WITNESS TO JESUS | SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER This is the prepared text of the homily delivered by Bishop Larry Silva on May 14, the Sixth Sunday of Easter, at St. Philomena Church, Honolulu, on the occasion of the celebration of Confirmation and first Communion I remember when I was about 10 years old, walking […]
Photo: Confirmed and more
Bishop Larry Silva confirmed 29 young men and women at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Wailuku on the feast of Pentecost June 5. At the evening Mass, they also received the Holy Eucharist and were welcomed into the parish community by family, friends and parishioners. The picture includes Bishop Silva, the pastor, Msgr. Terrence […]
Photo: A very special day
La Salette Father Augustine Uthuppu and Deacon Chris Ribucan celebrate with the children who received Confirmation and first holy Communion May 28 at their parish of Christ the King in Kahului, Maui. (Photo courtesy of Audie Pascual)
Photo: Sacraments of initiation
Sacraments of initiation Bishop Larry Silva administered the sacraments of Confirmation and first holy Communion to eight children and one adult on Aug. 28 at St. Philomena Church in Honolulu’s Salt Lake district. In the Diocese of Honolulu, the sacraments of initiation are given in the “restored” order of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist. Children are […]
May Confirmation Masses postponed
Seventeen parish Confirmation and first holy Communion ceremonies originally scheduled for May have been postponed until an undetermined date because of the extension of state quarantine orders through May 31. Bishop Larry Silva would have celebrated nine of them; vicar general Msgr. Gary Secor would have celebrated eight. Also postponed are two pastor installations, two […]
Photo: Confirmation Mass
Bishop blesses the youth of Holy Family Parish, Honolulu, at their confirmation Mass, June 30. (Photo courtesy of Dann Ebina)
Photo: All confirmed in Hilo
Bishop Larry Silva poses with the St. Joseph Parish, Hilo, new confirmation class May 31. Chrislyn Villena, the parish director of religious education commented, “I believe we have successfully transitioned our parish to the ‘restored order’ of the sacraments. There is still lots more work to do, to catch more people in our fishing nets. […]
Phase two: Second group of parishes will move to the ‘proper order’
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald It’s Big Pentecost II. This Pentecost weekend, June 8-9, the second of three groups of Hawaii parishes will make the transition to giving the sacraments of initiation in their “proper order” — baptism, confirmation, holy Eucharist — by confirming children and youth in the second grade and older. Twenty […]
Photo: Confirmation in Latin
Bishop Larry Silva confirms a boy during the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite of Confirmation at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Pauoa on Sept. 11. To the bishop’s right is Blessed Sacrament’s pastor, Father Steve Nguyen. The Extraordinary Form is also known as the traditional Latin or Tridentine rite. (HCH photo | Dann Ebina)
Wonderful, grace-filled and joyful
The celebration of confirmations in parishes across the diocese witnessed the Holy Spirit ‘at work’ By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald A wonderful, grace-filled, family experience. That’s how many island parishes described the special group confirmations of their children and youth in grades two through 12 at Masses on Pentecost Sunday, May 20, and its […]