Maui’s Catholic community remains steadfast in faith and unity as recovery from last year’s wildfires continues By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Half a year ago, disaster struck the island of Maui as fires spread through Lahaina and Kula, leaving a trail of destruction and killing at least 101 people. For many, the trauma still […]
Archives for February 2024
Men’s ministry offers spiritual support, brotherhood
By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Men who want to grow in their faith, and who desire to answer the call of the Holy Spirit to become the men they were created to be, now have the support of a new ministry in the Diocese of Honolulu. Catholic Men’s Fellowship of Hawaii (CMFH) is a […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Seeking clarity in discernment
WITNESS TO JESUS | FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered the weekend of Feb. 17-18 at Immaculate Conception Church, Lihue; Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu; and St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe, marking the Rites of Election and the retreat for deacons. Rainbows are a very common sight […]
Talk story: Rice Bowl’s eucharistic roots
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MNISTRY “Today the cry of so many of our oppressed brothers and sisters rises to heaven and moves the heart of God. Lent is a time to ask ourselves: Do we hear that cry? Does it trouble us? Does it move us?” (Pope Francis, Message for Lent 2024) Pope Francis’ 2024 […]
Annual Diocesan Stewardship Report 2023
Click here to view a pdf of the Annual Diocesan Stewardship Report 2023.
Blessed Sacrament priest’s incardination returns ‘gracious favor’
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Anthony Pangan, a priest formerly of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, was incardinated into the Diocese of Honolulu on Jan. 30. With his incardination came his change of status from administrator to pastor of Annunciation Parish on Hawaii Island. Father Pangan, 56, was born and raised in […]
Official notices: March 1, 2024
Bishop’s Schedule March 2, 10:00 am, Diocesan Review Board, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe; 6:00 pm, Mass with Installation of Reverend Lusius Nimu, SS.CC., as Pastor of St. Patrick Church, Kaimuki. March 3, 8:45 am, Mass with Installation of Reverend Stephen Banjare, SS.CC. as Pastor of St. Ann Church, Kaneohe. March 5, 9:30 am, […]
Effie Caldarola: Elmo and the challenge of Lent
COMMENTARY For two or three days in January, a furry red Muppet’s concern for the well-being of his followers became news, dominating Twitter, now X, and sparking discussions from National Public Radio to cable news. When the commotion died down, I was left thinking about how Ash Wednesday was very near and maybe this […]
Jenna Marie Cooper : Does a televised Mass ‘count’?
Question Corner Q: In the past few weeks, due to extreme weather, I’ve missed Mass a couple of times. My parish has a Facebook channel, so I watched the services there instead. I wasn’t able to receive Communion. In talking to the priest, though, he said that in such situations, a person can receive […]
Sister Alicia Torres : How to find our true identity
COMMENTARY Who am I? This question lurks at the core of every human heart. So often the real answer is blurred by responses we so readily grasp after, and yet time and again fail to satisfy. One response in particular, I think, gnaws at so many of us today: “I am important.” Of course […]
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