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Commentary: No aloha in bombing and starving Gaza

01/17/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Dawn Morais Webster Special to the Herald Many of us feel impotent in the face of the world’s addiction to war and violence. But as the poet Adrienne Rich said, we do well to cast our lot “with those/who age after age, perversely/with no extraordinary power/reconstitute the world.” That is why I found myself […]

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World Day of Consecrated Life to be celebrated here on Feb. 17

01/17/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

  Show your support for our vowed religious sisters, brothers, priests, hermits and consecrated virgins as the diocese celebrates the World Day for Consecrated Life, Saturday, Feb. 17, with a Mass at 1 p.m. in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu. Msgr. Gary Secor will preside. Light refreshments will be served after the Mass […]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Day of Consecrated Life, Local News

2023-2024 Diocesan Directory

01/05/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

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A year in review: Hawaii Catholic news in 2023

01/03/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

2023: Death and redemption Compiled by Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Aug. 8, 2023, was the day that stunned Hawaii like never before when a roaring wildfire, fed by the gale-force winds of a passing hurricane, burned to the ground the historic Maui town of Lahaina, killing 100 people and displacing thousands more. It was […]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2023: Year in review, Diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii

Bishop Larry Silva: Joy to the world, the Lord is come

01/03/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

WITNESS TO JESUS | CHRISTMAS Here is the prepared text of the homily of Bishop Larry Silva for Christmas, Dec. 24 and 25, delivered at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu; the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu; and at St. Elizabeth Church, Aiea, with Chuukese Community. A man I know who grew […]

Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Bishop Larry Silva, columns, homily

Canonization cause for Joseph Dutton proceeds to Rome

01/03/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Msgr. Robert J. Sarno Special to the Herald Many years ago, on these islands of Hawaii, three people dedicated their lives to the service of their brothers and sisters afflicted with the disease of leprosy. St. Damien de Veuster was a priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts and St. Marianne Cope was […]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Canonization cause, Joseph Dutton, Kalaupapa

Red Mass speaker to address juncture of faith and politics

01/03/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Eva Andrade, who has represented the Catholic Church on public policy issues in Hawaii for 30 years, will be the speaker at the annual diocesan Red Mass, at 9 a.m., Jan. 16, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. The Red Mass, celebrated during the week of […]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Eva Andrade, Local News, Red Mass

Bishop to ordain Anthony Tran a deacon in last step to priesthood

01/03/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva will ordain Anthony Huy-Cuong Tran a deacon at 5 p.m., Jan. 6, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Tran will be a “transitional” deacon, a step toward his ultimate ordination as a priest. “I want to be a priest because I have encountered […]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Anthony Tran, deacon, Local News, ordination

The pope’s 2023: Health challenges, travel, the synod

01/03/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ 2023 was a year of important trips made or postponed, a predecessor’s funeral and his own 10th anniversary as pope, a call to the world to act on climate change and a call to the Catholic Church to strengthen its mission by learning “synodality.” […]

Filed Under: Catholic News Service Tagged With: 2023, Catholic News Service, Pope Francis

Waianae parish creates outdoor prayer place with stations, rosary

01/03/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Glenn Klinger Special to the Herald On Dec. 10, after celebrating the 9:30 a.m. Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Waianae on Oahu, Bishop Larry Silva, stepped outside into the bright sunlight and, accompanied by minister of ceremonies Regina Pfeiffer and the Knights of Columbus honor guard, blessed the parish’s big new outdoor prayer […]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Local News, Rosary, Sacred Heart Parish Waianae, Stations of the Cross

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