March 25, 8:00 am, Good Friday Morning Prayer, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu; 12:00 pm, Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu.
March 26, 8:00 am, Holy Saturday Morning Prayer and Preparatory Rites with Elect, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu
Archives for March 2016
Talk Story | Office for Social Ministry: Lenten stories of hope
“It is a good thing that the Crucifixion and Death of Jesus are not to be judged by human standards. When we think of the hardships so many in our world face, we might easily grow discouraged; but our God offers us hope, and wants all of us to work together to build a world of peace and justice.” (CRS Project Rice Bowl 2016)
Known to all as Father ‘Jojo,’ La Salette priest was much loved
Everyone called him Father “Jojo.” It was easier to say than his formal name, Father Joven Toledo Junio, and it fit his effervescent personality and boyish looks. So it was a surprise to many who knew the La Salette missionary from his 17 years of service in Hawaii to learn that he died March 6 in the Philippines. He was 57.
Poem: That life may abound
It is nearly impossible to miss you when you break
The silence of the night, lighting my path with
The brightness of a new day, springing forth
For me your newness and ever freshness of the day
Newman Center hosting annual Good Friday Taize prayer around the cross
The Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii at Manoa will host its annual Taize Prayer around the Cross at 7:30 p.m. Good Friday, March 25.
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: March 25, 2016
Jubilant Easter greetings, Heraldistas! I have created a quiz highlighting Holy Week in various ways. Many blessings to you as we begin a new liturgical season and celebrate Jesus’ resurrection.
Photos: Chrism Mass
Bishop Larry Silva pours balsam into a container of olive oil as he prepared the sacred chrism during the Chrism Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu, March 17. Deacon John Coughlin, below, carries oil to the sanctuary. The Chrism Mass is the annual liturgy where oils for use in administering the sacraments […]
Photo: For the care of seminarians
Rhoda Hiro of the Young Ladies Institute of Hawaii on Feb 28 presents Father Bill Shannon, diocesan Director of Seminarians, with a $2,630 check to help support the education of Hawaii’s diocesan seminarians. The check presentation was made at a luncheon after the 8:45 a.m. Mass Father Shannon celebrated at St. Ann Parish in Kaneohe […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Overcoming death, the Lord lives
The church celebrates the Easter Vigil late in the evening on Holy Saturday. These readings are those read during Masses on Easter Sunday itself.
For its first reading on this extraordinary feast of Christian faith, the church presents us with a passage from the Acts of the Apostles. Acts is in effect a continuation of St. Luke’s Gospel. Scholars say that this Gospel and Acts were the work of the same author. Beginning with the Ascension, Acts reports what life was like for the infant community of Christians in Jerusalem, and then it recalls the initial spread of Christianity.
Father John Catoir: Fondness for a former first lady
The March 6 passing of Nancy Reagan saddened many Americans. I know it affected me more than I expected. She had an endearing smile and a quiet dignity.
Everyone knew the role she played in the life of President Ronald Reagan, and how important she was to him. He claimed that his success was directly related to her presence in his life. He had faced a particularly bad year, including a long hospital stay. “And then along came Nancy Davis and saved my soul,” he is said to have told his biographer.