By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald A bright smile showed on Bishop Larry Silva’s face as the cathedral bells rang out, the altar candles were lit up and the “Gloria” was sung during the Easter Vigil at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu on April 11. The moment where Lent transitions […]
Archives for April 2020
Catholic schools continue the academic year with distance learning
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald They’ve been videoconferencing math lessons, doing P.E. in the backyard, weaving palm branches for Holy Week, and thanking essential workers with handmade signs and social media shares. Hawaii Catholic schools have moved their academic years online while the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the islands and the world. Here’s […]
Pope calls for a ‘contagion’ of Easter hope, peace, care for poor
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In an Easter celebration like no other, Pope Francis prayed that Christ, “who has already defeated death and opened for us the way to eternal salvation,” would “dispel the darkness of our suffering humanity and lead us into the light of his glorious day, a day […]
Pope leads Way of the Cross in empty, torch-lit St. Peter’s Square
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — For the first time in his papacy, Pope Francis led the Way of the Cross from St. Peter’s Square rather than Rome’s Colosseum, where it has been held annually for more than five decades. Two rows of torches lit the pathway from the stage set […]
Talk story: Together, we will get through this storm
https://www.facebook.com/HOPEServicesHawaii/posts/3037223849675575 OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Here we cry, and we suffer. All of us. We can only get out of this situation together, as a whole humanity and we need to look at each other with a sense of solidarity.” (Pope Francis) The constantly evolving news surrounding the spread of COVID-19 and the suffering […]
Waialua vestment designer making Damien-Marianne protective masks
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Wendy Wylder had been sewing chasubles, the priest’s primary outer Mass vestment, in her small sewing studio in Waialua to present to Hawaii clergy at their annual convocation in May when the coronavirus pandemic struck. The event was canceled, so she adjusted. Wylder is now making protective face masks […]
Father Alapaki Kim, diocesan priest: Experiencing God in our midst
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic E Iehova, ua haka pono mai ‘oe ia‘u, a ua ‘ike ho‘i. Ua ‘ike no ‘oe i ko‘u noho ‘ana i lalo, a me ko‘u ala ‘ana i luna, Ua maopopo ho‘i ko‘u mana‘o ia ‘oe ma kahi lo‘ihi ‘e aku. Ua ho‘a‘o […]
Choosing a leader close to heart and home
By Mary Jean Bega Special to the Herald Izzy Enriquez is a fifth grader at Pukalani Elementary School on Maui and attends religious education classes at Holy Ghost Mission Church in Kula. His school celebrates Leadership Day every year. Visitors in the community are invited to the school to witness the outstanding leadership skills of […]
Photo: No cream cheese, either
This year’s “Bagels with Bishop” event for Saint Louis School seniors was a “Stay at Home” version due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. On April 7, the students logged in to videoconference with Bishop Larry Silva instead of meeting with him in person. Each year, Bishop Silva meets with each senior class of Hawaii’s Catholic […]
SISTER JULIANA COSTA BRUM SSCC | 1922-2020
For Sacred Hearts sister, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament was central Kauai-born Sacred Hearts Sister Juliana Costa Brum, who attributed her long and fruitful vocation to a prayer to the Holy Spirit given to her in her youth by her mother, died March 15 at Malia O Ka Malu Convent in Honolulu. She was 97 […]