Sacred Heart Parish in Pahoa on the Big Island is busily preparing for its big weekend feast day celebration, June 27-29. The theme is “May We All Be One.” Orders are being taken for laulau the parish cooks are preparing. Activities being planned include a fun run/walk fundraiser, a rummage sale, a mass wedding with […]
Office for Social Ministry: We can make a difference
Aloha, “We can make a difference!” These words may have been among those proclaimed by the early Christians at Pentecost when they went out to share the Good News. These words were repeated often by folks recently gathered at Catholic Charities on Oahu for a Partners in Care retreat on advocacy around homelessness and affordable […]
Ordination here of Indian priest marks anniversary of Island saint’s priesthood
Newly ordained Sacred Hearts Father Ajit Baliar Singh celebrates the Liturgy of the Eucharist with Bishop Larry Silva, May 21. In front of the altar is the relic of St. Damien, who was ordained in the cathedral 150 years ago in 1864. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) As Sacred Hearts brother Ajit Baliar […]
Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the ordination of Ajit Baliar Singh
This is my body, given up for you This is the homily for the ordination to the priesthood of Sacred Hearts Brother Ajit Baliar Singh in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace on May 21, the 150th anniversary of the priestly ordination of St. Damien DeVeuster, also a priest of the Sacred Hearts, […]
Bishop asks parishes to conduct voter registration drive
In an effort to help more Hawaii Catholics fulfill what the Catechism of the Catholic Church calls a “moral obligation” to vote, Bishop Larry Silva is asking local parishes to conduct voter registration drives during Masses over the June 21-22 weekend. Voter registration forms will be passed out in the pews and Mass-goers who are […]
Letter by Bishop Silva to parishioners of registering to vote
Office of the Bishop Diocese of Honolulu June 7, 2014 To All Parishioners in the Diocese of Honolulu Dear Sisters and Brothers: I am writing about a very important issue for our community: voting. With all the hype about “separation of church and state” we can be deceived into thinking that our participation in the […]
Congratulations Hawaii Catholic High School Classes of 2014
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Office for Social Ministry: Ohana means family
Aloha, The Ohana Mass, which just celebrated its first year anniversary in our diocese, is a liturgy where most of the liturgical ministers (lectors, altar servers, eucharistic ministers) are persons with disabilities. All persons, including those who use walkers and wheelchairs, are encouraged to participate in the Ohana Mass in a variety of ways, such […]
Memorial Mass for John and Joyce Mondoy to be celebrated on Oahu
St. Damien Parish in Kaunakakai, Molokai, lost two community members this past Lenten season, a married couple who were active stewards in the life of the church. John J. Mondoy, 84, died on April 3 in Hoolehua, and his wife Joyce A. Mondoy, 71, passed away on April 11 in Honolulu. John was a music […]
Analysis: Most of the new clergy sex abuse lawsuits are for alleged incidents 40, 50, 60 years old
When the Hawaii state legislature passed a law in 2012 that removed for two years the statute of limitations in cases of sexual abuse of a minor, no one knew exactly what to expect. Would there be a flood of lawsuits? A barrage of accusations? The law did not expressly target the Catholic Church, but […]
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