2019 Easter Message — The emptiness of a woman whose beloved husband died is deeply painful. The emptiness of an elderly person in a nursing care facility who has no one to visit him causes more suffering than his many physical ailments. The emptiness of a man addicted to pornography grows ever more burdensome, […]
Official notices: April 19, 2019
Bishop’s calendar [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] April 19, 8:00 am, Good Friday Morning Prayer, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu; 3:00 pm, Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Kalihi. April 20, 8:00 am, Holy Saturday Morning Prayer with Preparatory Rites for the Elect, […]
Bishop Larry Silva: The fire of God’s burning love
Witness to Jesus | Third Sunday of Lent Here is the prepared text of the homily for the Third Sunday on Lent, delivered at St. Joseph Church, Hilo, at the Mass celebrating the centennial of the dedication of the church. He was on fire! That is something we might say about a basketball player who […]
Official notices: April 5. 2019
Bishop’s calendar [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] April 5, 7:45 am, Bagels with Bishop, Damien Memorial School, Kalihi. April 6, 9:00 am, Mass for Women’s Retreat, St. Elizabeth Parish, Aiea. April 6-7, Episcopal Visitation, St. Joseph Parish, Makawao. April 7, 9:00 am, Mass with Confirmation & First Holy Communion, St. Joseph Parish, […]
The last bite of the bagel
Saint Francis seniors savor their final visit with the bishop at their school, which closes this year By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Saint Francis senior class crowded into their gym’s multipurpose room the morning of March 14. It was Career Day during the Manoa school’s Spirit Week, and the twelfth graders were dressed […]
Photo: Ashes to ashes
Bishop Larry Silva applies ashes to the forehead of visiting priest Father Simon Baker at the Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, March 6. (HCH photos | Anna Weaver)
Bishop Larry Silva: Lenten solidarity with the poor
WITNESS TO JESUS | CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES’ RICE BOWL Dear Friends in Christ, Peace be with you! God invites us to reach out beyond ourselves and encounter God in the experience of sharing with other vulnerable persons. This Lent, CRS Rice Bowl — Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten faith-in-action program — reminds us that the journey […]
Official notices: March 22, 2018
Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] March 23, 1:00 pm, Marriage Validation Mass for East Hawaii Vicariate, St. Joseph Parish, Hilo: 5:30 pm, Mass with Confirmation & First Holy Communion, St. Theresa Parish, Mountain View. March 24, 11:00 am, Centennial Mass of the Anniversary of Dedication of St. Joseph […]
Photo: Rite of Election
Oahu catechumens gathered at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu on March 10 for the Rite of Election. Each catechumen signs the Book of the Elect as they prepare to enter the Catholic Church this Easter. Similar Rites of Election were held on the Big Island, Kauai, Oahu and Maui. In his […]
Bishop Larry Silva: The great lie that I protest here
On Feb. 20, a joint Senate Committee of the Human Services and Judiciary passed Senate Resolution SR4 and Senate Concurrent Resolution SCR8: “urging the Hawaii State Department of the attorney general to conduct a statewide investigation of sexual abuse of minors in the state of Hawaii by clergy of the Roman Catholic Church.” Here is […]
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