Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Merry mangers: Nativity scenes from around the world make up Bishop Larry Silva’s personal collection of crèches

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Tiny and tall. Manufactured and handmade. Local and internationally inspired. Close to 150 Nativity scenes fill the bookshelves of the St. Stephen Diocesan Center library this month, all of them a part of Bishop Larry Silva’s personal collection of manger scenes. This is the first year Honolulu’s bishop has […]

Bishop to observe Filipino tradition of pre-Christmas dawn and evening Masses

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Bishop Larry Silva will again this year observe the Filipino tradition of celebrating a novena of Masses on the nine days before Christmas. The bishop will preside at four early morning Misa de Gallo liturgies and six evening Simbang Gabi Masses, from Dec. 15 to Dec. 24 at 10 parishes on Oahu and the Big […]

Official notices: Dec. 14, 2018

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] December 14, 10:00 am, Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii Corporation Board, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe; 11:30 am, All Diocesan Staff Mass and Christmas Party, SSDC; 5:00 pm, Diocesan Retired Priests Advent Dinner, Café Sistina, Honolulu. December 15, 5:00 […]

Every parish must have a pastoral council, bishop says

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  By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva has mandated that every parish in Hawaii have a pastoral council, a group of parishioners that advises the pastor or parish administrator on pastoral matters and future plans. The 1,200-word document “Norms for Parish Pastoral Councils in the Diocese of Honolulu,” which the bishop put […]

Norms for Parish Pastoral Councils in the Diocese of Honolulu

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DECREE Promulgating Norms for Parish Pastoral Councils With this decree, I hereby promulgate norms, in accord with canon 536 §1 of the Code of Canon Law, that govern parish pastoral councils. I consulted with the Presbyteral Council regarding the requirement of mandating a pastoral council in each parish. These norms take effect immediately, but each […]

Official notices: Nov. 30, 2018

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] December 1-2, Episcopal Visitation, St. Patrick Parish, Kaimuki. December 4, 9:00 am, Diocesan Finance Council, Chancery, downtown Honolulu; 5:30 pm, St. Francis Healthcare System Dinner, Prince Waikiki Hotel, Waikiki. December 5, 4:00 pm, Peace Ceremony and Dinner, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Waikiki. December 6, […]

DECREE: Issuing “Instruction Regarding Sacraments and Funerals in Situations Involving Physician Assisted Suicide”

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DECREE Issuing “Instruction Regarding Sacraments and Funerals in Situations Involving Physician Assisted Suicide” It is with sadness but also with hope that I issue the “Instruction Regarding Sacraments and Funerals in Situations Involving Physician Assisted Suicide.”  It is with sadness because of the new law which permits such actions in the State of Hawaii, contravening […]

Instruction Regarding Sacraments and Funerals In Situations Involving Physician-Assisted Suicide for Clergy, Parish Staff and Ministers to the Sick and Homebound

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“Everyone is responsible for his life before God who has given it to him. It is God who remains the sovereign Master of life. We are obliged to accept life gratefully and preserve it for his honor and the salvation of our souls. We are stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted to […]