Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

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 […]

Photo: Lent begins

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Bishop Larry Silva celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass at noon at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, March 1. The bishop places ashes in the sign of the cross on the forehead of a parishioner, marking the start of the Catholic penitential season of Lent. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz)  

Official notices: March 10, 2017

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] March 10, 7:45 am, Bagels with Bishop, Sacred Hearts Academy, Kaimuki; 6:00 pm, Lenten Penance Service for Maui/Lanai Vicariate, Holy Rosary Parish, Paia. March 11-12, Episcopal Visitation, Maria Lanakila Parish, Lahaina. March 14, 9:30 am, Bishop’s Administrative Advisory Council, Chancery, downtown Honolulu. March […]

Bishop happy with choice of new seminary president

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva is pleased with the selection of Jesuit Father George F. Schultze as president-rector and vice chancellor of St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California, where seminarians for the Diocese of Honolulu earn their theology degrees. Archbishop of San Francisco Salvatore Cordileone, chancellor of the […]