Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Official notices: Feb. 23, 2018

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] February 24, 5:00 pm, Scout Mass, St. John Vianney Parish, Kailua. February 27, 9:00 am, Diocesan Finance Council, Chancery, downtown Honolulu; 12:00 pm, Hawaii Catholic Conference Board, Chancery; 5:30 pm, Meeting of the Members and Directors of St. Anthony School of Maui Foundation, […]

Hawaii receives two more relics of St. Marianne Cope

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii has acquired two more relics of St. Marianne Cope, one for the local community of Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, the Molokai saint’s own religious congregation, and one for the Diocese of Honolulu. The relics, fragments of the saint’s bones, were obtained from the St. […]

Bishop ordains four neighbor isle deacons of 10-member class

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Bishop Larry Silva ordained four new neighbor island deacons in three Masses on three islands over the last two weeks. The newly ordained were the last of the diocese’s eighth permanent deacon class, which has 10 members, the remaining six from Oahu. Andres (Bambi) Emayo Jr. was ordained at a 10 a.m. Mass, Jan. 20, […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl

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CRS RICE BOWL Dear Friends in Christ, Jesus called us to love our neighbor. But, like the scholar in the Scripture passage, we may also find ourselves asking, “Who is my neighbor?” This Lent, the U.S. Bishops’ Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Rice Bowl program will help us answer that question. CRS Rice Bowl is not […]

Bishop Silva: Ash Wednesday/Valentine’s Day

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Here is a statement by Bishop Larry Silva regarding Valentine’s Day falling on the first day of Lent. In anticipation of possible requests for a dispensation from penitential fast and abstinence on Ash Wednesday because it is also Valentine’s Day, I think it is most important for us as Catholics to observe the beginning of […]

Catechumens to sign their intent to be baptized in Rites of Election

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii’s catechumens, also called the elect, will make public their intention to be baptized at this year’s Easter Vigil, March 31, at five Rites of Election on four islands where they sign their names in their parish’s Book of the Elect for presentation to the bishop or bishop’s representative. […]

Official notices: Feb. 9, 2018

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] February 11, 12:00 pm, Mass for the World Day of Prayer for the Sick, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu.[Msgr. Gary Secor] February 14, 12:00 pm, Mass for Ash Wednesday, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu. February […]

Red Mass speaker urges officials to open their hearts to the newcomer

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald In a talk full of autobiographical detail, the head of Catholic Charities Hawaii spoke to Hawaii’s public leaders about the courage and humanity of immigrants and refugees at the annual diocesan Red Mass, Jan. 16 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. “I speak from experience,” Terry Walsh said, “that […]

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