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Faith in a pandemic world: On being a Catholic medical …

WebSince the COVID-19 pandemic has come to Hawaii, Dr. Scott French said he’s been struck by the reduction of people coming to the emergency room for things that they would have pre-pandemic, like potential heart attacks or strokes. Similarly, people are putting off routine medical care. Dr. French said that people are so worried they will get

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Eva Andrade: The Hawaii Catholic Church stepped up

WebThe next session will be a challenge, but you can rest in the knowledge that the care and services of the Catholic community will continue. You can be sure of that because that is what Jesus would do. Eva Andrade is the director of the Hawaii Catholic Conference. In this summary report for the closing of the State of Hawaii legislative session

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In time of need … During the pandemic, St. Francis Healthcare’s

WebSt. Francis preschool teacher Tammi Keao, right, delivers a meal to a client of St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii. Bringing a hot lunch to kupuna around Oahu was a major part of the health system’s outreach to the elderly during the pandemic.

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Catholic Advance Healthcare Directive: "I believe "

WebThis is the first page of the Advance Healthcare Directive written for Hawaii Catholics by the Diocese of Honolulu. It states basic Catholic beliefs on death and dying to guide patients through their final days. To get your copy of the Catholic Advance Healthcare Directive, go to one of the information sessions or go online […]

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St. Francis Healthcare opens phase one of its Kupuna Village

WebSt. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii celebrated April 24 the completion of “Phase I” of its new St. Francis Kupuna Village, a project aimed to be a “wellness hub” for local seniors and their caregivers. More than 100 people gathered at St. Francis’ campus in Liliha for the grand opening ceremony. Guests included government leaders

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Eva Andrade: Church advocate targets housing, health, family issues

WebAs part of the Hawaii True Cost Coalition, Catholic Charities Hawaii actively advocates for legislative support, urging increased funding for service providers’ contracts and addressing budgetary needs for the fiscal biennium 2023-2025. Housing issues include bills to raise the conveyance tax ($4 million value) and create more affordable

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Father Alapaki Kim, diocesan priest: Experiencing God in our midst

WebFather Alapaki Kim, pastor of Saint Rita Parish in Nanakuli, is a local diocesan priest from Kailua, Oahu. Of his three sisters and three hanai brothers, he is third to the youngest. On May 22, the feast of St. Rita, he will celebrate his 38th year of ordination. Listen to the Sunday Mass readings in the Hawaiian language on the parish website.

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The pope’s 2023: Health challenges, travel, the synod

WebBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service. VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ 2023 was a year of important trips made or postponed, a predecessor’s funeral and his own 10th anniversary as pope, a call to the world to act on climate change and a call to the Catholic Church to strengthen its mission by learning “synodality.”

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Jerry Correa was St. Francis Healthcare CEO for 10 years

WebFuneral services for Jerry Correa are scheduled for Dec. 6, at Sacred Heart Church, 1701 Wilder Avenue, Honolulu. Family visitation is 8:30-9 a.m.; public visitation is 9-10 a.m.; Mass is 11 a.m.; burial at the Valley of the Temples is 1 p.m. Melissa Ah Ho-Mauga, interim CEO of St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii.

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Health care for the uninsured

WebHealth care for the uninsured. A joint initiative between the Bayanihan Clinic Without Walls and Hawaii Filipino Healthcare offers free healthcare to Hawaii residents who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19. At far right, a volunteer with Ohana Medical Missions checks a child’s blood pressure on a healthcare trip to the Philippines.

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INTERVIEW: JERRY CORREA -- Taking the high road

WebCEO reflects on St. Francis Healthcare System’s renewed mission By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald 2012 was an auspicious year for St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii. That was the year it got back as part of a bankruptcy settlement the two hospitals it had sold to Hawaii Medical Center in 2007. That year Marianne […]

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It takes a (kupuna) village: St. Francis Healthcare responds to

WebThe Liliha Kupuna Village is an idea that has been germinating since 2009, Correa said. The Franciscan Sisters and the healthcare system’s leaders and board of directors met with community members to assess how the Liliha property could best meet local health needs. “Kupuna” is the Hawaiian word for grandparent or elder.

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Ewa Beach parish to break ground for new church

WebHawaii Catholic Herald. Bishop Larry Silva will preside at the groundbreaking Aug. 20 of the new 11,400-square-foot Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Ewa Beach, a fast-growing district in Leeward Oahu. The structure, which has a cross-shaped roof, will hold 772 people, making it one of the largest Catholic churches in Hawaii.

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Delivering dignity, compassion, justice

WebCatholic Charities Hawaii serves an estimated 40,000 people in the state of Hawaii annually, though that number increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, it helped 14,105 people with housing, supported 4,446 seniors, 5,608 family and youth, and 212 immigrants. Its helpline phone number received almost 172,000 calls last year.

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Former St. Francis Hospital to reopen as skilled nursing facility

WebThe $4 million is the lead gift for the $10 million project to renovate 50,000 square feet on the building’s third, fourth and fifth floors. Most of the skilled nursing rooms will be private, not the usual case in Hawaii. Some of the rooms will be designated for hospice care. The facility is scheduled to open sometime after July 2014.

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Kalaupapa faces transition when the last resident goes

WebKalaupapa faces transition when the last resident goes. 01/03/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald. One of many grave markers is seen in a file photo in Kalaupapa where Hansen’s disease patients quarantined for life were cared for by St. Damien de Veuster and St. Marianne Cope. An estimated 8,000 people are buried there.

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St. Francis Healthcare System names Kathleen Morimoto as …

WebSt. Francis Healthcare System has selected HMSA vice-president Kathleen (Kathy) Morimoto as president and CEO of St. Francis Healthcare System. She began Dec.18. Howard Lee, chairman of the St. Francis Healthcare System Board of Directors made the announcement to Healthcare System employees in a Dec. 5 letter. He said the selection …

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HOPE Services blesses its first affordable rental housing for seniors

WebBut it is breaking new ground. The project is the first permanent affordable rental housing community for seniors in the island’s Puna district, the first developed by HOPE Services Hawaii, an affiliate of the Catholic Church, and the first constructed as HPM Building Supply’s innovative HalePlus prefabricated modular homes.

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After 27 years and three bishops, the diocese’s social ministry …

WebIgnacio, who has served in the diocesan Office for Social Ministry for 27 years under three bishops, will retire Nov. 1. She has been the diocesan social ministry director for the last 19 years. Famous for her boundless energy, candor and determination to help those in need, Ignacio has pioneered numerous grassroots initiatives to aid the

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