Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Cathedral sanctuary: stripped

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Story and photos by Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald If these coral walls could talk, they would share stories of Hawaii’s saints, faith-filled families and generations of God’s great work. The Hawaii Catholic Herald got a literal “behind the scenes” look Feb. 15 at the renovations taking place in the sanctuary of the […]

Official notices: March 9, 2018

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] March 9, 6:00 pm, Big Island Vocation Discernment Dinner, St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Kailua-Kona. March 11, Pilgrimage to Kalaupapa, Molokai. March 13, 9:00 am, Diocesan Finance Council, Chancery, downtown Honolulu; 7:00 pm, Chrism Mass for the Kauai Vicariate, St. Catherine Parish, Kapaa. […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Called to be prophets

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WITNESS TO JESUS: SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of Bishop Silva’s homily for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time delivered Jan. 28 at St. John Vianney Church, Kailua, and at St. Ann Church, Kaneohe, on the occasion of the installation of its new pastor. In a house of ill repute? […]

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 […]