NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — March 2, 1973 St. Joseph School Sabers from Waipahu won the West Section Limited Division Oahu CYO Catholic Elementary Schools Basketball League Championship with a 6-0 record. The Sabers will play Holy Trinity Tigers East Champions for the Oahu CYO Limited Division Championship. Back row, left to […]
Archives for February 2023
Former evangelical preacher, now Catholic, to give Lenten mission
A former evangelical minister who got his start at Hope Chapel-Kaneohe is holding a Lenten mission at a Windward parish. Jeremy Rivera will hold a three-night parish mission, at St. John Vianney Church in Kailua, March 6-8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. The mission is free and open to anyone. Rivera’s talks will “explore how the three temptations […]
Diocese of Honolulu 2023 Lenten Regulations
By the Office of Worship, Diocese of Honolulu FASTING In the dioceses in the United States, Catholics aged 18 through 59 are bound to fast on both Ash Wednesday (February 22, 2023) and Good Friday (April 7, 2023). To fast means to consume one full meal a day at most, although taking of other, […]
A celebratory March for Life in a post-Roe environment
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald You might call it a kinder and gentler March for Life, out from under the hostile shadow of the Supreme Court decision that provoked the annual protest. Roe v. Wade is gone, overturned last year by the same court. But the status of abortion availability in Hawaii remains the […]
‘Hope that leads to justice’ the theme of the Red Mass
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “Hope that leads to justice,” was the theme of the Red Mass Jan. 17 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Bishop Larry Silva celebrated the annual liturgy invoking the wisdom and guidance of the Holy Spirit upon Hawaii’s civic leaders. The guest speaker was president and […]
‘Teaching’ Masses help in the understanding of the Eucharist
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Sunday Mass has just gotten a little bit longer. That’s because, starting in January, it has become an occasion for a “teachable moment.” Bishop Larry Silva has asked parishes to conduct “teaching Masses” in participation in the National Eucharistic Revival, a movement begun by the U.S. bishops to restore […]
2023 Red Mass talk: A hope that transforms
By Robert Van Tassell 2023 Red Mass TALK This is the prepared text of the talk given by Robert Van Tassell, chief executive officer and president of Catholic Charities Hawaii delivered at the annual diocesan Red Mass, Jan. 17, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu. Thank you, Bishop, for […]
Eddie would go park … at Sts. Peter and Paul Church
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The estimated 50,000 spectators who turned out for The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational at Waimea Bay on Jan. 22 needed a way to get there. Some took public transportation, biked or walked in. But many drove and needed a parking spot. Enter Sts. Peter and Paul Church with […]
Co-Cathedral Mass celebrates a saint, welcomes a priest
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Mass celebrated by Bishop Larry Silva the evening of Jan. 23 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa served a dual purpose — a feast day commemoration of the life and words of Hawaii’s second saint, and the welcoming of a new priest into the Diocese of Honolulu. Before […]
Voices of Kalaupapa is the theme of webinar
Maui-based writer Valerie Monson, former executive director and coordinator of Ka Ohana O Kalaupapa, will be the first 2023 presenter of “Voices of the People,” a series of webinars hosted by the Damien and Marianne Catholic Conference. Her webinar, “You have to hear the voices to feel the people,” is Feb. 18, 10-11:30 a.m. Hawaii […]