Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

School concert to add a twist to Christmas songs

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The five instrumental and vocal musical ensembles of St. John Vianney School in Kailua will present the free holiday concert “Christmas with a Twist,” Dec. 6, at 6:30 p.m. The school music director Sarah Young will conduct the school’s Beginning Band, Beginning Orchestra, Senior Choir, Concert Band and Concert Orchestra. The ensembles are made up […]

Photo: Honoring the Vietnamese martyrs

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Members of Hawaii’s Vietnamese Catholic Community carry a flower-laden platform carrying three reliquaries in a procession at the Mass for the feast of the Vietnamese Martyrs at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu, Nov. 25. Bishop Larry Silva celebrated the afternoon Mass commemorating 117 martyrs who were canonized by St. John Paul II on […]

Instruction’s intention is to dissuade people from making mortal choice

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PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE By Father Mark Gantley Special to the Herald The Hawaii State Legislature during its 2018 session passed a bill, signed into law by Gov. David Ige, permitting terminally ill patients to commit suicide with the help of physicians, psychologists and pharmacists. The law was promoted by the mainland advocacy organization Compassion and Choices, […]

DECREE: Issuing “Instruction Regarding Sacraments and Funerals in Situations Involving Physician Assisted Suicide”

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DECREE Issuing “Instruction Regarding Sacraments and Funerals in Situations Involving Physician Assisted Suicide” It is with sadness but also with hope that I issue the “Instruction Regarding Sacraments and Funerals in Situations Involving Physician Assisted Suicide.”  It is with sadness because of the new law which permits such actions in the State of Hawaii, contravening […]

Instruction Regarding Sacraments and Funerals In Situations Involving Physician-Assisted Suicide for Clergy, Parish Staff and Ministers to the Sick and Homebound

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“Everyone is responsible for his life before God who has given it to him. It is God who remains the sovereign Master of life. We are obliged to accept life gratefully and preserve it for his honor and the salvation of our souls. We are stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted to […]

From the corporate to the Catholic world

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Lisa Sakamoto has spent a decade overseeing the financial management of the Diocese of Honolulu By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald When Lisa Sakamoto attended her first Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference on the mainland after her 2009 hiring to lead the Diocese of Honolulu’s finance office, she kept being asked by fellow conference attendees where […]

After 20 years clustered, Manoa, Punahou parishes to split again

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald After nearly 20 years together, two clustered parishes in East Honolulu will once again have their own “pastoral leaders.” Sacred Heart Parish in the Punahou neighborhood and St. Pius X Parish in Manoa will be un-linked on Jan. 1. Bishop Larry Silva made the announcement in a Nov. 6 […]

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