Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photos: Chrism Mass and Palm Sunday 2020

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Both the Chrism Mass on April 2 and Palm Sunday Mass on April 5 were celebrated privately at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace by Bishop Larry Silva and a limited number of priests, altar servers and others involved in the liturgy. The Masses were limited due to COVID-19 gathering restrictions in Hawaii. […]

Easter stories: A family faith affair

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Though the pandemic has put Easter Vigil initiations on hold, two Oahu families are eager and waiting to become Catholic By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald For Tiffany Welch, it was a surprising statement by her preschooler. For Jason and Victoria Castiglione, it was going on a marriage retreat. Both experiences led these Hawaii residents […]

Virtual Catholic high school for Oahu’s north shore in the works

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The idea of a web-based St. Michael High School is sounding like a pretty good idea about now By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald With COVID-19 sweeping the country and much of the world, students everywhere have switched to both social distancing and distance learning. But online schooling isn’t a new idea for St. Michael […]

Central Oahu pastors share ways to safely ‘minister in place’

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Father William Kunisch, pastor of Resurrection of the Lord Parish in Waipio and vicar for Central Oahu, in a March 19 email to the clergy of his vicariate, shared a few things central Oahu parishes are doing to continue to minister to their people. Here are some of the actions he reported. Drive-through Confessions: Father […]

Photo: Sheltering at St. Stephen

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Diocese of Honolulu seminarians flew back to Hawaii from St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California, after COVID-19 led the seminary to switch to distance learning for the remainder of the academic year. Two diocesan seminarians headed back to the Big Island, but the remaining seminarians are staying at St. Stephen Diocesan Center […]

Bishop cancels all Holy Week, Triduum, Easter liturgies

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“All liturgical celebrations from now through April 30 are canceled, including those during Holy Week, the Paschal Triduum, and Easter Sunday.” Those stark instructions are in the latest memo (see below) dated March 27 from Bishop Larry Silva to Hawaii Catholics in this time of the coronavirus pandemic, as the government prohibits all large and […]

Local Catholic schools to continue distance learning through April 30

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Hawaii Catholic parochial schools will extend students’ time away from campus through April 30 due to COVID-19, mirroring the Hawaii public schools’ schedule. “Due to our social responsibility, and in solidarity with our State leaders, all parochial schools will extend the postponement of ‘in-person’ classes through Thursday, April 30, 2020,” wrote Mike Rockers, the superintendent […]

Bishop Silva livestreams Sunday Mass from the cathedral basilica

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva first livestreamed Sunday Mass since canceling all public Masses due to the COVID-19 pandemic was a pared-down liturgy concelebrated with four other priests, and assisted by a deacon and seminarians as lectors and altar servers. But no congregation. Bishop Silva processed to the altar from the […]

Making the most of a live-streamed Mass

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In light of Bishop Larry Silva’s decision to cancel all public Masses, the diocesan office for Religious Education developed suggestions of how to make Masses livestreamed over the internet a genuinely interactive and prayerful experience. The resource, created by diocesan religious education director Jayne Ragasa Mondoy, includes ways for the faithful to prepare for the […]