Bishop Silva ordains William ‘Pila’ Tulua May 18 in a joyous two-hour liturgy at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald By the grace of God, the power of the Holy Spirit and the laying on of hands, Hawaii gained a new priest May 18. Bishop Larry Silva ordained William “Pila” […]
Archives for May 2018
Wonderful, grace-filled and joyful
The celebration of confirmations in parishes across the diocese witnessed the Holy Spirit ‘at work’ By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A wonderful, grace-filled, family experience. That’s how many island parishes described the special group confirmations of their children and youth in grades two through 12 at Masses on Pentecost Sunday, May 20, and its […]
Parishioners displaced by lava ask for prayers
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Sacred Heart, Pahoa, parishioners Paul and Rose Utes had to leave their home when lava from the Kilauea eruptions moved into their section of the Leilani Estates subdivision in Puna on the Big Island. At the time they heard the mandatory evacuation order, the couple, who own Black Rock […]
Chuukese native ordained a deacon; next step priesthood
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald In an evening Mass enlivened by his Chuukese culture, Romple Emwalu was ordained a deacon by Bishop Larry Silva, May 25, at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church in Mililani. Hawaii’s Chuukese Catholic community turned out in force to celebrate one of its own making his last major step […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Renewing the face of the earth
WITNESS TO JESUS | SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST This is the text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost, given May 19 and 20 at three parishes where he also administered the sacrament of confirmation, Immaculate Conception Church, Ewa; Mary, Star of the Sea Church, Honolulu; and the Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at […]
Scott Bush, diocesan priest: Father, my life is in your hands
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I am a second career vocation. The phrase in the Gospel says it all. When Jesus tells Peter, “When you were young you could do whatever you wanted, but there will come a time when your hands will be tied. Tied, and […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Does ill woman have to go to Mass?
QUESTION CORNER Q: An elderly woman in our parish has terminal lung cancer. I have seen her condition deteriorate over the last two months. She is no longer driving, is very weak and is now on oxygen full time. I had been helping her to get to church, and the other day she told me […]
All of Chile’s bishops offer resignations after meeting with pope on sexual abuse
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Every bishop in Chile offered his resignation to Pope Francis after a three-day meeting at the Vatican to discuss the clerical sexual abuse scandal. “We want to announce that all bishops present in Rome, in writing, have placed our positions in the Holy Father’s hands […]
John Garvey: What’s so funny?
INTELLECT AND VIRTUE Our youngest daughter is living at home while her husband finishes his medical residency. One of the many blessings of this old-fashioned arrangement (several generations under one roof) is that we have two babies to pass around. The youngest is just 5 months old. She doesn’t have much to say yet, but […]
Elise Italiano: Lessons from two soon-to-be saints
IN LIGHT OF FAITH I was thrilled to see the announcement that Pope Francis will canonize Blessed Paul VI and Blessed Oscar Romero during the upcoming synod on “Young people, the faith and vocational discernment,” and I was even more elated that their canonizations will take place on the same day. I read Pope Francis’ […]
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