Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

The Sacred Triduum with Bishop Silva

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Photos by Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Bishop Larry Silva celebrated the Sacred Triduum — Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Vigil — April 13-15. These three days culminating Holy Week and leading into Easter feature many liturgical customs commemorating Christ’s passion, death and resurrection. On Holy Thursday, April 13, Bishop Silva celebrated an evening Mass […]

Photos: Blessing of the holy oils

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Representatives from Oahu parishes brought oils to be blessed for sacramental needs, right, to the Chrism Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, April 6. Bishop Larry Silva, above, was the main celebrant of the Mass. He blessed and consecrated the Sacred Chrism by stirring fragrant balsam into a large container of oil placed in […]

Official notices: April 21, 2017

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] April 23, 10:30 am, Confirmation and First Communion Mass, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu; 6:00 pm, Confirmation Mass, St. John Apostle and Evangelist Parish, Mililani. [Msgr. Gary Secor]; 6:00 pm, Mass celebrating the end of St. Theresa School Fund […]

Bishop Silva ‘proud’ of Catholics who rallied against assisted suicide

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By Catholic News Service Bishop Larry Silva told that Hawaii Catholic Herald that he was “very proud of the large number of our parishioners who signed petitions and contacted their legislators” in opposition to the physician-assisted suicide bill which the Health Committee of the Hawaii House of Representatives March 23 unanimously voted to defer. The […]

Official notices: April 7, 2017

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] April 7, 7:45 am, Bagels with Bishop, Maryknoll School, Makiki; 11:30 am, Funeral Mass for Deacon Lauren Wong, St. John Vianney Parish, Kailua. April 8, 9:00 am, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Mid-Year Meeting, Pauline Bookstore Conference Room, downtown Honolulu; […]

Official notices: March 24, 2017

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] March 24, 6:00 pm, Lenten Penance Service, St. Theresa Parish, Mountain View. March 25-26, Episcopal Visitation, Holy Rosary Parish, Pahala & Sacred Heart Parish, Naalehu. March 28, 7:45 am, Bagels with Bishop, St. Anthony School, Wailuku; 7:00 pm, Chrism Mass for the Maui/Lanai […]

Hawaii bishop joins others in allowing St. Paddy’s Day corned beef, however …

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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Bishop Larry Silva may not be Irish, but he has gotten in the spirit of St. Paddy’s Day this year by issuing a “dispensation from abstinence from meat” for anyone whose celebration of the wearin’ of the green would be incomplete without a slab of corned beef. When St. […]

Bishop’s Circle follow-up appeal in time for Lenten almsgiving

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The follow-up to the 2016-2017 Bishop’s Circle campaign launched last November went out in the mail to Catholic donors last week in time for Lent. It is a self-contained mailer and return envelope, with a message from Bishop Larry Silva. “As Catholics, we are all part of a larger […]

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