St. Anthony School in Kalihi, after 90 years of providing Catholic education in the heart of Honolulu, will be closing this June. La Salette Father Arnel Soriano, pastor of St. Anthony parish, made the announcement during weekend Masses Jan. 13-14. A letter has been sent to parents of St. Anthony students notifying them of […]
Archives for January 2018
Celebrities to do pancake duty at annual breakfast with the bishop
Local celebrities will be flipping pancakes at St. John Vianney Parish in Kailua at its school’s eighth annual Breakfast with the Bishop, Sunday, Jan. 28. A delicious breakfast buffet will be served at 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and noon in the parish hall at 920 Keolu Drive. The event is a fundraiser for the school’s […]
Missile alert prompts Bishop Silva to give general absolution to deacon group
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva gave general absolution to about 45 people in a deacon formation program in response to the alert of an imminent ballistic missile attack that put Hawaii in a state of panic shortly after 8 a.m. on Jan. 13. It was the first time he had ever […]
Pope Francis to diplomats: World peace depends on right to life, disarmament
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Because everyone has a right to life, liberty and personal security, nations must find nonviolent solutions to conflict and difficulties, Pope Francis said. A culture of peace “calls for unremitting efforts in favor of disarmament and the reduction of recourse to the use of armed force […]
‘Offer, strengthen, sustain’: Diocese readies for pivotal year transitioning Sacraments of Initiation to ‘Original Order’
By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald Nearly three years ago, Bishop Larry Silva announced in the April 24, 2015, Hawaii Catholic Herald that the Diocese of Honolulu would embark on a shift in its administration of the Sacraments of Initiation. Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation — the three sacraments that welcome or “initiate” […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Be the stars that guide others
WITNESS TO JESUS: EPIPHANY This is the text of Bishop Silva’s homily for the Solemnity of the Epiphany, Jan. 7, delivered at the Carmelite Convent Chapel in Kaneohe. When I visit the parishes of our diocese, I am always impressed by the faith and devotion of our parishioners. Our parishes offer schools to educate our […]
The bishop and bagels and Catholic high school seniors
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bread with the Bishop — too ordinary? Biscuits with the Bishop — too run of the mill? Baguettes, too, uh, French? Succumbing to the allure of alliteration, organizers settled on “Bagels with the Bishop.” As a title, it has worked well these past several years, even if the chewy […]
Tears flow for descendants of slaves Jesuits owned, sold
Catholic News Service NEW ORLEANS — Inside the parish hall of St. Gabriel the Archangel Church in New Orleans, the personal stories flowed as freely as the tears. One by one, descendants of the 272 enslaved men, women and children sold as a group in 1838 to a Louisiana plantation by the Jesuits who ran […]
Pope prints Nagasaki postcard illustrating the horrors of war
VATICAN CITY — As 2017 was drawing to a close, the horrors of war and people’s yearnings for peace were on Pope Francis’ mind and in his prayers. In an unusual move late Dec. 30, the pope had the Vatican press office and Vatican media distribute a copy of a famous photograph from the aftermath […]
Father Scott Bush retires after 25 years a parish priest in Hawaii
Hawaii Catholic Herald Diocesan priest Father Scott R. Bush, after more than 25 years of parish ministry, mostly on the Big Island, retired from active ministry on Jan. 1. He had been a parochial vicar at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Honolulu since July 1, 2017. Father Bush, 67, described his stepping down as […]