Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Catholic schools continue the academic year with distance learning

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald They’ve been videoconferencing math lessons, doing P.E. in the backyard, weaving palm branches for Holy Week, and thanking essential workers with handmade signs and social media shares. Hawaii Catholic schools have moved their academic years online while the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the islands and the world. Here’s […]

Waialua vestment designer making Damien-Marianne protective masks

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Wendy Wylder had been sewing chasubles, the priest’s primary outer Mass vestment, in her small sewing studio in Waialua to present to Hawaii clergy at their annual convocation in May when the coronavirus pandemic struck. The event was canceled, so she adjusted. Wylder is now making protective face masks […]

Photo: No cream cheese, either

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This year’s “Bagels with Bishop” event for Saint Louis School seniors was a “Stay at Home” version due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. On April 7, the students logged in to videoconference with Bishop Larry Silva instead of meeting with him in person. Each year, Bishop Silva meets with each senior class of Hawaii’s Catholic […]

In class, at home

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Stay-at-home distance learning in this time of the conoravirus is alive and well at Mary, Star of the Sea School in Waialae-Kahala, reports principal Margaret Rufo. She sent a few photos April 3 to the Hawaii Catholic Herald for a little show-and-tell. Clockwise from upper left, second grade teacher Cheryl Ricordo in front of her […]

Ordination still on, location has changed

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The ordination of seminarian Ese’ese Tui to the transitional diaconate continues to be scheduled for 6 p.m., May 15, Bishop Larry Silva announced April 7, but the venue has changed from the Co-Cathedral of St Theresa to Tui’s home parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ewa Beach. Normally, local ordinations are scheduled for […]

Hawaii Catholics watch Easter Mass online and on TV this year

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald While Hawaii Catholics couldn’t be at Easter Masses in person this year, they had two televised and streaming options to choose from on Easter Sunday, April 12. A 9 a.m. Mass with Bishop Larry Silva was streamed online, and a prerecorded noon Mass was shown on television via KHNL […]

Photos: Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday)

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Bishop Larry Silva privately held the “Celebration of the Passion of the Lord” on Good Friday afternoon, April 10, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. A small number of clergy and lay ministers were in attendance, and the Mass was broadcast live at hictv.com […]

Photos: Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper

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Bishop Larry Silva celebrated the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace on the evening of April 9. A small number of clergy and lay ministers were in attendance, and the Mass was broadcast live at hictv.com and on the cathedral’s Facebook page. At its peak, 780-plus people […]