Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Official notices: May 14, 2021

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Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] May 15, 10:00 am and 1:30 pm, Mass with Confirmation & First Holy Communion, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Kalihi; 5:00 pm, Mass with Confirmation & First Holy Communion, St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Kailua; 5:00 pm, Mass with Confirmation & First Holy Communion, St. Michael […]

Hawaii’s Knights of Columbus meet virtually for their annual convention

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On April 24, the 42nd annual Knights of Columbus Hawaii State Council Convention opened virtually with a prayer by State Chaplain Sacred Hearts Father Lane Akiona. For the second year in a row the convention could not be held in person, due to the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Newly elected Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly, […]

With deacon’s retirement, an era ends for the Diocese of Honolulu

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Richard Port first learned of the permanent diaconate in the early 1960s in Ghana, West Africa, where he and his wife Ann (Antonette) were teaching secondary school in President John F. Kennedy’s newly established Peace Corps. There, on Sundays, the corps’ first married couple would hitchhike 25 miles to […]

State of the pews

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Has church attendance gone back to normal now that the Mass dispensation is lifted in the Diocese of Honolulu? By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva lifted his dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Easter Sunday. The pass on going to Mass had been in […]

Sister M. Emilie Basitas, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: Without prayer, I would not be here

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald As a temporary professed sister, I used to dread applying for our yearly renewal of vows. One in my group was thinking of joining the cloistered nuns, and so was I. However, one year my superior said to me, “Em, Em, you […]

New ecumenical/interfaith officer comes with a ‘natural’ interest in the ministry

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva has named Father William Kunisch II, pastor of Resurrection of the Lord Church, Waipio, as the new diocesan ecumenical/interfaith officer. He started April 21. Father Kunisch succeeds the late Father Jack Ryan who died Dec. 7, 2020. It is a post he held once before, from […]