On Nov. 11 at 7 a.m. our parish of Our Lady of Sorrows in Wahiawa was blessed to welcome the International Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima. The statue has been on pilgrimage throughout the world since 1947. This is not just a visit of a statue but, in a real sense, a visit […]
Sacred Heart Church in Pahoa reaches out to vulnerable parishioners as lava flow threatens to split the community
As the front of the Kilauea lava flow remains stalled on the edge of Pahoa town, this breakout flow on Nov. 2 occurred about 218 yards upslope. Recent breakouts have been common and are filling in low points behind the flow front. (Photo courtesy of Hawaiian Volcano Observatory) As a river of molten rock […]
Diocese’s HOPE Services taking both urgent, long-term approaches
HOPE Services Hawaii, a nonprofit organization created by the Diocese of Honolulu in 2010 to aid the homeless on the Big Island, has been heavily engaged in outreach to residents in Pahoa and its surrounding subdivisions as the lava makes its approach. Its chief executive officer Brandee Menino said the organization has participated in […]
Cramped St. Jude Parish will be moving to a bigger place
Father Khanh Hoang, center, pastor of St. Jude Church in Makakilo, tours with project managers part of the 11-acre land parcel acquired by the parish Oct. 17. (HCH photos by Darlene Dela Cruz) Good news for St. Jude Church in Makakilo, which has been bursting at the seams ever since it was built 15 […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Campaign for Human Development
“Lord when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?” And the King will say to them in reply, “Amen, I say […]
Diocese preparing to celebrate ‘Year of Consecrated Life’
Dominican Sister Malia Dominica Wong displays a poster she created celebrating consecrated life in Hawaii. The poster is part of the material being distributed to parishes and schools. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) “What does ‘consecrated’ mean?” Dominican Sister Malia Dominica Wong asked the assembly of students at St. Anthony School in Kailua, […]
India-based missionary order officially established in diocese
Hawaii’s Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians at their convent in Waimalu, from left, Sister Marykutty Kottuppallil, Sister Meristella Umdor and Sister Ruth Zonunthari. (HCH photo | Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP) The Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians, an India-based congregation that has served in Hawaii since 2008, have established themselves […]
Relatives, friends gather to bid Carmelites a fond, final aloha
The bodies of the two Carmelite sisters lay in peace on beds of pink and white roses in the small monastery alcove on Oct. 27 as more than 100 people crowded in the adjoining public chapel and lanai for their funeral. Bishop Larry Silva celebrated the morning Mass for the repose of the souls of […]
Ordinations in January make room for new deacon class
The diocese’s deacon-making process is an overlapping one, with two staggered classes each with its own five-year curriculum. The ordinations of the older class this January will conclude its formation as the other class proceeds into its second year of preparation for ordination in 2018. The completion of the first class will make room for […]
Photo: White Mass
Bishop Larry Silva celebrated the diocese’s “White Mass,” an annual liturgy for physicians, surgeons, nurses and other health care providers, Oct. 30 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Dr. Emma Avila, right, was among the roughly 80 attendees at the liturgy. Dioceses around the world hold White Masses in October in honor […]
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