Bishop Larry Silva swipes ashes on the forehead of a parishioner at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace during the noontime Ash Wednesday Mass, Feb. 18. Several hundred faithful gathered at the downtown church for the liturgy, with the distribution of ashes marking the start of Lent for Christians around the world. (HCH […]
Bishop to lead spiritual pilgrimages this year to destinations far and near
Bishop Larry Silva will be the spiritual director on pilgrimages to the Holy Land and to Kalaupapa, Molokai, this year. The bishop is scheduled to make an 11-day trip with Hawaii pilgrims to the Holy Land, April 27 to May 7. The tour was designed for the Diocese of Honolulu by Faith Journeys, an Arizona-based […]
Bishop ordains 13 deacons in four ceremonies
Deacon Eric Kim, right, congratulates newly ordained Deacon Joseph Soon at the Jan. 31 ceremony. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) After a five-year journey of formation, 13 local men have fulfilled their dreams of entering into diaconal ministry. The diocese’s seventh class of permanent deacons was ordained by Bishop Larry Silva last month during […]
Bishop’s ordination homilies: service and sacrifice
In four very different ordination homilies for four separate ordination liturgies, Bishop Larry Silva illuminated the diaconate themes of service and sacrifice using strong images and metaphors. On Kauai, for the ordination of David Kane, Jan. 17 at Immaculate Conception Church in Lihue, the bishop used the image of a sword, “two-edged,” to describe the […]
Folding of Road Map leads to next step in diocesan planning
With the wrapping-up of the “Diocesan Road Map of Pastoral, Program and Facility Needs 2008-2013,” the planning document that steered Bishop Larry Silva’s opening years as Bishop of Honolulu, the diocese is looking for a new set of priorities to carry it into the future. The Office for Pastoral Planning, headed by director James Walsh, […]
Year two of revived Bishop’s Circle sees boost in donations
The second year of the Bishop’s Circle, a special diocesan fundraising campaign, has seen a more than 40 percent increase in donations compared to this time last year thanks to a larger mailing list and an increase in the size of contributions from some previous donors. The diocese has received about $200,000 as of Jan. […]
Official notices: Feb. 13, 2015
Bishop’s calendar [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate] February 15, 6:00 pm, Mass and blessing for the Great Aloha Run/Aloha Ke Akua Run for Vocations Participants, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Kalihi. [Fr. Gary Secor] February 18, 9:10 am, Mass for Ash Wednesday, Damien Memorial School, Kalihi; 11:00 am, Mass for Ash Wednesday, Catholic […]
Red Mass speaker: ‘We help because of who we are’
Above, vicar general Father Gary Secor raises his hand as Bishop Larry Silva blesses government leaders. (HCH photos | Darlene Dela Cruz) At the diocese’s annual Red Mass, Jan. 20 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, a congregation of government leaders, Protestant priests and ministers, Hawaiian societies, Catholic priests, sisters and […]
Christians of many denominations find unity in prayer
Leaders of local Christian churches sing during the Taize service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Jan. 22 at the Newman Center. In the front row are Rev. Charles Buck of the United Church of Christ Hawaii Conference and Bishop Stephen Randolph Sykes of the Inclusive Orthodox Church. Behind Rev. Buck is Father […]
Hundreds fill Waipahu church for local son’s ordination
Above, Edwin Damien Conselva prostrates himself at the altar during the Litany of Supplication. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) At 7 a.m. on Jan. 3, a rainbow arced across the blue sky above St. Joseph Church in Waipahu. The storm the night before had given way to a morning of light and rejoicing, […]