Bishop Larry Silva is asking those in the Diocese of Honolulu to join Pope Francis and people around the world in two special prayer efforts on March 25 and March 27. “On Sunday, March 22, Pope Francis issued two invitations to all the people of the world to join him in prayer for a speedy […]
Pope announces extraordinary ‘urbi et orbi’ blessing March 27
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis said he will give an extraordinary blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world) at 6 p.m. Rome time March 27. The formal blessing — usually given only immediately after a new pope’s election […]
CORONAVIRUS: No Mass, no offertory: Parish, diocesan, national collections take a hit
By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — One byproduct of canceled Masses is no offertory collection. And a byproduct of no offertory collection is puncture wounds in the budgets of parishes, dioceses and national collections. “It’s a big hit, and it’s gonna hurt,” said Patrick Markey, executive director of the Diocesan Fiscal Management […]
CORONAVIRUS: Masses on TV, social media provide alternatives to closed church doors
Note: In the Diocese of Honolulu, a Mass with no congregation will be live-streamed from the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu each Sunday at 9 a.m. and can be accessed at https://www.facebook.com/HonoluluCathedralBasilica or www.hictv.com. By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In pandemic-unnerved America, we’re all shut-ins now. In another time, […]
Pope’s prayer to Mary during the pandemic
By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Here is a CNS translation of the prayer Pope Francis recited by video March 11 for a special Mass and act of prayer asking Mary to protect Italy and the world during the coronavirus pandemic. O Mary, you always shine on our path as a sign of salvation […]
The hand of God was on me
This remembrance by Father Rene Bisaillon, a Missionary of Our Lady of La Salette, was first published in the May 10, 2013, issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald, while he was in residence at St. Theresa Church in Kekaha, Kauai. Father Bisaillon died on March 10 in the Philippines. By Father Rene Bisaillon, MS Special […]
CORONAVIRUS: Coronavirus restrictions could renew appreciation for community, faith
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — During the coronavirus pandemic, life as most people have known it, including parish life, has come to a halt. But despite closed churches, canceled parish gatherings and limited outreach, many church leaders are emphasizing that Catholics can take this time of recommended isolation and pause of […]
As the church becomes more diverse, the Catholic vote becomes harder to define
Faith politics By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In the last presidential election, some political pundits referred to the “Catholic vote,” one that predicted Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency, and one that aligned in 2016 with the voting constituency that landed him the White House: overwhelmingly white and politically conservative voters. But […]
FATHER RENE “BIZ” BISAILLON, MS | 1931-2020
La Salette missionary to the Philippines a man of ‘inexhaustible charity’ By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Rene “Biz” Bisaillon, a Missionary of Our Lady of La Salette, who worked among the poor in the Philippines for 32 years before coming to Hawaii in 1991 to serve in parishes on Kauai and Oahu, died […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Show forth the glory of Christ
WITNESS TO JESUS | SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT Here is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the Second Sunday of Lent, delivered on March 7 and 8 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Fremont, California. What are you enslaved to? We could all make our own lists, but people are […]
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