The diocese’s eighth deacon formation class is publishing a cookbook to raise money for “Star Light, Star Bright,” an annual project of the diocesan Office for Prison Ministry that reunites women incarcerated at the Oahu Women’s Community Correctional Center and their children for a Christmas party. The book, available in October, will contain the favorite […]
DEACON ANDREW GERAKAS | 1928-2015: A life of generous service, shaped by love of the Eucharist
Deacon Andrew Jude Gerakas, whose devotion to daily Eucharist compelled him to leave the Greek Orthodox Church to become a Roman Catholic, and then one of Hawaii’s first permanent deacons, died on May 18 in Honolulu. He was 87 and a deacon at Star of the Sea Parish in Waialae-Kahala for 34 years. Gerakas served […]
DEACON SAMUEL TAYLOR | 1916-2015: Retired Coast Guard captain was a ‘constant presence’ at Holy Trinity Parish
Deacon Samuel Taylor, the retired Coast Guard captain who spent his retirement as a deacon in “constant presence” at his parish of Holy Trinity in Kuliouou, died Feb. 24 at his home in Hawaii Kai. He was 98 and a deacon for 20 years. “It was like one of the family that died,” said Carole […]
Bishop ordains 13 deacons in four ceremonies
Deacon Eric Kim, right, congratulates newly ordained Deacon Joseph Soon at the Jan. 31 ceremony. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) After a five-year journey of formation, 13 local men have fulfilled their dreams of entering into diaconal ministry. The diocese’s seventh class of permanent deacons was ordained by Bishop Larry Silva last month during […]
Bishop’s ordination homilies: service and sacrifice
In four very different ordination homilies for four separate ordination liturgies, Bishop Larry Silva illuminated the diaconate themes of service and sacrifice using strong images and metaphors. On Kauai, for the ordination of David Kane, Jan. 17 at Immaculate Conception Church in Lihue, the bishop used the image of a sword, “two-edged,” to describe the […]
Bishop to ordain 13 permanent deacons in January
The diocese’s seventh permanent diaconate class stands with Bishop Larry Silva, center, at St. Stephen Diocesan Center, May 17, 2014, after the Rite of Acolyte liturgy. (HCH file photo) Bishop Larry Silva will ordain 13 men as permanent deacons in January in four ceremonies on three islands. The candidates, who range in age from […]
Deacon class: What does this ordination mean to me?
“What does this ordination mean to me?” The Hawaii Catholic Herald posed this question to the diocese’s latest deacon class. Here are their replies, sent in mostly by email. Some of the answers were edited for space considerations. Willingly choosing to complicate life By Keith Cabiles If I’m being honest, my first thought was “anxiety […]
Remembrance: Deacon Jerry Nunogawa ‘left things better off than he found them’
Jerry Nunogawa “loved doing the Lord’s work.” That’s how Michael Shizuma remembered him in a eulogy he offered to his fellow deacon in services in Hilo, where Nunogawa lived and worked, and on Oahu. Nunogawa died on June 17 after collapsing at St. Stephen Diocesan Center a day after assisting at a formation weekend for […]
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