By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu is expanding its footprint in downtown Honolulu with the purchase of a historic building on Fort Street Mall. The sale of the Model Progress Building to the diocese by a subsidiary of the Alexander C. Waterhouse Sr. Foundation closed Feb. 13 for $5.8 million, […]
Archives for February 2026
Diocese of Honolulu 2026 Lenten regulations
By the diocesan Office of Worship FASTING ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT EASTER DUTY LENTEN PRACTICES BLESSING OF THE OILS AND CONSECRATION OF THE CHRISM THE SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM EUCHARISTIC PRAYERS FOR RECONCILIATION THE PASCHAL CANDLE ANOINTING OF THE CATECHUMENS OTHER SYMBOLS AT THE EASTER VIGIL THE EASTER DISMISSAL WITH ALLELUIAS The dismissal, from the Easter Vigil […]
Catechumens continue to increase across diocese
Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu will welcome hundreds of new Catholics this year as the number of catechumens sees another increase since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic five years ago. Across the 70 parishes, ethnic communities, oratories and military chapels that provided reports, 329 adults and children will receive the sacraments of […]
List: Hawaii’s 2026 catechumens
New exhumation yields more St. Marianne relics
Hawaii Catholic Herald The remains of St. Marianne Cope are on the move again, but this time the distance they are traveling is much shorter than their initial exhumation in 2005. Twenty-one years ago, St. Marianne’s bones were removed from her grave in Kalaupapa and sent to Syracuse, New York, to reside in a shrine […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Be salt, light to bring glory to God
Witness to Jesus | Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered Feb. 8 at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, California. I have never been to any banquet where the main dish is salt! As Jesus tells us we are the “salt of the earth,” we […]
Talk story: Follow Christ by caring for the sick
Office for Social Ministry “Let us raise our prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Health of the Sick, asking her to assist all who suffer and are in need of compassion, consolation and a listening ear.” (Pope Leo XIV, message for 2026 World Day of the Sick 2026) Each year on Feb. 11, the church […]
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Longtime educators honored at annual conference
By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Catholic school faculty from across the state gathered Jan. 30 to celebrate their peers and do some learning themselves. Trading places with their students, who enjoyed a day off from class, hundreds of teachers, administrators and staff members headed to Kaimuki for the Annual Conference for Catholic School […]
Strengthening the marriage covenant
Two long-running programs in Hawaii help couples enrich and renew their relationships By Lisa Dahm Hawaii Catholic Herald For Catholics, the sacrament of marriage is an indissoluble covenant between two people and Christ, which is much more than a contract in the civil world. “The sacrament of matrimony is a lifelong vocation,” said David Tupper, […]