October count However, the number is 18,700 fewer than the pre-pandemic count By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald More Catholics in Hawaii are going to church as pandemic protocols loosen, according to the latest October count. But the numbers are still far fewer than they were pre-COVID-19. The annual diocesan headcount of weekend Mass attendees […]
Red Mass: Superintendent tells how schools fought COVID with faith, science
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald On the day the COVID-19 infection rate roared to a new single-day record of 6,252 in Hawaii, a positive message was being heard at the annual Red Mass, Jan. 18, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace — the story of how Hawaii’s Catholic schools faced down […]
Omicron has some pastors returning to social distancing
Others are leaving it up to worshippers to space themselves By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19 hit the Hawaiian islands right around the time that the Diocese of Honolulu lifted requirements for social distancing in Catholic churches throughout most of the state. The latter decision had been made […]
Social distancing requirement in church lifted in three counties
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald You can discard the tape and cords blocking every other pew and fill your churches again. At least on every island except Hawaii island. The pandemic’s requirement of keeping six feet away from everyone indoors was removed Dec. 1 when Gov. David Ige gave each Hawaii county the power […]
Choirs are permitted again, so are hymnals and penance services
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Singing at Mass is back. So are hymnals, missalettes and printed bulletins. Father Alfred Omar Guerrero, director of the Office of Worship, reported those changes to pandemic church-going protocols in an emailed Nov. 10 memo addressed to clergy, parishes and all Hawaii Catholics. (See full text.) Face masks are […]
Updated liturgical rules for this time of pandemic
This is the text of the memorandum from the Office of Worship updating coronavirus pandemic protocols in church MEMORANDUM To: Clergy, parishes and Catholic faithful From: Rev. Alfred Omar Guerrero, Director Date: Nov. 10, 2021 Subject: Updated liturgical directives for the new liturgical year during the time of pandemic The following are the updated liturgical […]
Commentary: Year of prayer united by technology
By Christian Raquepo Special to the Herald “I am the Lady of the Rosary. Continue to pray the Rosary every day.” (Our Lady of Fatima, Oct. 13, 1917) Unable to gather at the homes of parishioners of the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa to pray the rosary accompanied by a pilgrim statue of Our Lady because […]
Commentary: The vaccine: it’s God’s gift
By Taylor Rayray Special to the Herald As a part of the universal Catholic church, we have all endured emotional, mental and physical challenges this past year-and-a-half during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mask-wearing and habitual sanitizing have become the new normal, and for a large portion of this period we have not been able to celebrate […]
All school COVID cases originated elsewhere, superintendent says
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii Catholic Herald checked in with superintendent of Hawaii Catholic Schools Llewellyn Young in early October to ask about the COVID-19 case numbers in parochial and private Catholic schools in Hawaii. Here are some highlights of his response. At the end of the 2020-2021 school year, 40 total […]
Vatican to require vaccination proof or negative COVID test
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Visitors, tourists and employees who want to enter Vatican territory will be required beginning Oct. 1 to show proof of vaccination, recovery from the coronavirus or a negative COVID-19 test. The anti-COVID ordinance, which was approved by Pope Francis and signed by Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, president […]
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