The Marriage Net is Big: Annulment as the Path to a Real Marriage after Divorce

A Special Reflection from Deacon Jim Krupka I am a vigorous defender of marriage.  But I also understand that there are times when divorce is the right answer. Suppose one spouse is repeatedly unfaithful or abusive with no serious move to rehabilitate. That spouse is showing that they may never have been committed to the [...]

By |2024-01-28T08:29:49+00:00January 28th, 2024|Amoris Laetitia, Catholicism in Hawaii, messages from Deacon Jim Krupka, On love and marriage|Comments Off on The Marriage Net is Big: Annulment as the Path to a Real Marriage after Divorce

Praying the Gospel through the Rosary: The Presentation

Praying the Gospel through the Rosary: The Presentation Submitted by Deacon Jim Krupka Living true to Jewish Law, Mary and Joseph went to Jerusalem to present their firstborn Son to God. The fourth Joyful Mystery calls us to ponder the meaning of this ritual presentation. Luke is the only Gospel writer to mention the Presentation. [...]

By |2022-06-20T07:41:52+00:00June 20th, 2022|Catholicism in Hawaii, celebrating the mass, Mysteries of the Rosary, stories of pioneers of faith in Hawaii|Comments Off on Praying the Gospel through the Rosary: The Presentation

Bishop Louis Maigret’s Journals, 1837-1877

Molokai History: [from Bishop Louis Maigret's Journals, 1837-1877, in the SS.CC. Archives, Honolulu] July 8, 1851 (Tuesday): Frs. Aubert, SS.CC. & Mathias, SS.CC. and Bishop Maigret, SS.CC. travel from Kumueli (Kamalo) to Kukui [western or easter Molokai?] and sleep at Filipo's. Great wave of enthusiasm for work on the church [at Kukui?]. July 9-12, 1851 [...]

By |2022-06-20T07:29:19+00:00June 6th, 2022|Catholicism in Hawaii, Damien Church Blog 1, Molokai church history, Molokai History|Comments Off on Bishop Louis Maigret’s Journals, 1837-1877

Ground Broken for Kaunakakai’s Long-Awaited Church (a continuation)

Molokai History: [from Hawaii Catholic Herald, February 4, 2011] Ground Broken for Kaunakakai's Long-Awaited Church When complete, the church will not have ornamentation or stained glass windows, the architect said. "It will be a shell, functioning, legal, in still skeletal form, a very utilitarian building." But it will have built-in the potential for artistic enhancement [...]

By |2022-06-20T07:20:01+00:00May 31st, 2022|Catholicism in Hawaii, Damien Church Blog 1, Molokai church history|Comments Off on Ground Broken for Kaunakakai’s Long-Awaited Church (a continuation)

Baptisms by Damien in Pelekunu Valley 1873

Molokai History: [from Kalawao Sacramental Register, 1873-1930 in the SS.CC. Archives at St. Patrick's Monastery in Kaimuki, Honolulu, Oahu] On May 10, 1873, Father Damien, SS.CC. arrives at Kalaupapa/Kalawao Leper Settlement with Bishop Louis Maigret, SS.CC. On May 19, just 9 days after he arrived, Father Damien baptized 10 people in the Pelekunu Valley to [...]

By |2022-06-20T07:24:12+00:00May 23rd, 2022|Catholicism in Hawaii, Damien Church Blog 1, Molokai church history, Molokai History|Comments Off on Baptisms by Damien in Pelekunu Valley 1873

Kaunakakai’s New Catholic Church: “Not a Basilica”

Molokai History: [from Hawaii Catholic Herald, February 4, 2011] "Ground broken for Kaunakakai's long-awaited church" 'Not a basilica' The new church is being built where St. Sophia had stood for 73 years, near the beginning of Kaunakakai town's main drag, between the C. Pascua Store and the Molokai Community Credit Union, across from the U.S. [...]

By |2022-05-23T00:12:03+00:00May 23rd, 2022|Catholicism in Hawaii, Damien Church Blog 1, Molokai History, St. Sophia Church Kaunakakai|Comments Off on Kaunakakai’s New Catholic Church: “Not a Basilica”

Bishop Louis Maigret, SS.CC.’s Journals, 1837-1877

Molokai History: [from translation of Bishop Louis Maigret, SS.CC.'s Journals, 1837-1877, in SS.CC. Fathers & Brothers Archives in Honolulu] July 4, 1851 (Friday): Frs. L. Marie, SS.CC. & Matthias, SS.CC. and Bishop Maigret, SS.CC. return to Kumueli [Kamalo] from Halawa. July 5, 1851 (Saturday): At Kumueli [Kamalo], preparations for tomorrow. People come in for the [...]

By |2022-06-20T07:44:21+00:00May 10th, 2022|Catholicism in Hawaii, Damien Church Blog 1, Molokai church history, Molokai History|Comments Off on Bishop Louis Maigret, SS.CC.’s Journals, 1837-1877

A Brief Peek from Bishop Louis Maigret’s Journals

Molokai History: [from an English translation of Bishop Louis Maigret's Journals, 1837-1877, SS.CC. Archives, St. Patrick's Monastery, Honolulu] June 30, 1851, 12 noon, Monday: Vicar Apostolic (Bishop) Maigret, SS.CC., along with SS.CC. Fathers Joachim, Aubert & J.M., 2 youngsters and Severino, A lay man, arrive in Severino's launch to Kumueli (Kamalo), Molokai at 4pm from [...]

By |2022-05-11T08:37:23+00:00May 3rd, 2022|Catholicism in Hawaii, Molokai church history, Molokai History|Comments Off on A Brief Peek from Bishop Louis Maigret’s Journals

Ground Breaking for the New St. Damien Church in Molokai

Molokai History: [from the Hawaii Catholic Herald, February 4, 2011] Ground Broken for Kaunakakai's long-awaited church About 300 people gathered beneath a cloudless blue sky at the grass-covered empty lot at 115 Ala Malama Street in Kaunakakai to watch a long-held dream emerge into reality. The Molokai parish of St. Damien officially broke ground for [...]

By |2022-04-16T07:36:21+00:00April 16th, 2022|Catholicism in Hawaii, Damien Church Blog 1, Molokai church history, Molokai History, St. Damien|Comments Off on Ground Breaking for the New St. Damien Church in Molokai

A New Catholic Church for Molokai

Molokai History: [from Hawaii Catholic Herald, December 23, 2011] "A Welcoming Church for a Friendly Isle" Sister Isabel Rabbon, a Maryknoll sister who worked as a pastoral associate at the old St. Sophia Parish under several pastors from 1979 to 1990, said the new church was "a dream come true." The church's sound qualities impressed [...]

By |2022-04-16T07:40:40+00:00April 6th, 2022|Catholicism in Hawaii, Damien Church Blog 1, Molokai church history, Molokai History, St. Damien of Molokai|Comments Off on A New Catholic Church for Molokai
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