Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Photo: Special presentation

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Hawaii’s Knights of Columbus Supreme Council presented Special Olympics Hawaii a check for $3,500 on May 15. Pictured at the presentation, from left, are Dan Epstein, vice president of sports and sports marketing for Special Olympics Hawaii; Michael P. Victorino, Hawaii state deputy, Knights of Columbus; Nancy Bottelo, Special Olympics Hawaii president and CEO; and […]

Photo: Receive the Holy Spirit

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Diocesan vicar general Father Gary Secor administers the laying on of hands on Jahsten Campbell-Lacasandile as part of the rite for the sacrament of Confirmation May 31 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Ewa Beach. Jahsten was one of more than 30 confirmandi at the parish who received the sacrament, which bestows upon […]

Photo: Future bishop meets future saint

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Bishop (then Father) Larry Silva greets St. (then Pope) John Paul II at the Vatican in April 1991 in this photo taken by Vatican photographer Arturo Mori. Bishop Silva was in Rome that year for sabbatical studies at the Institute of Continuing Theological Education at the Pontifical North American College. (Photo courtesy of Bishop Larry […]

Photo: Masters of their theological domain

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Graduates of the Master’s in Pastoral Theology program at Chaminade University of Honolulu pose for a group photo on commencement day, May 12, at the Neal Blaisdell Arena. These graduates, who include deacons and deacon candidates and their wives, and a Catholic Charities Hawaii vice president, earned their degrees as part of an arrangement the […]

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 […]