By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The fall semester at Catholic colleges and universities around the country will look and feel very different. As the nation continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, university life is cautiously stepping back into the fray of bringing students, faculty and staff members back together under extreme […]
Diocese urges pandemic-affected faith formation programs have a family focus
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The three faith formation leaders of the diocese are thinking positive. While the coronavirus pandemic is forcing the church to reshape its faith formation programs under its weighty health and safety constraints, they are urging parishes to use this time as an “opportunity to connect your young people and […]
Loans keep ‘essential ministries’ going during national emergency
By Julie Asher Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee said the federal emergency “bridge loans” that dioceses, parishes and other Catholic entities applied for provided a lifeline, allowing “our essential ministries to continue to function in a time of national emergency.” “The Catholic Church is the largest […]
Livestreaming Masses for the Diocese of Honolulu
Even with churches opening up, for the elderly and those in high risk groups, there are still many opportunities to view Sunday and daily Masses over the internet via livestream. Bishop Larry Silva has dispensed with the obligation to attend Sunday Mass through Aug. 31. Here is a list of livestreamed liturgies. (Source: Diocese of […]
Cardinal blesses ashes of Mexican nationals who died of COVID-19
By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Inside New York’s iconic St. Patrick’s Cathedral, some 250 Mexican nationals were hailed as anonymous heroes July 11, after dying of COVID-19, which they likely contracted as they kept the city moving when it was experiencing the peak of the pandemic earlier this year. Their cremated remains […]
Priests ministering to the sick and dying encounter situations they have never experienced before
On the COVID-19 front lines By Rick Snizek Catholic News Service PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Arriving in the early evening at Fatima Hospital, Father Richard Narciso — his anxiety level already raised due to the circumstances — listened intently as Gloria, the nurse assigned to guide him, detailed the procedures he would need to follow to […]
The chancery at your service
The Office of Worship is one example of how diocesan administrative offices have shifted into full gear helping parishes through the coronavirus crisis By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Schools office has spent many hours advising local Catholic schools on budgets and virtual learning. The diocesan human resources office has worked with […]
Loss and sadness
Catholic educators work to ease blow of pandemic-induced school closings By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service CLEVELAND — The announcement that two historic Catholic schools in the Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts, were closing for good as the academic year ended sent a wave of loss and sadness across the diocese. St. Mary’s Schools, founded in […]
Diocese issues coronavirus guidelines for ministries, meetings
View this post on Instagram A post shared by EPIC Ministry (@epicministryhi) A socially distanced meeting of EPIC Ministry on June 22. The Knights of Columbus may meet again. So can religious education classes and the parish pastoral council. The Diocese of Honolulu is now open for other activities and ministries in addition to Mass. […]
Photo: International quarantined choir
Dominican Sister Malia Dominica Wong was interviewing a sister June 17 at the Sacred Hearts Sisters’ Malia o ka Malu convent in Kaimuki when she heard “angelic” singing coming from the chapel. Checking out the source of the beautiful music she found a choir of familiar and unfamiliar faces. The familiar faces belonged to Hawaii’s […]
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