Merry Christmas and Happy 2014, Heraldians! Let’s celebrate the holidays with a very special quiz. I’ll be mixing some Christmas trivia with questions to test your memory of 2013 events. Warmest wishes to you and yours! 1) Saints Pope Francis in 2013 canonized the first saint from Colombia. What is the name of this saint? […]
Photo: Star light, star bright
The diocesan prison ministry held their annual Star Light, Star Bright Christmas party for women inmates and their families at the Women’s Community Correctional Center in Kailua, Dec. 14. The party featured games, karaoke, food, donated gifts and a visit from Santa. From top, an inmate and child pray before lunch; Deacon Richard Abel, dressed […]
Photo: Receive the Word
The 13 members of the diocese’s seventh permanent deacon class took a big step in their formation Dec. 15 when they received the ministry of reader, or lector, at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. Bishop Larry Silva conferred the ministry to Joseph P. Aglia of Pahala (pictured), Jose R. Almuena Jr. of Honolulu, Jose L. Ancheta […]
13 deacon candidates to receive ministry of reader
The 13 members of the diocese’s seventh permanent deacon class will close their fourth year of formation by receiving the ministry of reader, or lector, Dec. 15 in the main chapel at St. Stephen Diocesan Center. Bishop Larry Silva will confer the ministry, one of the major steps to ordination, which is now only a […]
Anxious Filipino Catholics seek to help family, friends
Typhoon victims wait in line for free rice at a businessman’s warehouse in Tacloban, Philippines. Aid agencies faced challenges getting food and water to the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos. ( CNS photo/Erik De Castro, Reuters) As heart-wrenching reports of Super Typhoon Haiyan’s unprecedented toll on the Philippines circulated last week, Hawaii’s Filipino Catholics […]
Local parish collections will go directly to relief efforts
Bishop Larry Silva has asked each parish to collect donations for Philippines typhoon relief. The money will be sent to Catholic Relief Services, the international aid agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Money can also be sent directly to Catholic Relief Services through its website, http://emergencies.crs.org/typhoon-haiyan-help-philippines-survive-and-recover/ David Coleman, director for Catholic Relief Services […]
Bishop Silva is bringing back The Bishop’s Circle appeal
Bishop Larry Silva this month is bringing back The Bishop’s Circle, a targeted fundraising appeal started by Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario and put on hold in 2009 when the diocese launched the its With Grateful Hearts capital campaign. The bishop will send an invitation letter to about 3,000 Catholics over the next few weeks, mostly […]
Mary Adamski: Battlelines drawn
Stories and images of fighting the enemy to his knees or his death, smiting those who oppose us, making them feel the hurt, are imbedded in our brains, whether you tune into the world news, are a movie buff or play video games. Smash them, thrash them, count the wins, count the bodies. For a […]
In a special legislative session that spurs thousands to protest, same-sex marriage becomes law
Following a special session of the Hawaii state Legislature that for two weeks turned the state Capitol into a high-spirited exhibition of populous democracy, Gov. Neil Abercrombie on Nov. 13 signed the bill causing all the commotion and made Hawaii the 15th state to legalize same-sex marriage. In reaction to the bill’s passage, Hawaii Bishop […]
Bishop Larry Silva, on the passage of the Hawaii same-sex marriage bill
Nov. 13 It is very sad that many of our state legislators and our governor have confused a manufactured civil right with a true civil right based on the centuries-old respect for marriage as a stable union between one man and one woman established and publicly recognized primarily for the welfare of children. This manufactured […]
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