Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Official notices: Feb. 28, 2014

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Bishop’s calendar March 5, 12:00 noon, Mass for Ash Wednesday, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu. March 6, 10:00 am, Presbyteral Council, Kamiano Center, downtown Honolulu; 1:00 pm, Clergy Personnel Board, Kamiano Center; 2:00 pm, Vicars Forane, Kamiano Center. March 7, 10:00 am, All Diocesan Staff Meeting, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe; […]

Bishop ‘recovering well’ from knee surgery

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Bishop Larry Silva underwent knee surgery Feb. 18 and is expected to be back celebrating Mass in public as early as Ash Wednesday, according to his assistant. Denise Oliveira of the bishop’s office said Bishop Silva has been “recovering well” after the five-hour total right knee replacement procedure done at Queen’s Hospital. The bishop was […]

Bishop to educators: learn from the past, plant seeds for the future

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Catholic educators hold hands praying the Our Father at the educator’s conference, Jan. 31 in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. (HCH photos | Darlene Dela Cruz)   Bishop Larry Silva urged the hundreds of Oahu’s Catholic school teachers and administrators who gathered Jan. 31 in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa for the Annual Conference of […]

Official notices: Feb. 14, 2014

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Bishop’s calendar February 14, 9:00 am, Augustine Educational Foundation Members Meeting, Chancery, downtown Honolulu. February 15, 5:00 pm, Marriage Convalidation Mass, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Ewa Beach. February 16, 1:00 pm, Ohana Mass (for developmentally disabled), Holy Trinity Parish, Kuliouou; 6:00 pm, Mass and blessing for the Great Aloha Run/Aloha Ke Akua Run […]

Red Mass homilist: collaboration can overcome homelessness

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Bishop Larry Silva blesses the public officials gathered at the annual Red Mass, Jan. 14, in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz)   Homelessness and the lack of affordable housing are not insurmountable problems if the groups fighting them find creative ways to work together, said the homilist […]

Official notices: Jan. 31, 2014

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Bishop’s calendar January 31, 8:30 am, Mass for Annual Conference of Catholic Educators, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Kalihi. January 31-February 1, Diocesan Pastoral Council, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe. February 1, 10:00 am, Mass for World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life, Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish, Manoa. [Fr. Gary Secor]; 5:00 pm, Mass for […]

Annual schools conferences to honor 31 educators for years of service

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The Hawaii Catholic Schools Annual Conference for Catholic Educators, Jan. 31 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, will honor 18 Oahu Catholic school educators marking 20, 30, 40 and 60 years of service. Neighbor island events will honor two educators on Kauai, four on Maui and seven on the Big Island. Being recognized for 60 […]

Diocesan Pastoral Council received five new members at fall meeting

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The Diocesan Pastoral Council, Bishop Larry Silva’s 16-member, mostly-lay advisory group, welcomed five new members at its fall meeting, Sept. 13-14. The new members are Lana Vargas representing Leeward Oahu, Cynthia Miller representing West Big Island, Jody Montel representing East Big Island, Marianist Brother Thomas Spring, representing religious congregations of men, and Father Konelio Faletoi […]