Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Bishop ordains 13 deacons in four ceremonies

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Deacon Eric Kim, right, congratulates newly ordained Deacon Joseph Soon at the Jan. 31 ceremony. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) After a five-year journey of formation, 13 local men have fulfilled their dreams of entering into diaconal ministry. The diocese’s seventh class of permanent deacons was ordained by Bishop Larry Silva last month during […]

Bishop’s ordination homilies: service and sacrifice

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In four very different ordination homilies for four separate ordination liturgies, Bishop Larry Silva illuminated the diaconate themes of service and sacrifice using strong images and metaphors. On Kauai, for the ordination of David Kane, Jan. 17 at Immaculate Conception Church in Lihue, the bishop used the image of a sword, “two-edged,” to describe the […]

Soups, salads and sandwiches, hold the meat

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Fifteen years ago, the Hawaii Catholic Herald started an annual tradition of getting diocesan staff together for a “Lenten Luncheon.” The goals of this event were simple: To enjoy a colorful array of meatless dishes, the recipes of which the Herald would publish for its readers, encouraging a little creativity in the kitchen during the […]

Hawaii’s 2015 catechumens

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West Honolulu Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu Jerrell Balisacan John Fayette Basil Sakamoto Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu Shane Stocker Holy Family, Honolulu Charcet Bolton Charmaine Bolton Shae Cobbs Ka’leen Gogo Kerilyn Gogo Grant Meline Tanith Sibayan Wesley Smith Queenie Valenzuela St. John the Baptist, Kalihi Lusiele Manasa Amaya Moreno Charmaine Bautista Fagaragan […]

Diocese of Honolulu 2015 Lenten Regulations

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FASTING In the dioceses in the United States, Catholics aged 18 through 59 are bound to fast on both Ash Wednesday (Feb. 18) and Good Friday (April 3). To fast means to consume one full meal a day at most, although taking of other, smaller quantities of food at the other customary mealtimes is permitted. […]

Romero’s beatification will be soon, archbishop says

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VATICAN CITY ­— Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero will be beatified in San Salvador “certainly within the year and not later, but possibly within a few months,” said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the postulator or chief promoter of the archbishop’s sainthood cause. Speaking to reporters Feb. 4, the day after Pope Francis formally recognized that the slain […]

Remembering Msgr. Troi | Former Alpine forces chaplain skied with one pope, befriended another

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Msgr. Franco Luigi Troi, a former elite forces chaplain from Alpine Italy who skied with Pope John Paul II and befriended Pope Benedict XVI, a priest who spent most of his retirement years assisting at Oahu parishes, died Jan. 21 after a brief illness at St. Francis Hospice in Honolulu. He was ordained 50 years. […]

Father Anthony Rapozo, diocesan priesthood: It’s Jesus’ ministry

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING I enjoy my calling as a priest. The greatest challenge of this assignment was that there was a school attached to the parish. Initially, I did not realize how much time I would be involved in the school. But I have come to enjoy my interaction with the children. The kids now […]