Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Official notices: June 19, 2015

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] June 19, 10:00 am, Funeral Mass for Deacon Andy Gerakas, Star of the Sea Church, Waialae-Kahala. June 20, 8:00 am, Mass for Oahu Faith Formation Conference, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe. June 20-21, Episcopal Visitation, St. John Apostle & Evangelist Parish, Mililani. […]

Hawaii welcomes newest priest : ‘From this day forward, the risen Christ will make himself sacramentally present in Nick Brown’

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Diocesan vicar general Father Gary Secor greets Father Brown with the fraternal “kiss of peace.” (HCH photos | Darlene Dela Cruz)   For more than seven minutes the priests lined up to lay their hands gently, silently, purposefully, for a second or two, on Nicholas Brown’s head, as Bishop Larry Silva had done moments before […]

Photo: Confirmation anointing

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Bishop Larry Silva anoints with chrism the forehead of a young parishioner at St. Anthony Church, Kailua, as part of the Rite of Confirmation during an evening Mass, May 28. The bishop has been administering the sacrament of Confirmation at various parishes around the Islands, through which confirmandi are bestowed with the gifts of the […]

Official notices:: June 5, 2015

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Bishop’s calendar [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] June 6, 5:00 pm, Confirmation Mass, St. Rita Parish, Nanakuli. [Fr. Gary Secor] June 7, 10:30 am, Mass for Feast of Corpus Christi at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Kalihi, followed by Eucharistic Procession to the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu, […]

Diocesan Pastoral Council experience has been ‘deeply enriching’

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With its May 29-30 meeting, the Diocesan Pastoral Council will bid aloha to members whose terms have ended. One of them is Mary Talon, the current council president and central Oahu vicariate representative. Here she graciously shares her reflections on being a member of the council which serves to advise Bishop Larry Silva.   As […]

Jubilant ceremony marks anniversaries of religious life

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  The Mass in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa on the bright, warm morning of April 25 was appropriately jubilant. The music-saturated liturgy celebrated the jubilees — significant anniversaries of religious commitment ranging from 25 to 75 years — of 11 priests, seven sisters and one brother. Bishop Larry Silva presided over the ceremony joined […]

Official notices: May 8, 2015

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Bishop’s calendar [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] May 8, 11:00 am, Hawaii Catholic Schools Administrators’ End of the Year Social, Ko’olau Golf Club, Kaneohe. [Fr. Gary Secor] May 9, 10:00 am, Confirmation Mass, St. Joseph Parish, Waipahu; 5:00 pm, Confirmation Mass, Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Wahiawa; 6:00 pm, Confirmation Mass, St. […]

Bishop Larry Silva: Returning the sacraments of initiation to their proper order

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Dear parents, priests, deacons, youth ministers, faith formation staff and Catholic school administrators, I am writing this letter to invite you to take an active role by reading the articles regarding the plan to return the sacraments of initiation to their proper order in our diocese, that is: Baptism, Confirmation, and then First Holy Communion. […]

Bishop Silva incardinates Father Gantley into diocese

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Father Mark J. Gantley, the diocese’s judicial vicar, officially joined the Diocese of Honolulu on April 15. Bishop Larry Silva “incardinated” Father Gantley upon the approval that same day of his “excardination” from his home diocese of Syracuse, N.Y., by Syracuse Bishop Robert Cunningham. Incardination into the Diocese of Honolulu means he answers to the […]

Official notices: April 24, 2015

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Bishop’s calendar Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] April 24, 6:00 pm, St. Francis Kupuna Village Phase I Grand Opening, St. Francis Healthcare, Liliha Campus. April 25, 8:00 am, Mass for 2015 Knights of Columbus Annual Meeting, Ala Moana Hotel; 10:00 am, Confirmation Mass, Sacred Hearts Parish, Lanai. [Fr. Gary Secor]; […]