It’s a holy day of obligation for isle Catholics regardless of the date By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald The solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, which commemorates Mary’s conception free of original sin, is traditionally observed on Dec. 8. The second Sunday of Advent this year also falls on Dec. 8. In importance of liturgical […]
Land sale agreement will bring ‘critical funds’ to diocese
By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald For the past 19 years, the Diocese of Honolulu leased a 6.5-acre land parcel in Waialae-Kahala to Kahala Nui, a retirement community, next to Mary, Star of the Sea Church and School. This land lease agreement provided a home for Kahala Nui’s apartments and wide range of life […]
Marriages within church continue to decline
Local and national observers cite changes within society and the COVID-19 pandemic By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald A recent study shows that across the country, fewer and fewer adults are getting married — including within the Catholic Church. In Hawaii, statistics confirm that fewer Catholics are getting married within the Diocese of Honolulu every […]
A year in review: Hawaii Catholic news in 2023
2023: Death and redemption Compiled by Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Aug. 8, 2023, was the day that stunned Hawaii like never before when a roaring wildfire, fed by the gale-force winds of a passing hurricane, burned to the ground the historic Maui town of Lahaina, killing 100 people and displacing thousands more. It was […]
Father John Molina incardinated into the Diocese of Honolulu
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva announced the incardination of former Somascan Father John Molina into the Diocese of Honolulu in the Official Notices of the Nov. 24 Hawaii Catholic Herald. He was publicly welcomed to the presbyterate of the diocese Dec. 1 at the final Mass of the annual convocation of […]
Seven-year parish, school financial review a success
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald It could take a while to get your financial ducks in order. Years, perhaps, if you are a Catholic parish or school unaccustomed to the particulars of worldly accounting. Seven years if you are a parish or school of the Diocese of Honolulu. In 2016, the diocese embarked on […]
Annual Diocesan Stewardship Report 2022
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2021 Stewardship Report for the Diocese of Honolulu
Click here for a pdf of the 2021 Stewardship Report for the Diocese of Honolulu.
Your new pastor
How was he chosen? What are his primary duties? How long will he stay? By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald His appointment is first announced in the bishop’s “official notices” in the Hawaii Catholic Herald. Then, customarily on July 1, the new pastor, unelected, mysteriously picked, moves into his assigned parish. After he has settled […]
With deacon’s retirement, an era ends for the Diocese of Honolulu
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Richard Port first learned of the permanent diaconate in the early 1960s in Ghana, West Africa, where he and his wife Ann (Antonette) were teaching secondary school in President John F. Kennedy’s newly established Peace Corps. There, on Sundays, the corps’ first married couple would hitchhike 25 miles to […]