Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Merry mangers: Nativity scenes from around the world make up Bishop Larry Silva’s personal collection of crèches

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Tiny and tall. Manufactured and handmade. Local and internationally inspired. Close to 150 Nativity scenes fill the bookshelves of the St. Stephen Diocesan Center library this month, all of them a part of Bishop Larry Silva’s personal collection of manger scenes. This is the first year Honolulu’s bishop has […]

Star bright moments

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Here are scenes from the 2018 “Star Light, Star Bright” Christmas party at the Women’s Community Correctional Center in Kailua on Dec. 8. The annual event is for women inmates, their children and the kids’ caregivers. The Diocese of Honolulu’s Office of Prison Ministry sponsors the event. This year’s party included lunch, treats from an […]

Christmas spirit in the air as Vatican unveils Nativity scene, tree

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By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The annual unveiling of the Vatican’s Christmas tree and Nativity scene brought some much-needed warmth to people’s hearts as winter approached. Hundreds of people in St. Peter’s Square Dec. 7 applauded as white curtains unfurled, revealing a 52-foot wide artistic representation of Jesus’ birth made […]

Bishop to observe Filipino tradition of pre-Christmas dawn and evening Masses

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Bishop Larry Silva will again this year observe the Filipino tradition of celebrating a novena of Masses on the nine days before Christmas. The bishop will preside at four early morning Misa de Gallo liturgies and six evening Simbang Gabi Masses, from Dec. 15 to Dec. 24 at 10 parishes on Oahu and the Big […]

Photo: City Nativity scene

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The Diocese of Honolulu put up a Nativity scene as part of the Honolulu City Lights Christmas display Nov. 24 around Honolulu Hale. The display was created by the diocesan Office of Worship. Assisting with the construction were Deacon Modesto Cordero, David Oliveira, Denise Oliveira, Kevin Saito, Jeremiah Carter and the students of Damien Memorial […]

Diocese schedules sessions to discuss physician-assisted suicide implications

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The Diocese of Honolulu is holding discussion sessions in January and February for clergy and parish staff on the pastoral implications of the new Hawaii law permitting physician-assisted suicide. Here is the schedule: Sessions for explanation, discussion and questions on physician-assisted suicide For: Priests and deacons, parish staff, those involved in ministry to the sick […]

Official notices: Dec. 14, 2018

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] December 14, 10:00 am, Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii Corporation Board, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe; 11:30 am, All Diocesan Staff Mass and Christmas Party, SSDC; 5:00 pm, Diocesan Retired Priests Advent Dinner, Café Sistina, Honolulu. December 15, 5:00 […]