Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Email scammers prey on COVID-19 generosity and fears to get money, gift cards

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  Reminder: Bishop Larry Silva will never email or otherwise contact you to ask that you buy and send him gift cards, money or gifts. Recent emails circulating to local Catholic churches, schools and diocesan employees are pretending to be the bishop or perhaps another church official. The phishing emails usually ask the recipient to […]

Bishop cancels all Holy Week, Triduum, Easter liturgies

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“All liturgical celebrations from now through April 30 are canceled, including those during Holy Week, the Paschal Triduum, and Easter Sunday.” Those stark instructions are in the latest memo (see below) dated March 27 from Bishop Larry Silva to Hawaii Catholics in this time of the coronavirus pandemic, as the government prohibits all large and […]

Making the most of a live-streamed Mass

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In light of Bishop Larry Silva’s decision to cancel all public Masses, the diocesan office for Religious Education developed suggestions of how to make Masses livestreamed over the internet a genuinely interactive and prayerful experience. The resource, created by diocesan religious education director Jayne Ragasa Mondoy, includes ways for the faithful to prepare for the […]

Bishop cancels public Masses for 2 weeks to stem the spread of the coronavirus

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Honolulu’s Bishop Larry Silva, in consultation with his priest advisors, canceled all public Masses effective noon, March 17, through March 31. The decision was made at an emergency 3 p.m. online presbyteral council meeting on March 16. The bishop will meet with his advisors again on March 27 to […]

Ash Wednesday, 2018

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The marking of ashes on the foreheads of Catholic faithful signals the start of the penitential season of Lent, which this year began on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14, and culminates with the Easter Triduum, Holy Thursday through Easter Sunday, March 30-April 1. Bishop Larry Silva, shown here in purple liturgical vestments traditional for Lent, celebrated […]

Photo: Brotherhood at Turtle Bay

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Island priests share smiles and shaka at the lobby of Turtle Bay Resort in Kahuku, May 18, during a break in the annual Priests’ Convocation. The weeklong convocation provided local clergy with opportunities for prayer, fellowship, leisure and learning. This year’s convocation theme was “Witness to Jesus: Go and Make Disciples of All Nations.” Among […]

About one out of five Island parishes receiving new priests this summer

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By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald About one out of every five parishes in the Diocese of Honolulu will receive new priests this summer, the traditional time for clergy assignments. Six Island parishes out of 66 will change pastors and six others will welcome new parochial vicars, formerly called associate pastors, as new […]

Bishop Larry Silva: 2016 Easter Message

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How did one man who was put to death 2,000 years ago manage to become the center of a worldwide religion with billions of adherents over the centuries? How did his closest disciples manage to take his message out to the ends of the earth when they themselves were relentlessly pursued, persecuted, and in most cases put to death?