Bishop’s calendar
December 20, 5:00 am, Misa de Gallo, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Kalihi.
December 21, 5:00 am, Misa de Gallo, Holy Cross Parish, Kalaheo; 5:00 am, Misa de Gallo, St. John Apostle & Evangelist Parish, Mililani. [Fr. Gary Secor]; 5:00 pm, Mass at Immaculate Conception Parish, Lihue.
December 22, 5:00 am, Misa de Gallo, St. Theresa Parish, Kekaha; 9:30 am, Mass and blessing of the renovated “old church” at St. Raphael Parish, Koloa.
December 23, 5:00 am, Misa de Gallo, St. Catherine Parish, Kapaa.
December 24, 5:00 am, Misa de Gallo, Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Pearl City.
December 25, 12:00 midnight, Christmas Midnight Mass, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu; 10:30 am, Christmas Day Mass, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Kalihi.
December 27, 6:00 pm, Mass and feast day for St. John Apostle & Evangelist Parish, Mililani.
Announcements/Appointments
With the Very Reverend Johnathan Hurrell, SS.CC., Provincial of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary – United States Province, having exercised the right of presentation (canon 158, §1), Bishop Larry Silva has appointed Reverend Edward Popish, SS.CC., as parochial vicar of St. Augustine-by-the-Sea Parish, Waikiki, effective December 16, 2013.
Bishop Larry Silva has appointed Deacon Eliot Cholymay to diaconal service at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Kalihi, effective December 16, 2013.
Bishop Larry Silva has granted a sabbatical to Reverend Joseph Diaz, Administrator of St. Jude Church, Makakilo; and he has appointed Reverend Manuel Hewe as Pro-Tem Administrator of St. Jude Church, while he continues as Vicar for Clergy; effective December 12, 2013.
The diocesan offices will be closed December 24-25, 2013 in observance of Christmas.
The diocesan offices will be closed December 31, 2013-January 1, 2014 in observance of the New Year.