Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: A convergence of clergy

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More than 100 of the diocese’s priests took a weeklong respite from ministry May 5-9 to attend the annual Priests’ Convocation at Turtle Bay Resort on the North Shore of Oahu. The convocation included seminars on “Renewing Sunday Preaching,” as well as time for personal prayer, recreation and fellowship. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz)

Photo: New acolyte

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Keith Cabiles holds a chalice and paten as Bishop Larry Silva confers upon him the ministry of acolyte, May 17 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center chapel in Kaneohe. Cabiles is one of 13 men in the diocese’s seventh class studying for the permanent diaconate. The Rite of Acolyte is the last major step before their […]

Photo: Annual seminary donation

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Evelyn Cabral district deputy of the Young Ladies Institute, Ana Malia and Kailua, presents this year’s seminary burse donation of $3,650 to Bishop Larry Silva, plus $1,500 more from the Young Ladies Grand Institute Miller foundation. The presentation was made March 23 at a brunch following Mass celebrated by the bishop at St. Anthony Parish, […]

Photo: New instrument introduced

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Sacred Hearts Fathers Edward Popish, left, and Lane Akiona stand at the microphone in St. Augustine Church in Waikiki as musician Timothy Cubero Jr. plays on the church’s new Rodgers 599 Three-Manual Drawknob Organ on April 27. The occasion was the first in a series of concerts featuring the new instrument, which was custom-installed in […]

Photo: ‘Ground-breaking’ ground breaking

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Bishop Larry Silva, center, joined Damien Memorial School president Bernard Ho, to his right, and other special guests at a groundbreaking ceremony at the Kalihi campus, April 30. Construction is slated to begin soon on the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletic Building, the first major complex to be built at the school in about 30 years. […]

Photos: Celebrating the Triduum

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Bishop Larry Silva celebrated Holy Week liturgies April 17-19, commemorating the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. From top: The bishop washes a parishioner’s feet on Holy Thursday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace; adoration of the cross at the cathedral’s Good Friday liturgy; Bishop Silva baptizes catechumen Donovan Wong at the Co-Cathedral […]

Photo: Blessing of the oil

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Bishop Larry Silva blesses a container of oil mixed with balsam at the annual Chrism Mass on Oahu,  April 10 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Chrism Masses were held across the diocese to bless for Island parishes the sacred oils used to administer the sacraments. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz)

Photo: A big service project

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As a community service project, 10 students from Damien Memorial School, Saint Francis School and Sacred Hearts Academy and their families planned, prepared, sliced and diced, cleaned, hauled and served more than 200 people, including 44 keiki, at the Next Step Homeless Shelter in Kakaako on April 14. The students are all scholarship recipients of […]