Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Official notices: June 29, 2018

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] June 30, 7:30 am, Diocesan Pastoral Council, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe. July 1, 2:00 pm, Mass with the Samoan Community, St. Anthony Parish, Kalihi. July 3, 9:30 am, Bishop’s Administrative Advisory Council, Chancery, downtown Honolulu. July 5, 10:30 am, Plan Administrative […]

11 parishes gaining new pastors, parochial vicars in summer assignments

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In the annual appointments of priest assignments, effective July 1, three parishes will gain new pastors or administrators and seven will have new parochial vicars (formerly called associate pastors). An additional administrator starts Aug. 1. Three priests will start assignments as hospital chaplains, and one priest is retiring. All of these appointments were previously announced […]

Photo: Baccalaureate Mass

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Participants in Bishop Larry Silva’s second annual Baccalaureate Mass for middle and high school graduates May 24 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa pose with the bishop in the church sanctuary after Mass. Nineteen graduates from Central Middle School, Damien Memorial School, McKinley High School, Moanalua Middle School and Farrington High School, as well as […]

Official notices: June 15, 2018

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] June 19, 9:00 am, Diocesan Finance Council, Chancery, downtown Honolulu; 12:00 pm, Mass for the 50th Anniversary of the death of Bishop James Sweeney, first Bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu; Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu; 4:30 pm, Catholic […]

Hawaii gains a new priest

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Bishop Silva ordains William ‘Pila’ Tulua May 18 in a joyous two-hour liturgy at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald By the grace of God, the power of the Holy Spirit and the laying on of hands, Hawaii gained a new priest May 18. Bishop Larry Silva ordained William “Pila” […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Renewing the face of the earth

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WITNESS TO JESUS | SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST This is the text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost, given May 19 and 20 at three parishes where he also administered the sacrament of confirmation, Immaculate Conception Church, Ewa; Mary, Star of the Sea Church, Honolulu; and the Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at […]

Official notices: June 1, 2018

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] June 1, 6:00 pm, Mass for the 50th Ordination Anniversary of Reverend Gary Colton, St. Theresa Church, Kihei. June 2, 5:00 pm, Confirmation Mass, Sacred Heart Parish, Waianae. [Msgr. Gary Secor] June 3, 10:30 am, Mass for Feast of Corpus Christi at the […]

Big Pentecost is here: after three years preparing, the diocese will begin to give confirmation second graders

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Bishop Larry Silva anoints the foreheads of children with chrism during the confirmation rite April 8 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. (Photos courtesy of Miguel Heraclio) By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald After more than three years of preparation, the Diocese of Honolulu will begin this month to give the sacrament […]