Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Official notices: May 8, 2026

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Bishop’s schedule

  • May 9, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Mass with confirmation and first holy Communion, St. Joseph Church, Waipahu [Msgr. Gary Secor]; 6 p.m., Mass with confirmation and first holy Communion, St. Patrick Church, Kaimuki. [Msgr. Gary Secor]
  • May 9, 6 p.m., undergraduate commencement of Chaminade University of Honolulu, Waikiki Shell, Waikiki.
  • May 10, 9 a.m., Mass with confirmation and first holy Communion, St. Philomena Church, Honolulu; May 10, 5 p.m., Mass with confirmation and first holy Communion, Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Pearl City.
  • May 10, 11 a.m., Mass with confirmation and first holy Communion, St. Anthony Church, Kailua. [Msgr. Gary Secor]
  • May 12, 9:30 a.m., Bishop’s Administrative Advisory Council (virtual); 4:30 p.m., Father Damien-Mother Marianne Commission, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe.
  • May 14, 12 p.m., Hawaii Catholic Conference, SSDC.
  • May 16, 10 a.m., Mass with confirmation and first holy Communion for the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, St. Theresa School, and Vietnamese Catholic Community at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu; 5 p.m., Mass with confirmation and first holy Communion, St. John Vianney Church, Kailua.
  • May 17, 11 a.m., Mass with confirmation and first holy Communion, Holy Family Church, Honolulu.
  • May 17, 11:30 a.m., Mass with confirmation and first holy Communion, St. Ann Church, Kaneohe. [Msgr. Gary Secor]
  • May 18-22, annual priests’ retreat, SSDC.

Bishop’s announcements and appointments

  • Bishop Silva announces the incardination of Father Falaniko Atonio (aka Father Niko) into the clergy of the Diocese of Honolulu, effective April 29. He was formerly a priest of the Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago (American Samoa). Bishop Silva also has changed Father Atonio’s status from administrator to pastor of Malia Puka O Kalani Church, Keaukaha, Hilo, Hawaii island, effective April 29.

CORRECTION

In the April 24 story “Catholic nurse aims to build network across Hawaii,” Vebs Dominguez and her husband were incorrectly listed as parishioners at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Pearl City. They were married there in 2019 and are currently parishioners at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Ewa Beach. The Herald regrets the error.