Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Bishop ordains transitional deacon at home parish in Kona

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Bishop Larry Silva ordained Arrion Rosales-Llantos a transitional deacon July 1 at his home parish of St. Michael in Kailua-Kona. About a dozen priests and five deacons participated in the ordination. In attendance were the new deacon’s parents, Philippine immigrants Errol Llantos and Lovette Rosales-Llantos of Kona and family members Lourdes Perlas Rosales and Christina […]

From Kiddy for the kiddies: Bishop blesses Mililani playground

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald It must have been agony for the kids to have to wait for the adults to finish talking. But while the purple posts and bars and ladders and platforms of the shiny new playground at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church in Mililani beckoned enticingly, the main man in […]

Governor signs bill appropriating $5 million for Kalaupapa Memorial

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Gov. David Ige signed Senate Bill 3338 June 29 appropriating $5 million in state funds to build The Kalaupapa Memorial, a monument to the thousands of people, mostly unknown, who were forcibly quarantined to the Hansen’s disease settlement on Molokai from 1866 to 1969. “I really want to thank everyone involved with getting this measure […]

Photo: Specially blessed

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Bishop Larry Silva presents Father Konelio Faletoi, pastor of St. Michael Parish, Kailua-Kona, with an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis, July 1, at the diaconate ordination Mass for Arrion Rosales-Llantos. The occasion was Father Faletoi’s 30th anniversary of ordination. The blessing was arranged by St. Michael parochial vicar Father Jaroslaw Skrzypek. For his 25th ordination […]

Photo: Happy Holy Ghost Feast

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Father Anthony Rapozo, pastor at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Parish in Mililani, poses with the “royal court” of the parish’s first annual Holy Ghost Feast, June 5, Pentecost Sunday, at the 11 a.m. Mass. The Holy Ghost Feast is a traditional Portuguese cultural celebration introduced to the islands by Portuguese immigrants. Pictured with Father […]

Delivering dignity, compassion, justice

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Catholic Charities Hawaii, the island church’s primary social service agency, turns 75 this month By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald When Daryl Lynn Davalos was a teen in the late 1960s, her family went to Catholic Social Services on Oahu for family counseling. She remembers waiting in the lobby after an appointment and seeing a […]

Catholic Charities Hawaii: 75 years of charity timeline

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75 years of charity Source: Catholic Charities Hawaii 1859 The Catholic Weomen’s Aid Society, later to be known as the Catholic Women’s Guild, helps immigrant plantation workers adjust to life in Hawaii by providing food, clothing and medical aid. 1921 Laymen form the Columbus Welfare Association (CWA) promote activities for the general welfare of the […]

He wanted to serve others, so was priesthood calling?

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Arrion Rosales-Llantos had already registered for his third year at the University of Hawaii-Hilo, for classes in administration of justice and history, when he mentioned to his pastor in Kona that he was considering the priesthood as a career. The pastor, Father Konelio Faletoi, urged him to enter the […]