WITNESS TO JESUS | 21ST SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of the homily of Bishop Larry Silva for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, delivered Aug. 23 at St. Pius X Church, Manoa. Lockdown. We all understand what that word means now. We stay home and forego the normal things we […]
Pastors across the islands report the positive side of the coronavirus pandemic
Occasions of grace By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald In keeping with this topsy-turvy age of the pandemic, where community means separation, sharing one’s breath means contagion, and social is associated with the word distance, good things happen. Charity ascends, generosity grows, family bonds toughen, prayer deepens. That is what pastors across the islands report […]
Catholic schools remain open after confusion about shutdown rules
They are in an excellent position to switch to distant learning if necessary By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald With only two days between the announcement and start of a new stay-at-home order on Oahu plus confusion over the order’s directives for public versus private schools, Hawaii Catholic schools and their families had little time […]
New Oahu restrictions mean no singing, wind instruments at Mass
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald With a surge of coronavirus cases on Oahu in August, Gov. David Ige approved Oahu Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s increased restrictions on social gatherings. These went into effect midnight Aug. 19 and will last 28 days. While church and other religious services can continue to take place, singing is now […]
Mary Adamski: Let us pray
View from the pew There was a whole lot of praying going on in the virtual public square last month. But unless you were glued to the screen for every second of the political party conventions, you may have missed it. Both the Democrats and Republicans scheduled invocations, blessings and benedictions by speakers from various […]
Official notices: Sept. 4, 2020
Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate.] September 4, 12:00 pm, Diocesan Audit Committee (video conference). September 8, 10:00 am, East Hawaii Vicariate Financial Review Meeting (video conference). September 9, 10:00 am, East Honolulu Vicariate Financial Review Meeting (video conference). September 10, 9:00 am, Augustine Educational Foundation Board (video conference). September 12, […]
Molokai without Sister Ardis: hard to imagine
Maryknoll Sister says aloha to Friendly Isle after 45 years By Jim Krupa and Paula Scott Special to the Herald Growing up on the Mississippi coast, the sea and adventure were always a part of Sister Ardis Kremer’s life. As the daughter of an engineer running a boatbuilding business, being outdoors was natural. She loved […]
Edgar Allen Pobre, diocesan seminarian: Finding joy in every moment
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I was born in Honolulu on June 21, 1996. I am primarily Filipino, with a few other Asian, Spanish and European ethnicities mixed in. I grew up in Waipahu my entire life with my father, mother and older sister. I attended Waipahu […]
Father Patrick Killilea, SSCC: Treasures in the hold
KAPAUPAPA DIARY: BARGE DAY It appeared on the horizon Aug. 22 at about 7:30 a.m. At 8 a.m. approximately it arrived in the inner harbor, and by 9 a.m. had settled in next to the pier at Damien’s Landing. Looking at it from my front porch brought to mind these lines from a Girl Scout […]
Discovering he was never baptized, priest re-does all his sacraments
By Michael Stechschulte Catholic News Service UTICA, Mich. — August has been a roller coaster for Father Matthew Hood, who was ordained to the priesthood — some might say for the second time, but in reality, for the first time — Aug. 17, 2020, for the Archdiocese of Detroit. Father Hood’s world turned upside down […]
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