By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The seats were spaced apart and the crowd was smaller than usual at Deacon Ese’ese “Ace” Tui’s diaconal ordination. But joyous choir music, striking altar decorations and a supportive crowd filled any gaps left by COVID-19’s social distancing measures. Bishop Larry Silva ordained Tui a “transitional” deacon — so-called […]
God gives, takes: living through a lockdown
By the wife of a deacon Special to the Herald My faith was pounded with life uncertainties long before COVID-19. A big phase in my life had ended. I started a new career. I was happy to move on with new things to learn. There were challenges too numerous to count, for instance, facing the […]
Deacon ordination of Ese’ese Tui delayed
The ordination of seminarian Ese’ese “Ace” Tui to the transitional diaconate previously scheduled for May 15 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ewa Beach has been postponed due to the limitations imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, Bishop Larry Silva announced May 2. “After careful re-consideration of the lockdown situation we are currently experiencing, Seminarian […]
Dario Rinaldi of Maui ordained a deacon, final step to priesthood
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva ordained Maui resident Dario Rinaldi a deacon during an evening Mass July 5 at St. Joseph Church in Makawao, Maui. A year away from priesthood, Deacon Rinaldi is a “transitional” deacon as opposed to a “permanent” deacon. On the phone with the Hawaii Catholic Herald from […]
Two deacons leading pilgrimages to Passion Play
In Europe in the early 17th century, sentries guarded towns, villages and hamlets to protect them from a silent, deadly and relentless killer — the bubonic plague. No one could get in or out without the proper clearances and medical screening. For months the small village of Oberammergau in Bavaria, Germany, maintained its precautionary measures […]
DEACON JOAQUIN ‘KIN’ MUNA BORJA | 1949-2018
He loved and lived his diaconate, and was a strong advocate for life By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Deacon Kin Borja was feeling so happy he wanted everyone in the car to sing. He was driving with family and friends from Sacramento, California, to Lake Tahoe on Oct. 25 for a much anticipated vacation. […]
Chuukese native ordained a deacon; next step priesthood
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald In an evening Mass enlivened by his Chuukese culture, Romple Emwalu was ordained a deacon by Bishop Larry Silva, May 25, at St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church in Mililani. Hawaii’s Chuukese Catholic community turned out in force to celebrate one of its own making his last major step […]
Big Island deacon’s memoir explores transformative wake of son’s death
A permanent deacon working at a Big Island parish has published a personal memoir of spiritual and societal transformation and of his eventual call to the diaconate triggered by the tragic death of his 26-year-old son 15 years ago in Missouri. “A Place for Us to Meet,” by Deacon Jim Dougherty, is available through Amazon […]
Isle-born Jesuit ordained deacon
Hawaii-born Jesuit deacon Kyle Shinseki poses with Big Island pastor Father Konelio Faletoi and Hawaii diocesan seminarians Oct. 21 in Christ the Light Cathedral in Oakland, California, after his ordination to the diaconate by Jesuit Bishop Michael Barber of Oakland. Pictured, from left, are Father Faletoi, Kurt Meyer, deacon Shinseki, Ese’ese “Ace” Tui, Romple Emwalu […]
