In the last decade, Marlene De Costa has overhauled the Diocese of Honolulu’s real estate By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald On the whiteboard in Marlene De Costa’s office are two handwritten, faded slogans she’s kept up as a reminder of her mission as the Diocese of Honolulu’s real estate director: “Specialize in the impossible” […]
From the corporate to the Catholic world
Lisa Sakamoto has spent a decade overseeing the financial management of the Diocese of Honolulu By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald When Lisa Sakamoto attended her first Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference on the mainland after her 2009 hiring to lead the Diocese of Honolulu’s finance office, she kept being asked by fellow conference attendees where […]
Diocese of Honolulu 2017 Lenten Regulations
Prepared by the diocesan Office of Worship FASTING In the dioceses in the United States, Catholics aged 18 through 59 are bound to fast on both Ash Wednesday (March 1) and Good Friday (April 14). To fast means to consume one full meal a day at most, although taking of other, smaller quantities of food […]
Proliferation of vicars
The word means deputy or representative and is used at many levels of church life By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Parochial vicars seem to be appearing more frequently in parishes. Meanwhile, associate pastors have been vanishing from parish staff listings. What’s a parochial vicar? Let’s start with the “pastor.” Every parish gets one, or […]
400 gather in cathedral to mark 75th anniversary of diocese
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Catherine Hughes got a better seat this time — inside the church — for the Mass celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Diocese of Honolulu Sept. 10 in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. She had been present with her mother on the same day three quarters […]
Diocese of Honolulu: 75 years: Diocese celebrates a rich heritage
By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald The bombing of Pearl Harbor. Hawaii’s statehood. The canonization of two saints. Countless baptisms, first Communions, weddings, funerals, ordinations, daily and Sunday Masses. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu has been through quite a bit in seven-and-a-half decades. Island Catholics over the years have been blessed with […]
Diocese of Honolulu: 75 years: Through the decades
The diocese through the decades On Sept. 10, 1941, Hawaii’s Catholic church, a missionary outpost for 114 years, was elevated to the status of “diocese” — the Diocese of Honolulu. It was, for island Catholics, an honor perhaps akin to the territory of Hawaii becoming a state of the union. Pope Pius XII appointed Bishop […]
Diocese of Honolulu: 75 years: Bishop Silva’s message
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Peace be with you! Some of our parishioners are old enough to remember when the Catholic Church in Hawaii was called the Apostolic Vicariate of Hawaii, as well as the time 75 years ago when it became the Diocese of Honolulu. It went from being “mission territory,” dependent upon Rome for […]
Diocese of Honolulu: 75 years: Original story
Here is the Sept. 11, 1941, (Hawaii) Catholic Herald story on the establishment of the Diocese of Honolulu and installation of its first diocesan bishop. Stirring Pageantry Marks Installation Thousands Line Streets, Fill Church Ancient Ritual Held to Elevate Vicariate, Install Bishop In a surrounding of ecclesiastical pageantry and ancient church ritual, the Most Reverend […]
Diocese of Honolulu: 75 years: Bishop Sweeney’s Address
Pledge of Devotion, Service Made in Bishop’s Address A pledge of devotion and service in his labors among his new island flock was made by His Excellency, Bishop James J. Sweeney, D.D., in his installation address at the ceremonies held Wednesday (Sept. 10, 1944) in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. The following is […]
