By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald A bright smile showed on Bishop Larry Silva’s face as the cathedral bells rang out, the altar candles were lit up and the “Gloria” was sung during the Easter Vigil at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu on April 11. The moment where Lent transitions […]
Hawaii Catholics watch Easter Mass online and on TV this year
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald While Hawaii Catholics couldn’t be at Easter Masses in person this year, they had two televised and streaming options to choose from on Easter Sunday, April 12. A 9 a.m. Mass with Bishop Larry Silva was streamed online, and a prerecorded noon Mass was shown on television via KHNL […]
Photos: Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Bishop Larry Silva celebrated the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace on the evening of April 9. A small number of clergy and lay ministers were in attendance, and the Mass was broadcast live at hictv.com and on the cathedral’s Facebook page. At its peak, 780-plus people […]
Photos: Chrism Mass and Palm Sunday 2020
Both the Chrism Mass on April 2 and Palm Sunday Mass on April 5 were celebrated privately at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace by Bishop Larry Silva and a limited number of priests, altar servers and others involved in the liturgy. The Masses were limited due to COVID-19 gathering restrictions in Hawaii. […]
Bishop Silva livestreams Sunday Mass from the cathedral basilica
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva first livestreamed Sunday Mass since canceling all public Masses due to the COVID-19 pandemic was a pared-down liturgy concelebrated with four other priests, and assisted by a deacon and seminarians as lectors and altar servers. But no congregation. Bishop Silva processed to the altar from the […]
New portraits of Hawaii’s saints stand out above the cathedral’s altar
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Two new faces can be seen in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Specially commissioned portraits of St. Marianne Cope and St. Damien de Veuster went up in December on each side of the crucifixion scene on the high altar. The new paintings depict the two Hawaii […]
Cathedral’s renewal proceeds
New full-length portraits of Hawaii’s two saints will enhance the basilica’s restored sanctuary By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The sanctuary of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace will sparkle for Christmas and unveil two presents — larger than life full-length portraits of Hawaii’s two saints — all part of phase 2C of […]
Photo: Anniversary Mass
Bishop Larry Silva elevates the chalice during a Mass on Aug. 16 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace celebrating the 176th anniversary of the church’s dedication in 1843. (Photo courtesy of Dann Ebina)
Photos: Feast of our patroness of peace
Above, Bishop Larry Silva blesses with incense the statue of Our Lady of Peace outside the cathedral basilica that bears her name July 9 after a Mass inside the church celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Peace. Mary, under the title of Our Lady of Peace, is the patroness of the Diocese of Honolulu. […]
With each step of restoration, cathedral improves fire safety
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald As people worldwide watched in horror as flames engulfed the roof and spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris April 15, in Hawaii one couldn’t help but wonder, and worry, about our own historic cathedral and its flammable potential. Like the Paris church, the Cathedral Basilica of Our […]