WITNESS TO JESUS | FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT This is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the First Sunday in Lent, celebrated Feb. 20 and 21 along with Rites of Election at St. Catherine Church, Kapaa, the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu, and the Co-Cathedral of St. […]
Diocese offers ‘naming’ ritual for miscarried infants
By Jayne Ragasa-Mondoy Special to the Herald “Every human life, from the moment of conception until death, is sacred because the human person has been willed for its own sake in the image and likeness of the living and holy God.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2319) We sat with each other and wept. Eleven […]
Last of newest deacon class ordained
Bishop Larry Silva ordained two Kauai men permanent deacons on Feb. 19 at Immaculate Conception Church in Lihue. Alejandrino A. Ragasa Jr. and Averiet A. Soto were the last in the diocese’s newest class of 13 to receive the laying on of hands. Deacon Ragasa is a parishioner at Immaculate Conception. Soto is a member […]
Office of Worship director leaving isles for California
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Deacon Modesto Cordero, who as director of the diocesan Office of Worship led Hawaii’s clergy and lay worshippers through the complexities of pandemic-safe liturgical protocols, is leaving the islands with his wife Nydia Aileen at the end of May for a new home and new job in southern California. […]
Diocese hires experts in construction, property management, accounting
Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Diocese of Honolulu has hired three experts in the areas of construction, property management and accounting to help the diocese and parishes in those areas where experience is a necessary and valued asset. New onboard are Caven Raco as part-time facilities services advisor, Lee McCluskey as a full-time facilities […]
Bob Leong gave Catholic school scholarships to the less fortunate
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bob Leong, who nine years ago took a fledgling Hawaii Catholic high school scholarship program under his wing giving dozens of less fortunate young “scholars” the opportunity of a Catholic school education, died Feb. 23 in Seattle where he lived. “My father passed away peacefully early this morning with […]
Sister Fatima Joy A. Pasquin, OP, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: It is okay to make mistakes
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald When the time came for me to take leave of my home to enter the convent, my father was not around. I knew it was hard for both of my parents to let me go. But as the fifth of sixth children, […]
Mary Adamski: Chaplaincy in the time of COVID
VIEW FROM THE PEW Here we are in March marking the one-year anniversary of anxiety as our daily state of mind. A year ago, people were just beginning to realize that the deadly, highly infectious disease in a distant country was indeed going to be our problem, too. We’ve faced daily breaking news from the […]
Maui-born Sister of Social Service dies in California of COVID-19
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald There is a small but significant subset of people born and raised in Hawaii who move to the mainland where they enter the religious life as priests, sisters and brothers, living a life of service of which folks back home are mostly unaware. One such person was Sister Susan […]
Talk Story: New approaches to traditional practices
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Every moment of our lives is a time for believing, hoping and loving. The call to experience Lent as a journey of conversion, prayer and sharing of our goods, helps us to revive the faith that comes from the living Christ, the hope inspired by the breath of the Holy Spirit […]
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