 (From the parish bulletin) aloha spirit and all it exempli- about Lent. They read stories 23 HONOLULU School read “Green Eggs and St. Joseph School Vice-Prin- WAIKIKI fies. (Reported by Helen Souza) about children in other coun- St. Theresa School Ham” and our second grade cipal Susan Wehrsig. Not Sts. Peter and Paul Parish tries in need of water, food and Junior high students teacher Sister Janet Rose shown in photo, pastry chef Can you spare some change? 20 WAIPAHU education. The students then read “Froggy Goes to Hawaii.” Sharon Alapai, Dr. Lovina St. Joseph School (7B) took the time March 1-5 It is the theme of the parish broke up into groups to learn to design Easter baskets for (Reported by Sister Carol Ann Sabnani, dentist Guy On Jan. 17, Isaac Gomes lenten mission with Jesuit how others in the world who their annual K-3 Great Eas- Gambsky) Rapoza, police officer Kelly and Andrew Cashman from Father Philip Chircop, have disabilities are able to ter Egg Hunt set for Easter Kaaumoana Matsumoto, Mrs. Yamashiro’s kinder- March 12, 13, 14, at 6 p.m. in manage through life even with Week. Each year the junior 25 HONOLULU firefighter Capt. Mattias garten class created crowns the church. Lent invites all of struggles. Students worked to- high students donate their St. John the Baptist School Cush, firefighter James Ku- us to show up and allow our- with 100 items to celebrate the gether to accomplish a goal giv- times and resources to make Our students joined the Dis- pahu, athletic trainer Amy selves to be radically changed. 100th day of school. (Reported en by Aunty Malu. Some of the event possible for the low- trict Science Fair on Feb. Malinowski, and teacher of During this parish retreat we by Angelique Samson; photo by the students being disabled and er grades. Kleenex boxes, con- 13-14. With the leadership of the deaf Suzy Riviera. (Re- will explore some possible, es- Jill Yamashiro) others couldn’t talk to finish the struction paper, and creativ- our great science teacher Mrs. ported by Rachel Dawson) sential shifts that can help us activity. All students that par- ity were put together for the Eileen Panczyszyn, the evolve into the best versions KAILUA ticipated in the activity needed upcoming Easter celebration. support of our faculty and 27 HONOLULU of ourselves. (From the parish St. Anthony School to accomplish a puzzle with Pictured are Chandler Lau, staff, parents and the hard Saint Louis School bulletin) On March 7, our students limitations. Later the students Soren Wong, Nicholas work of our student partici- On March 2, the entire stu- welcomed St. John Vianney went to confession and prayed pants, the science fair turned dent body, faculty, staff 18 HONOLULU students for an on-campus Tolentino, Angelo Baclig, the Stations of the Cross. At Kea Rodrigues, Blessie out to be very successful. We and administration were Star of the Sea Early demonstration of exciting proj- are also very proud of our four treated to the exuberant Learning Center the end of the day the students Saoit, Naomi Malacas, ects including an aquaponic gathered to say a prayer and students, Merlynne, Su- sounds of the Ebony Heri- Madison Seguitan, left, garden, worm composting and Melody Rezentes-Pocock, give thanks to Father David and zanne, Shajaira and Jared tage Singers. Billed as the and Cassidy Wong are hap- the Kawainui Visioning Project. Christine Chye, Apryl Aunty Malu for an enlighten- who were selected to par- Aloha Praise Spring Tour, con- pily decorating shamrocks on They also watched the award Lactaoen, Tyler Mita and ing day. Pictured from left, ticipate in the State Science ductor Dr. Donna Cox and March 6 for the St. Patrick’s winning documentary, “Bag Adrianne Del Rosario. (Re- are Pierce, Shawna, Pono, Fair in April. To all of you, over 30 college students from Day celebration coming soon It.” Participating community ported by Margie Narvarte) Kodi and Keanu. (Reported Mahalo! … Our school is now the University of Dayton on March 17. Using non-toxic organizations included Kokua by Tracy Kanoa) accepting applicants from pre- energized and inspired the glue, markers, paints and col- Hawaii Foundation, Blue 24 KEKAHA St. Theresa School K through eighth grade. Please school student body with song. orful papers, these artists are Planet, Grow Hawaii and 22 HONOLULU come and visit us. Our Clar- Students also had the opportu- making creative artworks to Ho‘olaulima ia Kawainui. Two schools with 4,000 miles Maryknoll High School ence T.C. Ching Science nity to perform with the gospel take home. (Reported by Louise All About Kids and Whole between them shared smiles Students Gloria Miao and Roman) Foods Market also lent as they read books to each and Computer Center is on choir. Performing music from Christopher Chow, pic- their support. In 2009, the other during a Skype con- its way to completion. Thank the African American sacred tured, were honored with the 19 MAKAWAO two Kailua Catholic schools versation on March 2. The you for all for your support tradition, the singers have prestigious Wo Internation- St. Joseph Early Learning formed The Kailua Catholic second grade students and generosity. (Reported by wowed audiences throughout Center Community of Learners, al Center Summer Study participated in Reading Sister Delia Obenza, OP) the mid-west. “We were very Aloha to our beloved Kumu or KCCL, with help from the in China Scholarship. Across America with the fortunate and blessed to lis- Hula Pali Ahue. Students, Originating from the Puna- second grade children at 26 HILO ten to and be inspired by the Hawaii Community Foun- St. Joseph High School friends and family gathered to dation and the Harold K.L. hou School Wo International Union Elementary School Ebony Heritage Singers,” said give their final Aloha to a well- Castle Foundation. This ini- Center, this special exchange in Texarkana, Ark. The Our school would like to ex- campus ministry director, Ms. respected, much-loved kumu tiative promotes project-based program provides American large interactive Promethean tend a big mahalo nui loa to its Mallory Green. Everyone hula on Feb. 26. Cliff Need- learning and the integration of students the opportunity to board made it easy for every- Feb. 24, 2012 Career Day had a good time! (Reported by ham Ahue was the gentle technology. The students’ work interact with Chinese teenag- one to see and hear all the speakers: Seated, from left, Eric Young) and knowledgeable force demonstrates how KCCL incor- ers in Beijing, Shanghai, and children during the phone con- are military office SSG Gabe behind many of our May Day porates 21st century learning a two-week summer camp versation. The Skype exchange Broomell, attorney Andrew 28 HONOLULU presentations, hula classes and skills with the Catholic values setting in Baojing, a farming began with friendly greetings Iwashita, park rangers Joni Chaminade University open house performances. His of social justice, community town in Hunan province. The and waves to the children and Makuakane-Jarrell and Students who have previously halau, Na Maile Ku Honua, service and stewardship. (Re- trip blends the learning of a teachers in Arkansas. Children Jaeneise Cuison, astrono- attended an Awakening Re- based both in Makawao and ported by Elizabeth Garrison) second language and culture from each school told unique mer Saeko Hayashi, and treat were busily preparing Lahaina consisted of students, through direct involvement things about where they live. real estate assistant Stacey on March 7 for the spring se- parishioners and community 21 HONOLULU with Chinese students in the They discussed similarities Dente. Standing, from left, mester retreat. Since this will members that were all blessed St. Patrick School cities with an international and compared differences be- realtor/broker Sherry Jor- be the 27th Awakening Retreat by his integrity, passion and Our third and fourth grad- service learning project in rural tween their two schools. But dan, carpentry officer Dean to be held at Chaminade, they love for dance and Hawaiian ers went on their annual China. Students will have ac- what united these two schools Au, insurance agent James posed for a photo forming the culture. We send our condo- mini-retreat to St. Anthony commodations at dormitories on this special morning was Tyrin, Army Reserves Col. number 27. Excitement is run- lences to his family and love Retreat Center on March 1. and also stay a few days with the love of books, stories and Benjamin Fuata, Coast ning high, as is interest from ones and thank them for his They started the day off by lis- a Chinese family. (Reported by reading. Second grade teacher Guard officer Craig Dente, students planning to attend. 11-plus years of untouched tening to Father David speak Loryn Guiffre) Jami Johnson of Union architect Charles Aina, and (Reported by Kay Stone) MARCH 16, 2012 • HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD HAWAII 15
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ADVERTISEMENT 16 NATION/WORLD HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • MARCH 16, 2012 Stephen Kent National and world church CONSIDER THIS news compiled from Haven’t we been Catholic News Service Oneholy here before? RELIGIOUS INTENSITY, BY FAITH Mormons are more religious than any other group, according to criteria set by Gallup. Nation hen will we ever learn? When will we ever learn?” The last lines of very religious moderately religious nonreligious each verse of the haunting melody “Where Have All the Flowers MORMON 73% 14% 12% Los Angeles “WGone?” have echoed through the incursions, inva- Catholic foundation marks 25 years of tuition aid PROTESTANT/OTHER NON- 51% 31% 18% sions, occupations and other military misadventures CATHOLIC CHRISTIANS A foundation that has provided more than $119 million in the nearly six decades since Pete Seeger first wrote CATHOLIC 44% 32% 24% in tuition assistance to low-income Catholic school stu- them. dents and their families in the Los Angeles Archdiocese It remains a timely question since some who haven’t MUSLIM 47% 37% 16% marked its 25th anniversary with the planting of an oak tree sapling symbolizing hope and a recognition lun- yet found the answers once again are speaking of what JEWISH 17% 29% 53% would be a pre-pre-emptive war. cheon for the “angels” who have donated to the cause. OTHER NON- The Catholic Education Foundation has been “one of Haven’t we been here before? Isn’t this deja vu all 18% 38% 44% CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS the great engines of opportunity and hope in our com- over again, as Yogi Berra said? Source: Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index ©2012 CNS munity” since it was established by Cardinal Roger M. The scene: the Middle East. The problem: a threat Mahony as a charitable trust in 1987, said Archbishop that may or may not exist. Perhaps this time we can Jose H. Gomez, the cardinal’s successor as archbishop determine the reality before more lives and national of Los Angeles. “We have been supporting students and prestige are committed to folly. families here at this great school of Santa Teresita since So far, the United States is acting with restraint in our beginnings,” said Archbishop Gomez at the Feb. 24 CHICAGO the Iran nuclear situation despite those encouraging U.S. tree-dedication ceremony. the ever popular military option and being pushed by an ally to make a catastrophic decision based on that ally’s timetable, not ours. Boston Iran has rejected demands to halt its uranium en- Opponents of assisted suicide testify at hearing richment, which Washington and its allies worry could During a March 6 hearing in Boston about a planned be the foundation for a future nuclear weapons pro- statewide ballot question on physician-assisted suicide, gram. Iran claims it seeks only energy and medical re- the head of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference search from its reactors, but it wants full control over stressed the need to care for people at the end of life. the nuclear process from uranium ore to fuel rods. “Human life, from conception to natural death, is God’s Granted, allowing Iran to have nuclear weapons gift to us,” said Jim Driscoll, executive director of the makes as much sense as giving a child an automatic Massachusetts Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state’s bishops. The ballot measure under de- weapon. bate would allow certain terminally ill people to self-ad- Based on the apparently concluded operation in minister drugs to take their own lives. The hearing was Iraq that cost thousands of lives and billions of dollars required as part of the process for the proposed “death to find weapons of mass destruction that never were, with dignity” question to qualify for the Nov. 6 ballot. it is more than reasonable to demand an extremely high burden of proof before this folly is repeated in the Iran situation. Maine PORTLAND There have been innumerable congressional hear- Diocese to focus on education about marriage ings over the years held to investigate what went Faced with a second referendum on same-sex marriage wrong on operations. Time is better spent in the pro- in three years, the Diocese of Portland will focus its ef- active gathering and analysis of facts. forts this time on education rather than contributing After meeting with the U.S. president and congres- money or its name to a political campaign. “We learned sional leaders in Washington earlier this month, Israeli the last time around that we need to do a lot more ef- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “None of us fective teaching” about the nature of marriage as a can afford to wait much longer” to take military ac- union of a man and a woman, said Bishop Richard J. tion. President Barack Obama, on the other hand, said Malone of Portland at a March 2 news conference. In there is “still a window” for diplomacy. November 2009, by a margin of 53 percent to 47 per- cent, Maine voters repealed a law allowing same-sex Let’s say you’ve agreed to come to the assistance of CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World marriage in the state. Supporters of same-sex marriage a neighbor if he were to be attacked by another neigh- Ryan Zawarus smiles while holding his first-place ribbon following his match at the pre-Lenten Boxing Show in Chi- have gathered enough signatures to place the issue be- bor, known to be a bit unstable and potentially violent. fore the voters again Nov. 6. And your friendly neighbor one day asked you to join cago Ridge, Ill., Feb 25. The event has been a tradition at him in killing the third one because he may, at some the parish for more than 50 years and benefits the school’s athletic programs. point, buy a firearm. Indianapolis Catholic teaching is that the use of force is a last Catholics in archdiocese help tornado victims resort. Tammy Becht and her family sought shelter in the President Obama said early this month that diplo- basement of their Floyd County home March 2 when macy can resolve the crisis over Iran’s possible pursuit tornadoes ravaged small towns across southern Indiana. of nuclear weapons. Nigeria JOS About an hour later, she began seeing the devastation The European Union offered to restart negotiations through live TV reports from the affected towns. “I with Iran to clarify questions about its nuclear pro- realized that we were dealing with a massive amount gram — all to the good. of destruction,” said Becht, a member of Our Lady of The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recently Perpetual Help Parish in New Albany during a March sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 4 telephone interview with The Criterion, newspaper “Discussing or promoting military options at this of the Indianapolis Archdiocese. “And that meant that time is unwise and may be counterproductive,” Bishop people were going to want to respond.” Approximately Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, chairman of the 50 Catholics across the New Albany Deanery felt that call and attended a meeting at Our Lady of Perpetual U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Help Church about 18 hours after the tornadoes to be- Peace, said in the letter. gin organizing relief efforts. “From a moral perspective, in the absence of an im- mediate threat against the United States or our allies, military action would constitute an act of preventive Wisconsin GREEN BAY war,” he added. Student reprimanded for using native language Even with a considered go-slow approach still come The Diocese of Green Bay has apologized to the family calls for military options. CNS photo/Reuters of a Native American Catholic school student who was “When will they ever learn? When will they ever Women run from the scene of a bombing at St. Finbar reprimanded for speaking in her native language during learn?” Catholic Church in the Rayfield suburb of the Nigerian city class and to the Menominee Nation, the tribe to which Pray the answer to that is 2012. of Jos March 11. The bomb detonated as worshippers at- the student’s family belongs. The Feb. 22 apologies fol- tended the final Mass of the day, killing at least 10 people lowed an incident Jan. 19 in which 12-year-old Miranda at the church in Jos, a city where thousands have died in Kent, now retired, was editor of archdiocesan news- Washinawatok, a seventh-grader at Sacred Heart School the last decade in religious and ethnic violence. papers in Omaha and Seattle. He can be contacted at: in Shawano, was suspended from playing in a basketball [email protected]. game at her school because of the classroom reprimand. MARCH 16, 2012 • HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD NATION/WORLD 17 catholicapostolic U.S. CLEVELAND World Vatican congregation says 13 parishes Vatican City Report: Vatican vulnerable to money launderers in Diocese of Cleveland must reopen The U.S. government has put the Vatican on a list of By Dennis Sadowski countries that are vulnerable to money launderers, though not as vulnerable as the United States itself. It A Vatican congregation has over- was the first time the Bureau of International Narcotics turned the closing of 13 parishes in and Law Enforcement Affairs included the Holy See in the Diocese of Cleveland and said the its annual report. The Vatican was one of 68 countries churches must be restored for wor- listed as “Jurisdictions of Concern,” the second classifi- ship, a person involved with the cases cation behind “Jurisdictions of Primary Concern,” which said. the U.S. identifies as major money-laundering countries The ruling reverses some of the and includes the United States, Canada, Australia and closings ordered by Bishop Richard G. Mexico. The report was released March 7. Lennon since 2009 under a diocesan- wide reconfiguration plan. The Congregation for Clergy’s rul- Mexico City ing in support of parishioners who ap- pealed the closings is a rare instance, U.S. Vice President Biden visits basilica explained Peter Borre, a leader with Vice President Joe Biden prayed at the Basilica of Our the Council of Parishes in Boston, Lady of Guadalupe while visiting Mexico City and later who has been advising parish groups told reporters he would have stopped at the shrine even nationwide on their appeals. if he had no official business in the Mexican capital. Bishop Lennon can appeal the rul- Biden visited after meeting with Mexican politicians ings to the Apostolic Signature, the and political candidates March 5. He knelt before an Vatican’s highest court. image of Our Lady of Guadalupe and later spoke of his Decrees released by parishioners of two parishes March 8 cited Canons mother’s devotion to Mary. “She impressed upon her 515 and 1222 and the procedural and children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren that substantive steps that were not fol- they must seek the intercession of the Blessed Mother, lowed under them. and I regret that she is not here with us,” the newspaper Both canons require a bishop to Reforma reported Biden said of his mother. consult with his diocesan council of priests prior to taking any action to suppress a parish or close a church Rome building. The congregation ruled U.S. seminarians win first match of Clericus Cup that Bishop Lennon did not adhere to those requirements. Seminarians from the Pontifical North American College “It is evident, therefore, that the scored a 1-0 win against three-time tourney champions requirements of law for the licit and Redemptoris Mater in the first round play of the Cleri- valid relegation of a church to secu- cus Cup March 3. A powerful sideline throw-in near the lar but not unbecoming use have not net by Justin Blanc of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charles- been met, and that St. Patrick Church ton, W.Va., deflected off the opposing goalie’s fingertips (one of the parishes in the decision) and landed in the net. “We had planned to try and at- has not been lawfully and validly rel- tack the goal on the throw-in” in the hopes of heading egated to secular but not unbecoming the ball into the net, “but it just so happened that there use,” said the decree for one of the was enough confusion in there that (the ball) found its parishes in Cleveland. way in,” Blanc told Catholic News Service. Borre said other decrees that were read to him by people familiar with the case included the same language. CNS photo/William Rieter Rome A diocesan spokesman said the A “saved” sign is seen outside St. Patrick Church in Cleveland March 8. Closed in documents from the congregation had 2010, St. Pat’s was among 27 churches shuttered in a reconfiguration plan under Bishops from 3 states begin ‘ad limina’ visits not been received as of the morning Bishop Richard G. Lennon. A Vatican congregation has overturned the closing of 13 of those churches and said they must be restored for worship. Just as she stood at the foot of the cross by her son, of March 9. Mary continues to stand alongside bishops and all the A day earlier, Robert Tayek, direc- “We’re as stunned as anybody,” president of the St. Patrick Church faithful in times of suffering, Archbishop John C. Nien- tor of media and public relations, told said Bob Kloos, a leader in the group parish council when the parish closed stedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis told his fellow bishops Catholic News Service he mistakenly Endangered Catholics and a member and formed the Save St. Pat’s Commit- at the beginning of their “ad limina” visits to the Vati- believed that a package with the de- of the Community of St. Peter, which tee. She pledged to offer her services can. Bishops from Minnesota, North Dakota and South crees had arrived at diocesan offices was formed by parishioners of the to Bishop Lennon and the diocese to Dakota began their visits March 5; in the evening they March 7. They were not in that pack- closed St. Peter Church who created a help reopen the parish, which is in a age, he said. gathered in front of the main altar at Rome’s Basilica “The Diocese of Cleveland is await- nonprofit corporation to stay together far west side neighborhood of Cleve- of St. Mary Major to recite the creed before celebrating ing official word from the Vatican as a Catholic worship community and land. Mass in the church’s Borghese Chapel. Bishops from concerning any decrees,” Tayek said continue various ministries in Cleve- The parishes were among 27 closed Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas were set to begin March 8, reading from a prepared land’s inner city. under a reconfiguration plan an- their visits the next morning. statement. “We first must see the of- Nancy McGrath, co-chair of Code nounced by Bishop Lennon in 2009. ficial documents in order to review Purple, a church reform group in Ak- Another 41 were merged to form 18 them and understand what exactly is ron, said the diocese is faced with re- new parishes. Most were in urban ar- Peru LIMA being said; only then can a response building parish communities to ensure eas and many were founded to serve Prelate, staffers threatened over smelter remarks be determined.” they remain vibrant and financially European immigrants. The Vatican’s decision was met stable. Bishop Lennon has 60 days to ap- Huancayo Archbishop Pedro Barreto Jimeno received a with jubilation, prayers of thanksgiv- “The important point now is for peal the congregation’s decisions to death threat just two days after releasing a statement ing and song as parishioners gathered all 13 to work together to help each the Apostolic Signature once he re- calling for a controversial smelter to meet environ- to celebrate outside of several of the other, to share ideas, and to share re- ceives the decrees. He can also file mental requirements before being allowed to resume closed churches in the hours after they sources,” she said. a motion with the Congregation for operations. Two laypeople on the archdiocesan team learned of the rulings March 7. Patricia Schulte-Singleton was Clergy for reconsideration. managing an environmental project to clean up air and water in the Mantaro River Valley, where the smelter is located in the town of La Oroya, also received death Current Quote threats made from a public telephone to their mobile “It is our hope to have people stay, stay and fight for Cuba.” phones. “They want to silence the voice of truth,” Arch- – Deacon Felix Humberto Gonzalez Barduena, coordinator of the bishop Barreto said in a statement after the March 2 Mission Commission, Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba threats. “We are not going to turn back. We will stand firm in the defense of life.” 18 FEATURES HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • MARCH 16, 2012 Thomas K.L. Lau, M.D. COMMENTARY his 40 years as apostle to Ireland. He was born to Roman Christian parents living in Scotland — OMG, he was an Italian?! Patrick told of being cap- St. Francis continues tured by Irish raiders at 16 and living as a slave and shepherd in northern its pioneering Ireland until he escaped after six years. He studied in Europe, became a priest and a bishop, and was even- health care in Hawaii tually was sent back as a missionary, ow that Hawaii Medical Center/St. Francis at his request, to fulfill a dream he Medical Center has closed after 84 years, described in the letter. He died March the community should be grateful for the 17, 461 AD. valuable services received. The spirit of the Druids, who embraced the divine Nsoon-to-be canonized Mother Marianne Cope inspired in nature, were the controlling reli- Franciscan Sister Maureen Keleher, chief executive gious authority in Ireland when Pat- officer for more than 30 years, and other Sisters of St. rick returned, with power over kings Francis, who followed the philosophy that “anyone and chieftains reminiscent of that who comes to St. Francis will be treated regardless which the Catholic Church came to of ability to pay,” attracting many indigent as well as assume in Europe. paying patients. Patrick was inspired to teach the Sister Maureen’s pioneering spirit led to the cre- new faith by using examples the Irish ation of the first civilian Kidney Dialysis Center in the Druids could grasp. Thus, the sham- Pacific in 1965. Without it, patients with end-stage rock became an enduring symbol of kidney disease had nothing more to keep them alive. the Trinity. God can be Father, Son Organ transplantation followed in 1969. It was the and Holy Spirit, three persons in one, only such program in the Pacific. Kidney transplanta- a profound doctrine demonstrated tion was the first, then liver, heart, pancreas and bone in that humble three-leafed plant. marrow, saving many lives. A total of 1,500 cases (The four-leaf clover is an incorrect, have been performed. Eighty transplantations were irrelevant image for which I blame done in 2011. From the onset to a few years later, the uneducated greeting card creators.) expenses were covered by St. Francis Medical Center There’s another inspired teaching alone, because such treatment was deemed not yet moment that I remember from an old standard by health insurance companies and the gov- storybook. Sixth-century writers told ernment. Without this program, patients had to go to of a more confrontational apostle Mainland centers. This meant waiting and waiting. A who challenged Druid priests and patient either had to move to the Mainland to be in kings and never became a dear drink- line for a matched organ, or wait for the phone call ing pal with them. In his first year at here, and then fly there immediately by air ambu- his task, Patrick built the Paschal new lance. In either case, it meant high expenses in time fire on the eve of Easter. He chose a and money for the patients and families. hill near Tara, the seat of royalty. The Statue of St. Patrick at St. Patrick It is gratifying that the State recently appropriated Church in Kaimuki timing coincided with the Druid cel- $1.5 million to Queen’s Medical Center to start up and Mary (HCH photo | Patrick Downes) ebration of the spring equinox, when continue the program. the first bonfire of the feast was to be In addition to kidney dialysis and organ transplan- Adamski set alight by the High King of Ireland. tation, Sister Maureen and the Sisters followed their VIEW FROM THE PEW As the story goes, the pagans fought vision and established the first hospital-associated back, but they were unable to quench home care program, hospice care, and cancer rehabili- the new fire of Patrick. People lined tation services. up to become converts and the rest, In 1962, St. Francis Medical Center started the Ho- In praise of St. Patrick as they say, is history. nolulu (St. Francis) Home Care Program to continue Do I need to go into the snakes- the care started at the hospital. Registered nurses hen the Celtic Pipes and Drums of Hawaii lead banished legend? Like Hawaii, Ire- went to the home to check the patient’s vital signs, out the Friday St. Patrick’s Day parade through land is an island mercifully distant administer some medications, change surgical dress- from the nearest landmass where ings, etc. Soon other services were added which in- Waikiki, they’ll strike an authentic chord on the numerous creepy creatures evolved. cluded hospital aides to bathe the patients and tend to day when most everyone with a drop of Irish No proof exists, but the theory is that their other personal needs, physical and occupational Wblood will celebrate their Irish origins. snakes were symbolic of the false therapists, dietitians and social workers. It was a valu- teaching that was banished. able and welcomed program. Theirs are not the sing-along tunes ity unmatched, the smiling eyes. Back to the parade. Some of the Recognizing the cancer patient’s need for services to be heard later in pubs and parties Every ethnicity should have such a Celtic Pipes and Drums members beyond specific treatment for cancer such as surgery, around town. What the pipers play “thank God we’re us” kind of day. have fond memories of an Irish wom- chemotherapy and radiation therapy, St. Francis Medi- are solemn anthems, memorials to The fella for whom the day is an who, for many years past, started cal Center responded to a request for grants from the the beauty of a homeland left behind, named is the subject of many color- them on the march on the highest National Cancer Institute to develop a demonstration and to heroes and battles. Truth be ful stories. Some of our favorites are note. When the local bagpipe musi- program to care for their other needs. St. Francis was told, the pipers’ tunes were usually probably legend, not fact, but they cians first got their act together in selected as one out of three in a national competi- written to stir the hearts of Gaelic are such good stories, who wants to the 1980s, the late Notre Dame Sister tion. The Cancer Rehabilitation Services (CARES) warriors, leading them to battle. debunk them? Roberta Julie Derby was chaplain of was started in 1974. The task was to attend to cancer The discordant strains are soul I remember a sermon at a St. Pat- the Honolulu Police Department. She patients’ needs for psycho-social, pastoral, financial, music to me and I confess, in their rick’s Day Mass some years ago. The fostered a relationship between the dietary, physical therapy and occupational therapy. thrall I have been reduced to a war- man in the pew behind me muttered force and the band at a time before Recognizing the success of the program, the Na- like state, berating another viewer loudly and later berated the priest local police officers got it that Gaelic tional Cancer Institute awarded a second grant to the along the parade route for wearing who said “St. Patrick was not Irish.” pipers were a major facet of police medical center to develop a similar program to be an orange shirt. Faith, what was I How many of the green-bedecked ceremonials in many mainland cities. administered to cancer patients at home (CARES AT thinking! partygoers this week would be able The dignified nun would join HOME). I was in the grip of the religious to answer the question: Is that true the pipers and drummers for a pre- As experience with cancer patients grew, St. madness of descendants of Irish or false? parade breakfast each year. The Francis Medical Center recognized that the goal for immigrants, the green versus the Some of the funniest toasts, jokes, highlight for all who attended was patients with terminal cancer was no longer cure or orange, Catholics versus Protestants. greeting cards refer to the tale of St. her musical recitation of a prayer at- prolongation of life. Relief of pain and suffering be- After more than 400 years, finally, in Patrick driving the snakes out of Ire- tributed to the Apostle to the Irish, came the top priority. Hospice care, inspired by the Ireland, that sickness seems to have land. True or false? known as the Breastplate of St. Pat- famous St. Christopher Hospice in London, resulted subsided. Still, while it won’t cause a That lucky four-leaf clover image rick. In part, it goes: in Hawaii’s first inpatient hospice facility in 1988: Sis- blink in Hawaii, it’s not wise to wear to be seen on greeting cards and “I bind to myself today, the power ter Maureen Keleher Hospice in Nuuanu. It has since an orange T-shirt into a South Boston T-shirts — and some party streamers of heaven, the light of the sun, the added the Maurice Sullivan Hospice in Ewa. Hospice Irish pub — Americans being what — that’s a St. Patrick’s Day symbol, brightness of the moon, the splendor care was then extended to nursing homes and into the they are, clinging to their roots. Most huh? Luck of the Irish, right? of fire, the flashing of lightning, the patient’s home. Hospice fulfilled a much needed care of us descended from Catholics who If you’re not interested in complet- swiftness of wind, the depth of the sea, so that terminally ill patients may live in comfort and escaped poverty by fleeing to Amer- ing the quiz, not Irish, and are say- the stability of earth, the compactness tranquility for what ever time they have remaining. ica — or were forced aboard English ing what’s the big deal, that’s fine. I of rock. These programs became models for other medical prison ships into exile Down Under. happen to think St. Patrick is a saint “Christ with me, Christ before me. institutions. Many of us remember grandfathers’ for all of us Christians, giving a rare Christ behind me, Christ within me. The closing of the medical centers is not the end tales about the signs posted by busi- peek back from the 21st century into “Christ at my right, Christ at my for the Sisters of St. Francis, however. They will con- nesses in East Coast cities: “No Irish the earliest days of Christianity, how left. tinue their worthy mission through the St. Francis need apply.” it was planted among people who “Christ in the heart of everyone Healthcare System of Hawaii. St. Patrick’s Day is our time to be embraced the Gospel and held it dear who thinks of me. Having been on the medical staff at St. Francis proud of what we are, of the hard for the 16 centuries since. “Christ in the mouth of everyone Medical Center for many years, I thank the Sisters for times we survived and overcame, the In a short autobiographical let- who speaks to me. the privilege to practice there and witness their com- people with the best, self-deprecating ter that survived him, Patrick told of “Christ in every eye that sees me. passion, charity, care and caring. sense of humor, the storytelling abil- baptizing thousands of people during “Christ in every ear that hears me.” MARCH 16, 2012 • HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD FEATURES 19 Father Kenneth Doyle QUESTION CORNER
Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead his Coming back to general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican March 7. sacraments after (CNS photo/Paul Haring ) second divorce What can I tell a woman who has decided that she is going to hell? She was married in the Catholic Church and raised two chil- Q dren. Her husband decided that the grass was greener elsewhere, left his wife and married another woman. My friend married again in a non- Catholic ceremony (with no annulment or permis- sion from the Catholic Church). They later divorced, and that second husband has since died. My friend no longer goes to church because she is under the impression — due to the Catechesis divorce and remarriage — that she has separated herself from the Catholic Church and is going to Pope to Mideast Christians: Don’t lose hope hell. By Carol Glatz for Armenian Catholics’ fidelity to their heritage and tra- What does she have to do to come back to the Catholic News Service ditions, and to the successor of St. Peter. sacraments? Is confession sufficient or would she Such fidelity has always sustained the faithful have to get an annulment, even though her second VATICAN CITY throughout “the innumerable trials in history,” he said. husband has died? (Leominster, Mass.) ope Benedict XVI urged Christians in the Middle The majority of Catholics in the Middle East belong East not to lose hope despite the serious difficul- to Eastern Catholic churches -- the Armenian, Chaldean, The sacrament of penance would be sufficient, ties they face. Coptic, Maronite or Melkite churches. A since she no longer is living in a marriage con- “I extend my prayerful thoughts to the regions In his catechesis, the pope said oftentimes it seems Pin the Middle East, encouraging all the priests and faith- sidered invalid by the church. The key element is God is silent, especially during times of great trial and not that the second husband has died but that her ful to persevere with hope through the serious suffering difficulty. relationship with him had already ended. that afflicts these beloved people,” he said. “Often in our prayers we find ourselves before God’s The fact that your friend was divorced from her The pope made his remarks when he greeted Arme- silence and we almost feel a sense of abandonment; it first husband did not by itself affect her status with- nian Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni of Beirut seems that God isn’t listening or answering,” he said. in the church. (Many Catholics misunderstand that. and Armenian bishops from around the world attending But that silence “is not a sign of his absence.” In this case, as happens often, your friend was not their synod in Rome. “The Christian knows well that the Lord is present; he the cause of the divorce but the unwilling victim.) At the end of the general audience March 7 in St. Pe- listens even in the darkness of pain, refusal and loneli- The problem came when she remarried without ter’s Square, the pope expressed his “sincere gratitude” ness,” he said. a church annulment. Once that second marriage ended, she was free to confess to a priest and re- turn to the sacraments. What she probably should do now is make an Msgr. Owen F. appointment with an understanding priest — to Campion have the chance to explain in an unhurried way her FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT marital history, make a confession of sins, receive absolution and be assured that she certainly is wel- come to return to the Eucharist. May we dip the host? Rejoice, in Christ is our hope My family went to Mass recently in Minneapo- 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 3:14-21 Reflection Q lis. We noticed that, during Communion, peo- This weekend often is called La- ple were dipping their host into the consecrated he Second Book of Chronicles provides this Lenten etare Sunday, taking its name from wine instead of drinking from the cup. weekend with its first reading. Chronicles was writ- the Latin word, laetare, to rejoice. The next weekend, when we returned to Mass This is the first word of the Entrance at our own church in northeastern Wisconsin, my ten about 1,000 years before Jesus. The identity of its Antiphon, which in the Roman Rite mother received the host in her hand, then moved author is unknown. As the title of this book implies, for centuries was in Latin. over to the chalice and began to lower the host Tits purpose is to record the history of God’s people, but the In the liturgies of this weekend, into the cup. priests have the option of wearing The deacon who was the minister of the chalice most important aspect of their history always was religious. pink, or to be precise, rose vest- stopped her and told her that was “unacceptable.” A constant refrain, and source love. ments. Rose is not the toning down Who is right, and what are the rules? (Armstrong of grief, among the prophets and St. John’s Gospel gives this Lit- of a stricter purple. Rather, it is the Creek, Wis.) the devout of ancient Israel was the urgy of the Word its final reading. In subdued purple brightened by the people’s sinfulness of the people and this reading, Jesus is speaking to Ni- golden light of the Resurrection. The deacon is right. “Redemptionis Sacramen- most particularly that of the kings. codemus, a prominent and religious Easter lies just a few weeks ahead. tum,” the instruction issued in 2004 by the A God caused no distress or hard- Jew from Jerusalem. The Lord refers The church calls us to rejoice, Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the ship. Rather, by disobeying God the to an event that occurred during even if we are in the fourth week Discipline of the Sacraments, clarifies that holy people themselves upset the order of the Exodus when Moses lifted high of Lent, the season of austerity and Communion by intinction is permissible only if the life and brought trouble upon them- a serpent. All who looked upon this penance. minister of the Eucharist dips the host into the con- selves. serpent were rescued from death. We rejoice because although life secrated wine and then places it on the tongue of This reading insists that God Serpents were important in an- can be hard and dark, in Christ we the communicant. again and again has sent messengers cient iconography, although more have hope and peace. The Lord won As the instruction notes in Section 104, “The to call the people to piety. Inevitably, important among pagans than life and peace for us on the cross. communicant must not be permitted to intinct the these messengers met rebuke. among Jews. Serpents symbolized The Gospel reading alludes to the host in the chalice nor to receive the intincted host As an example of all this, Babylo- eternal life, since they shed their crucifixion. in the hand.” nia overtook the Holy Land because hides and seemingly were re-born to Beyond Calvary, Jesus, victorious The key value underlying the rule is reverence sin had weakened the Hebrew king- new lives. over death, stands before us, the for Jesus present in the consecrated species. Even doms. The conquerors took many Jesus predicts being lifted up, as “Light of the World.” For human- when it is the minister who distributes Communion Hebrews to Babylon where the He- Moses lifted up the serpent. All who ity, the blessed fact is that any who in this way, there is the possibility of dripping the brews’ lives were miserable. would look upon Jesus would have turn only to Jesus, and in Jesus are precious blood of Christ — so as a precaution, a A pagan king, Cyrus, of Persia, everlasting life. obedient to God, will share in the server would place a Communion paten under the freed these sad people when in turn Even as bearer of life, Jesus was wondrous victory Jesus won over chin of the recipient to guide the transfer. he overcame Babylon. The devout not a conqueror. People must freely death and sin. Many dioceses discourage the use of intinction saw Cyrus as an instrument of God’s choose to follow Jesus by renounc- We can share in this victory be- and nearly every liturgist opposes it since the link mercy. ing their own sin. Still, renouncing cause God has given us the Lord. to the Last Supper is not as clear as with drinking The Epistle to the Ephesians fur- sin is worth it. Life is the conse- God gave us Jesus so that we might from the cup. (Jesus, they point out, said, “Take nishes the second reading. It teaches quence. live. God loves us with an everlast- and drink,” not “take and dip.”) critical facts about God, the source This is important. God “so loved ing love. It is a productive, active of unending mercy. Salvation is the world.” God desires life for us and forthcoming love. Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth Doyle at ask- God’s merciful gift. We do not de- and therefore sent Jesus to lead us [email protected] and 40 Hopewell St., Albany, serve it. God lavishly extends it to us to life, even if we on occasion have Msgr. Campion is the associate pub- NY 12208. as an expression of eternal, divine preferred darkness. lisher of Our Sunday Visitor. 20 FEATURES HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • MARCH 16, 2012
Father Peter J. Daly PARISH DIARY A parish praying the psalms for Lent t’s Lent again. I’m glad. I think I’m sort of a Lent Christian. Not that I don’t like to sing Easter alleluias. It’s just that I like the realism of ILent. This is a season that recognizes two things. First, we are going to die. We start with ash- es: “Remember that you are dust, and unto dust you shall return.” Second, that we need God’s grace to over- come the human condition of sin: “Repent and believe the Gospel.” This year, I wanted our whole parish to be on the same page during Lent. I mean literally on the same page, at least in the Bible. So I came up with the “psalm a day” plan. We gave out a Lent booklet that includes a ci- tation for a different psalm that everyone in the parish will read each day. I asked each house- hold, whether a single elderly person or a large family, to read the psalm out loud each day. For instance, on Ash Wednesday, Lent began Spiritualife with one of my favorites: Psalm 63:1-9. It starts with a longing for God: “Oh God, you are my God, it is you I seek.” Father Ron The Thursday after Ash Wednesday is an invi- tation to prayer in Psalm 95:1-9. “Oh, that today Rolheiser you would hear his voice: Do not harden your hearts.” Since Friday is the penitential day in the Consecrated by circumstance, need church, the first Friday of Lent we read the clas- sic psalm of penance, Psalm 51: “Have mercy on e can lose our freedom consecration as a cultic and meta- a book within which he tried to ex- me, God, in accord with your merciful love; in for different reasons physical separation rather than as plain why Jesus never married. He your abundant compassion blot out my trans- and, sometimes, for the a setting apart for service. Setting examined various theories and possi- gressions.” best of reasons. Imagine aside your freedom in order to stop ble motives and concluded that, ulti- And so begin all the 40 days of Lent. Wthis scenario: You are on your way and help at a traffic accident doesn’t mately, Jesus never married because At the end of Lent, everybody in the parish to a restaurant to meet a friend for alter your humanity; it just suspends “it was existentially impossible” will have read 40 psalms from the Bible. dinner, a perfectly legitimate agen- your ordinary activity. It calls you for him to marry. In essence, what That may very well be 40 psalms more than da, but en route you witness a car to service because you happen to be Schillebeeckx is saying is that Jesus they have ever read before. It also means that by accident. Some of the people in the there, not because you are more spe- never married because the universal the end of Lent, every household in the parish accident are seriously hurt and you cial or holier than anyone else. embrace of his love and magnitude will have either located or purchased a Bible. are the first to arrive at the scene. That was the case with Moses. of the world’s wounds and needs That is something that Catholics have not al- At that moment your own agenda, When God calls him to go to Pha- simply never left him the freedom to ways done. dinner with a friend, is put on hold. raoh and ask him to set the Israelites marry, like someone on her way to Since Sundays are not included in the 40 You’ve lost your freedom and are, by free, Moses objects: Why not my have dinner with a friend but who days of Lent, at least when we count up the circumstance and need, conscripted brother? He has better leadership has that agenda derailed because days, they are a bonus day. I to remain there and help. You phone skills. I don’t want to do this! Why she witnesses a traffic accident. Part of this decided that we should all read for an ambulance, you call for the me? And God answers those objec- Like Moses, Jesus was con- Psalm 23 every Sunday. police, and you wait with the injured tions with the words: Because you scripted by a moral imperative. He effort is to That is the psalm that be- until help arrives. have seen their suffering! It’s that didn’t not marry because he judged gins, “The Lord is my shepherd. During that whole time your simple. God tells Moses that he may it holier to be celibate or because he make the There is nothing I lack.” freedom is suspended. You are still not walk away because he has seen needed some kind of cultic purity for parish a Everybody should know that radically free of course. You could the peoples’ suffering. For that rea- his ministry. He never married be- psalm. By reading it six times leave the injured to fend for them- son, he is the consecrated one, the cause the needs of this world simply during Lent, my hope is that selves and head off to meet your school of one who is not free to walk away. suspended ordinary life. He was celi- we will all begin to commit it friend, but you would be abdicating Circumstance and need have conse- bate not by emotional preference or spiritual- to memory. Psalm 23 should part of your humanity by doing that. crated him. by spiritual superiority, but by moral be part of our prayer memory Circumstance and need have taken Our very notion of church draws conscription. ity and bank, just like the Our Father or away your existential and moral the Hail Mary or the Glory Be. on this concept. The word Eccle- Today the word consecration freedom. They have consecrated prayer. Part of this effort is to make sia comes from two Greek words: has lost much of its rich meaning. you and set you apart just as surely We have relegated the word to the the parish a school of spiritual- “Ek Kaleo.” “Ek” is a preposition as a bishop’s blessing sets apart a sacristy and over-loaded it with con- ity and prayer. I have always thought that the meaning, “out of,” and “Kaleo” is building to be a church. The build- notations of purity and cult. That’s parish is the basic school of spirituality and the a verb meaning, “to be called.” To ing didn’t ask to be a church, but unfortunate because both what’s Bible is the basic manual of prayer. be a member of the church is to be it’s now consecrated and no longer best in our humanity and our faith People often say to me just what the disciples “called out of.” And what we are free for other usage. So too with us, are forever trying to consecrate us. said to the Lord, “Teach us to pray.” We want to “called out of” is what our normal circumstance can consecrate us and The needs and wounds of our world know that our prayer is something more than agenda would be if we weren’t take away our freedom. are constantly asking us to suspend just talking to ourselves. More than just navel In the ordinary mindset, con- conscripted by our baptism and by our radical freedom, to set aside our gazing. We want to know that our prayer is put- secration is a word that connotes the innate demands of consequent own agendas, in order to serve. ting us in touch with the mind of God. things to do with church and reli- discipleship. Baptism and church And, like Moses, we have all seen The real treasury of time-tested, God-in- gion. We understand certain things membership consecrate us. They call enough suffering in this world that spired, church-approved prayers is the psalms. as consecrated, taken out of the pro- us out and set us apart in the same we should no longer be asking the That is what the monks, nuns, bishops and fane world and set aside for sacred, way that Moses’ having seen the suf- question: “Why me?” priests use for their prayer every day. holy service; for example: buildings fering of the Israelites took away his So this year my parish is on the same page. (churches), persons (priests, dea- freedom to pursue an ordinary life Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theolo- We are on the psalm a day plan. cons, monks, nuns), tables (altars), and in the same way as witnessing a gian, teacher, and award-winning au- By the end of Lent, we will know God’s word cups (chalices), clothing (vestments traffic accident on the way to meet- thor, is President of the Oblate School a little better. At the end of Lent, we will have and religious habits). ing a friend sets aside our dinner of Theology in San Antonio, TX. He can all prayed together. There is some merit in that, but plans for that night. be contacted through his website www. You can see the list of our Lent psalms at our the danger is that we tend to see Edward Schillebeeckx once wrote ronrolheiser.com. website: www.sjvchurch.net. MARCH 16, 2012 • HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD FEATURES 21 Kathleen T. Choi IN LITTLE WAYS Myfaith Voting Father Geronimo Castro, Missionaries of Our Lady Christian of La Salette ’ve donated money to political cam- VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING paigns in Hawaii and other states and at the national level. I’ve also donated Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP to advocacy groups. As a result, I’m Special to the Herald Igetting numerous emails, informational brochures and financial appeals for the coming election. Often, these messages The Eucharist stress that a particular candidate is a Christian. But that’s not enough to get my that gives vote or my money. First off, what kind of Christian? As a Catholic, t was during my elementary and high school years pated in, we should ask ourselves, “How can we bring should I support every Catholic candidate? As James that I began to appreciate the richness and the gift this Eucharist outside to reflect that we are Christians, Joyce noted, Catholic means “here comes every- of the Eucharist. This led to my becoming a priest to reflect that we just celebrated the Mass?” We might body.” Our church includes Joseph Biden, Newt as I wanted to share the gifts I had received from think that we are already doing so through reaching Gingrich, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Marco Rubio and Ithe Holy Sacrifice with others. I’ve since found that in out to those in need of our presence. However, that is Rick Santorum. That’s a pretty wide political spec- not enough. I like to challenge the community to share as much as I share the Eucharist with people, I am also trum. more. That’s why I emphasize the social ministry pro- gifted in return. I could focus on the depth of a candidate’s gram that we have here at St. Joseph’s. Through it we I always emphasize that we should be celebrating the Christian commitment, but how do I discover that? further opportunities for the faithful to bring the Eucha- Mass not because we are obliged to do so, but because Church attendance? Everybody goes to church rist to others by ways of offering financial assistance for we desire so. It is important to have a personal experi- during election season. Nor is referring to God in families who have been affected by the economic reces- ence and encounter with the Lord. How do I cultivate speeches proof that a candidate talks to God in pri- sion; the food pantry; the soup kitchen; and the thrift mine? I prepare before the celebration by waking up at vate or listens. shop. But that is not all. Each one of us needs to find 5 a.m. In my room I say my prayers, which includes the Most voters are interested in a candidate’s reli- our own personal and special way to bring the Eucharist breviary and the rosary. Then I love to just be in silence gion for the same reason we look at their marital home, to offer and share it with family and friends. and reflect on what I will be sharing this day and on record and financial dealings. We’re trying to find Sometimes when I am preoccupied, feeling tired or what God has in store to be discovered. I pray to the clues to their character. We want leaders who put the dry, people might come up to me after Mass and say how Lord to grant me wisdom that I can understand the mes- public good ahead of private ambition. We hope that much they really appreciate what I’m doing. It’s as if sage he wants me to give his people today. a man or woman who shares our values will trans- the Lord is telling me through them, “Yes, you are tired, late those values into effective policies. With a personal experience derived from reflection but people are still touched, inspired and coming back Does history support that hope? The examples on how we have been touched and inspired by God, we because of the beauty of what you have been doing and of Washington and Lincoln seem to. On the other can, of course, make a difference in the lives of the peo- what we are celebrating here, the Eucharist.” That is the ple we encounter. A gift is not something to be kept, but compelling message the Eucharist keeps giving me. My hand, Ulysses Grant, a great general of personal in- to be shared. This is what makes the Eucharist meaning- strength comes from the Eucharist. May you find yours tegrity, had perhaps the most corrupt administration ful in my life as a priest who celebrates it, and in the in the Eucharist, too. in American history. Herbert Hoover was known as people who come here to celebrate. It is the personal “The Great Humanitarian” for his famine relief work. experience of Eucharist that helps everyone go and keep Father Geronimo Castro is pastor at St. Joseph Church in He is also widely blamed for not doing more to re- on going as our lives are prepared to be offered for all. Makawao, Maui. He just celebrated his 13th anniversary as lieve the Great Depression. After each of our prayers said, and Masses partici- a priest. St. Paul said the Body of Christ has many mem- bers possessing diverse gifts. Not all Christians make good leaders. Not all make wise decisions. Jimmy I wonder if we should attend Carter seems to be a very devout man, but many his- Dan Mass in barns or warehouses or un- torians and political commentators rate him a poor der umbrellas as a witness to Gospel president. I believe George W. Bush’s faith is sincere, Morris poverty and take a stand in favor of but I don’t approve of all his actions. UNCLE DAN Jesus’ clear admonition: love God, Moreover, America is that messiest of all political love and serve neighbor. systems a democracy. No one person determines our If someone you or I do not even nation’s direction. For example, electing a prolife president will not stop abortion any more than hav- know was to knock on our door and ing six Catholics on the Supreme Court has. Build new churches collapse from starvation, what might Still, Christians are called to work for justice we do? and defend society’s most vulnerable members. For For a moment, leave out the op- American Christians that call includes at least some tion of dialing 911. or feed the poor? involvement in the political process. The church At a minimum, one hopes we wisely refrains from endorsing particular candidates, t depends on whose statistics you prefer, but it is pretty might offer food, drink and shelter. but she highlights issues of special concern. Natural- How can we not see that we do, in reliable to say that about a dozen children die of hunger- ly, Catholic voters and contributors will check where reality, have thousands of starving candidates stand on these issues. related causes every minute of every day. So, in the time brothers and sisters right now at our Candidates with the best record on an issue are it took you to read this far, a child died, maybe two. front door? not always people who share our faith. Also, few I That front door might be the eve- candidates of any faith will share our views on every You may well be aware of this. argue we can do both. Not only that, ning news or a Catholic Relief Ser- issue. Opponents of abortion may support capital However, I mention it because last but that we should do both. vices magazine or a computer screen punishment. Defenders of traditional marriage may Sunday’s homily at our parish was Legendary advocate of the poor — but the starving are knocking. ignore health care. intentionally brief to make room for Dorothy Day is famously quoted as In weak moments, I confess I Even worse, we can’t always figure out what a somewhat lengthy, comedic role- saying that even the poor deserve wish the pope would auction off the Christian position should be on an issue. What play presentation seeking pledges and need places of beauty in which some of the Vatican art treasures can we do to improve our schools? What’s the best for a $7 million project to build a to worship. and earmark the proceeds for feed- way to reduce unemployment? How do we end our new church. I do not disagree. ing those who are about to die. dependence on foreign oil? We may listen to the Within moments of the end of I do, however, question the tim- It might make some of us ques- debates, read commentary, pray for guidance and the “money talk,” we parishioners ing. tion our second and third televi- still end up backing people or positions that do more responded in unison, “Hear our I wonder if it might be better for sions, our desire for a new car, our harm than good or do nothing at all. prayer” for the first prayer peti- us Catholics to sit tight where we focus on being “in style.” It would be nice if the heavens opened, and the tion — a request we pray for the possibly can for as long as we can Yet it is too easy to make feeding voice of God declared, “Vote for Candidate X.” Ap- countless children in the world who with the churches we already have. the malnourished the pope’s job. It is parently, though, God prefers that we exercise our would starve to death that day. We I wonder if a starving child would our obligation and duty and joy. intelligence, judgment and free will as best we can. were told that number would be prefer a peanut butter sandwich or a If you read at a moderate pace, Then, at the end of the day, we turn it all over to more than 16,000. gilt-framed color portrait of Dorothy like me, about two dozen children him and go to bed. He is the Lord of history, and our Yes, I am going to wander into Day. died of hunger-related causes in the times are in his hand. the bottomless-pit question: Is it bet- I wonder if we should flood par- time it took you to read this. ter to build churches or to feed the ish halls with worshipers if we do Kathleen welcomes comments. Send them to Kathleen starving? I admit I once harbored not have enough priests to schedule Comments are welcome. Email Uncle Choi, 1706 Waianuenue Ave., Hilo, HI 96720, or e-mail: great sympathy for those of us who more Masses. Dan at [email protected] [email protected]. 22 FEATURES HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • MARCH 16, 2012 Saints Margaret Clitherow c. 1553-1586 Diversions March 25 his cross Born into a prosperous York c) Jesus prays in the Garden of Geth- Protestant family when Ca- Hawaii Catholic semane tholicism was forbidden, Margaret d) Veronica wipes the face of Jesus married wealthy Protestant John Clitherow, whose brother became a Catholic priest. Margaret soon Harold’s Quiz 5) Pope became a Catholic and set up Mass centers in her On what day of the week does the pope home and a nearby inn. She was imprisoned three How are you doing on your Lenten sac- is the gift of God.” usually hold his general audience? times for failing to attend Protestant services. When rifices, quizzicals? I’m hanging in there, a) Knowledge officials confirmed the secret Masses, Margaret was although it sure is hard to get through the b) The Sacraments a) Sunday sentenced to death for treason. She died a martyr, day without chocolate. But, learning to c) Good works b) Monday pressed to death by a heavy load. do without worldly pleasures is valuable d) Grace c) Tuesday d) Wednesday in growing your faith. And learning new 3) Lent things through this quiz is important, too! 6) Hawaii’s Beatified You may already know that the Fourth 1) Saints Sunday of Lent is called “Laetare Sun- In what European country was Blessed Marianne Cope born? Ordinary Time Which of the following is NOT true about day.” What you may not know is that a) Belgium St. Gertrude of Nivelles? in England, a special cake of fruits and flour is made to celebrate this break in b) Germany a) Her name means “lover of flowers” the penitential season. What is this cake c) France b) She is the patron saint of cats called? d) Switzerland c) She was appointed as the abbess of a) Gateau Pithiviers a monastery at age 14 b) Stollen 7) Religious Orders d) Her feast day is March 17, the same c) Simnel cake Which of the following is NOT one of the day as St. Patrick d) Panforte five Mendicant Orders? a) Benedictines 2) Scripture 4) Devotions b) Augustinians Fill in the blank from the second reading Which of the following is NOT one of the c) Dominicans (Ephesians 2:4-10) for Sunday, March 14 Stations of the Cross? d) Carmelites 18: “For by ______you have been saved a) Jesus is condemned to death through faith, and this is not from you; it b) Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry Answers: 1) a, 2) d, 3) c, 4) c, 5) d, 6) b, 7) a
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Scripture search PATRICIA KASTEN Gospel for March 18, 2012 Catholic Crossword John 3:14-21 Following is a word search based on the Gospel ACROSS Mary (abbr.) 48 Dweeb reading for Fourth Sunday of Lent, Cycle B: how 1 Catholic sports 25 Catholic convert 49 ___ pro nobis figure Lombardi and author of 51 Prime rating a serpent foretold the salvation of the cross. The 6 Diocese or bishop Poustinia 53 Air (comb.) words can be found in all directions in the puzzle. starter 27 Police call letters 54 Postpone 10 ___ and 30 Easter ___ 58 Bearded LIFTED UP SERPENT SON OF MAN abstinence 32 Mon. of St. Pat antelopes LIFE SO LOVED WORLD 14 Name associated 33 Cast aside 60 Nat’l song with a WWII 35 Prejudice 61 Omission and HE GAVE ONLY SO BELIEVE turning point 37 OT historical commission PERISH SEND CONDEMN 15 Refrain syllables book 63 Catholic actor of 16 Analogy words “Gone with the THE NAME VERDICT LIGHT 41 Diocese of 17 Purge Honolulu Wind” fame PEOPLE DARKNESS EVIL 18 The righteous are greeting 67 Former monetary unit of Italy HATES EXPOSED TRUTH as bold as this 43 Rangers’ org animal, according 44 First word in the 68 Wife of Jacob to Prov 28:1 title of a 19th 69 German EXPOSED 19 Collar fastener century encyclical submarine 20 Captivated by 45 Three-masted 70 Ancient Egyptian X H A T E S P W X E L W 21 Responsibility ship of the life-giving force 22 Posterior Mediterranean (var.) H E G A V E E O H X H K 23 Birth month of 46 ___ alone 71 Waffle 72 Assist at Mass S H S O I R O R T P C E Answer to previous puzzle 73 Moist 74 “For the Lord, the nights and 40 and wiped his 40 Nav. officer I N A S L P P L U O O D ___ High, inspires days of this feet with her ___ 42 Land measure R T N A E E L D R S N E awe” (Ps 47:3) 8 The Lord went 27 Cleanser or Greek 47 Commandment 75 People looked before the hero number E C E M A N E H T E D V like this to the Israelites in a 28 Heap 50 11th century P I L L A T K P S D E O blind man Jesus pillar of this 29 Small drop theologian cured (Mt 8:24) 9 Horse-drawn 31 Lout 52 Month of the X D E F F J O R C H M L vehicle 34 Visible Feast of the DOWN 10 What Peter and appearance of Assumption F R L I G H T I A O N O 1 Sleeveless Andrew were God 54 Caesar, for one B E L I E V E S F D S S garment 11 Up and about 36 Weapon David 55 Join 2 South American 12 Slow down used to kill 56 Sprinkle F V A N A M F O N O S D Indian growth Goliath 57 St. Juan ___ M L I F E O N L Y S O N 3 Small recess 13 Warming drink 38 Neighborhood 59 Cavalry sword 4 Hints 24 Tavern 39 ___ of Ars, title by 62 Bugs © 2012 Tri-C-A Publications www.tri-c-a-publications.com 5 Merited 26 The woman which the patron 64 Drill a hole 6 Distributing bathed Jesus’ feet saint of priests is 65 Wash 7 There were 40 with her tears known 66 Soissons seasons MARCH 16, 2012 • HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD FEATURES 23
Rachel Hendrix and Jason Burkey star in a scene from the movie “October Baby.”
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abortion, a climactic scene is set in a cathe- Movie review: October Baby dral explicitly identified as Catholic. Ratings There Hannah, a self-identified Baptist, not only seeks counsel in prayer, but from Conference of Catholic Bishops Office for a kindly priest who happens by. The advice Film & Broadcasting classifications: A-I Every life is beautiful he gives her, however, is more evangelical in — general patronage; A-II — adults and tone than Catholic; he emphasizes an indi- adolescents; A-III — adults; L — limited By John Mulderig to the dignity of all human beings will vidual relationship with God while at least adult audience, films whose problematic welcome unanimously. Opinions about the Catholic News Service implicitly downplaying the importance of content many adults would find troubling; aesthetic package in which they wrap their the church. But there is certainly no direct O — morally offensive. very life is beautiful.” That’s point, however, may be more divided. the tagline — as well as the The spring break-style odyssey on which contradiction of Catholic teaching, and the Motion Picture Association of America underlying theme — of the Hannah and Jason tag along is obviously scene can be viewed as an informal version ratings: G — general audiences, all ages thoroughly honorable, if not al- intended to provide some much-needed of confession. admitted; PG — parental guidance sug- “Eways fully effective, drama “October Baby” light relief. But only some of the comedy Laudably, the script avoids the tempta- gested, some material may not be suit- (Provident/Samuel Goldwyn). centering on the expedition’s leader, dishev- tion to demonize Cindy. Though she proves able for children; PG-13 — parents are After she collapses on stage during the eled but good-hearted B-Mac (Chris Sligh), unequal to the challenge of Hannah’s abrupt strongly cautioned. Some material may opening night of a college play, freshman works. reappearance in her life, she’s also shown to be inappropriate for children under 13; Hannah Lawson (Rachel Hendrix) winds up Instead of being kept in sharp focus, have gone on to marriage and motherhood R — restricted, under 17 requires accom- in the hospital and on the receiving end of Hannah’s potentially poignant vulnerability as well as to a successful career. panying parent or adult guardian; NC-17 two pieces of staggering news: She learns on discovering that she was unwanted — Those determined to be cynical may — no one 17 or under admitted; NR — no first, that her devoted parents — mom and that her very existence was treated as nonetheless find it a bit pat that Cindy is rating. Grace (Jennifer Price) and dad Jacob (John disposable by her own mother — gets dif- an urbanite and a lawyer, while Grace and Schneider) — adopted her as an infant. And fused amid more conventional expressions Jacob maintain their red-state values sur- rounded by the lush pastoral landscape that second, that she’s the survivor of an at- of teen angst and confusion. Act of Valor...... L (R) tempted abortion. Hannah’s admirable adherence to Chris- makes for all that inviting cinematography. As her doctor explains, the latter fact tian sexual morality, moreover — she and The film contains mature subject mat- Chronicle...... A-III (PG-13) accounts for the chronic medical problems Jason share an unspoken but unmistakable ter and potentially disturbing references. Coriolanus...... L (R) that have long plagued Hannah and that mutual attraction — becomes the occasion The Catholic News Service classification is Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax...... A-I (PG) culminated in her blackout. for a mumbled apology rather than an ex- A-II — adults and adolescents. The Motion Ghost Rider Spirit Devastated and bewildered by this sud- planation as resolute as her actions. Picture Association of America rating is of Vengeance...... A-III (PG-13) den revelation, Hannah sets out in search But the Erwins’ project does have some PG-13 — parents strongly cautioned. Some Gone...... A-III (PG-13) of her birth mother, Cindy (Shari Rigby). undeniable cinematic assets: The first part material may be inappropriate for children She’s accompanied on her journey by Jason of their story, for instance, plays out against under 13. John Carter...... A-II (PG-13) (Jason Burkey), her best friend since child- adeptly shot bucolic backgrounds. And Jas- Project X...... O (R) hood. He’s arranged for them to hitch a ride mine Guy turns in a strong performance as “October Baby” will be showing at Ward The Secret World of Arrietty...... A-I (G) with a group of fellow students who are off Mary, a retired nurse who once worked in Theatres from Friday, March 23, to Thurs- Silent House...... A-III (R) to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. the abortion mill where Hannah was almost day, March 29. Locally, the movie is drawing This Means War...... A-III (PG-13) In their feature debut, brothers Andrew killed. support from organizations such as Rachel’s and Jon Erwin helm a strongly pro-life mes- Perhaps in a nod to the vital role Catho- Vineyard, Hawaii Family Forum, Respect Life Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds...A-III (PG-13) sage movie whose import viewers dedicated lics have played in the struggle against Ministry and Aloha Pregnancy Center. Wanderlust...... O (R) Karen Osborne COMING OF AGE Self-image in the age of YouTube ou are special and beautiful. This is something we don’t tell that they’re beautiful, that they’re special. beautiful. Instead of boosting their self-image, they Despite what the world tells you, nobody ourselves often enough. In our cynical world, we often echo give control over their feelings on the sub- else can ever judge your worth based on the the words from the movie “The Incredibles” when the char- ject to complete strangers. makeup you put on, the clothes you wear, or acter Dash says, “If everyone is special, then nobody is.” But these strangers are hardly a good what people say about you on YouTube or Y source on what is truly beautiful. Every per- Facebook. It’s a big temptation to think of ourselves the universe and will never be repeated. son in every culture has a different idea of You don’t need the opinions of the world like that — as big fat nothings, as one more That’s why a recent rash of YouTube vid- what that means. — as changeable as they are — to be beauti- name on a teacher’s attendance sheet, as eos saddened me. The ideal beautiful woman of the Italian ful and special. just another face in the crowd. Over the past few years, girls and guys Renaissance would probably consider her- One of the best ways to be happy is to Faced with the stars shining bright and of all ages, shapes and sizes have uploaded self overweight today. In the Kayan Lahwi recognize ourselves as beautiful and special skinny on the magazine covers and televi- videos to YouTube where they ask complete culture from South Asia, women use brass no matter what others say. We need to peel sion screens, it’s easy to think of ourselves as strangers on the Internet if they are pretty rings to stretch their necks to achieve an away the outer layers of style and artifice fat, stupid and ugly. or ugly, beautiful or repulsive, gorgeous or elongated neck, something Westerners view and really acknowledge the wonderful per- Combine that with the negative words of grody. with curiosity. son inside. classmates in hallways and on the Internet, I’ve seen dozens of these videos, and in In Jamaica, the government had to ban But if we put our self-worth into the and a low self-image is virtually a guarantee every one, teens talk about how awful it women from taking chicken hormone pills hands of others who don’t care about our for many teens today. makes them feel that other people in their in their search to gain weight, something hopes and dreams, we will never get to That view couldn’t be further from the school say they are ugly, or fat, or not beau- that most American women would find where we want to be. truth. tiful at all. They wonder: Is it true? Am I shocking. After all, there’s one standard of beauty All of us are so incredibly special, individ- really that ugly? We all want to be beautiful, special and that transcends culture: the person who is ual, bright, beautiful moments in time that By posting online, they hope others will unique. In the search for beauty, though, truly comfortable with and confident in who have never appeared before in the history of lift their spirits by saying the magic words: we’re sacrificing what it means to be truly they are. 24 FEATURES HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • MARCH 16, 2012 Sacred oils consecrated at Chrism Mass Story and photos by Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald
n March 8, Bishop Larry Silva cel- ebrated on Oahu the first of four diocesan Chrism Masses. Despite the strong winds and Oheavy thunderstorms that blanketed the island that Thursday night, more than 300 people made their way to the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa for the annual Lenten liturgy at which the church’s holy oils are blessed. Representatives from Oahu parishes, ethnic and medical ministries, and military communities took part in the Mass. This year, parishioners from Molokai were also present at the Oahu Mass, the first time since the Friendly Isle’s churches joined the Central Oahu vicariate. As is customary at the yearly celebration, dozens of wicker baskets and wooden cases brought by the parishes, each holding glass bottles filled with extra-virgin olive oil, lined two tables near the church’s sanctuary. These oils were blessed as the Oil of the Sick and Oil of Catechumens. During the Mass, Bishop Silva blessed and consecrated a third holy oil, Holy Chrism, by adding fragrant balsam to the olive oil and breathing over the mixture. “As the chief pastor of this priestly people, I will breathe out the Holy Spirit just as Christ himself breathed out the spirit on the night of his resurrection,” the bishop said in his homily. “And all that is touched with this Chrism will be ‘christened’ — changed and conformed to Christ, the anointed one, in a new way,” he said. The Holy Chrism is used for the Sacraments of Confirmation, Baptism and Holy Orders. Bishop Silva underscored the importance of the oil as being necessary for Catholics in their “mission” to “witness to Jesus.” The Chrism Mass is also the annual liturgy at which priests renew the commitments made at their ordination. The clergy gathered at St. Theresa responded with assent as Bishop Silva prompted their resolve to the church. The congregation in turn promised to pray for the priests and the bishop. At the end of the Mass, parish representatives stood in their pews for a special blessing from Bishop Silva before being allowed to pick up their consecrated oils. This communal blessing eliminated the tradition of Chrism Masses past, where the bishop At the annual Chrism Mass would personally hand the oils back to each for Oahu, Bishop Larry parish’s delegates as they were called up to the Silva, top, stirs balsam sanctuary. into olive oil for the Holy Other Chrism Masses were scheduled for Chrism. During the Mass, this past week: March 13 at Maria Lanakila parishes brought their Church, Lahaina, Maui; and March 15 at own oils to be blessed, Immaculate Conception Church in Lihue, below, and Island clergy, Kauai. The Big Island Chrism Mass is March 22 right, renewed their at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Honokaa. priestly commitments.