Bishop Larry Silva privately held the “Celebration of the Passion of the Lord” on Good Friday afternoon, April 10, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. A small number of clergy and lay ministers were in attendance, and the Mass was broadcast live at hictv.com […]
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 […]
Media Review: “Tiger King” and Better Things to Be Binge Watching
Catholic News Service has reviewed “Tiger King,” a binge-watching sensation during the first month of the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. (See review below) We’ve added a small sampling of recommendations for alternative Catholic TV shows and films (many are available on the most popular streaming sites) instead of this “crash course in the deadly […]
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. […]
Vatican approves special ‘Mass in the Time of Pandemic’
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments has approved a special “Mass in the Time of Pandemic” to plead for God’s mercy and gift of strength in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The Mass opens with a prayer that God would “look with compassion […]
Prayers during the time of the coronavirus
Compiled by the diocesan Office of Worship These suggested prayers are for the faithful of the Diocese of Honolulu to join together in solidarity. We pray for all the sick, the caregivers, the dead, and for all those affected in so many different ways by this pandemic. Also included below are directions on making a […]
Central Oahu pastors share ways to safely ‘minister in place’
Father William Kunisch, pastor of Resurrection of the Lord Parish in Waipio and vicar for Central Oahu, in a March 19 email to the clergy of his vicariate, shared a few things central Oahu parishes are doing to continue to minister to their people. Here are some of the actions he reported. Drive-through Confessions: Father […]
Talk story: In Christ we are never alone
https://www.facebook.com/kupunaneedsproject/photos/a.103506911295210/110690557243512/?type=3&theater OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “In the present situation in which we find ourselves living more or less isolated, we are invited to rediscover and deepen the value of the communion that unites all the members of the church … united in Christ we are never alone.” (Pope Francis, Lenten homily in the chapel of […]
Photo: Sheltering at St. Stephen
Diocese of Honolulu seminarians flew back to Hawaii from St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California, after COVID-19 led the seminary to switch to distance learning for the remainder of the academic year. Two diocesan seminarians headed back to the Big Island, but the remaining seminarians are staying at St. Stephen Diocesan Center […]
‘Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?’
Here is the text of the Pope Francis’ extraordinary “Urbi et Orbi” (“To the City and the World”) address delivered Friday, March 27, at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City. “When evening had come.” The Gospel passage we have just heard begins like this. For weeks now it has been evening. Thick darkness has gathered over […]