Witness to Jesus | Easter Vigil/Easter Sunday Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered April 19 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu and April 20 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu. If Jesus had died and risen from the dead, but was never seen again, […]
Love, family, community
For some isle catechumens this year, relationships helped them embrace the Catholic faith By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald In the Diocese of Honolulu, 284 people are preparing their hearts to be welcomed into the Catholic Church this year during the Easter Vigil. These catechumens come from a range of ages, places and backgrounds, knowing […]
Catholic initiation process has new name, but the same goal
By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Easter is right around the corner, and many thousands of people across the country are awaiting the day with anticipation to enter the Catholic Church. That includes 241 catechumens in the Diocese of Honolulu who will be baptized at the Easter Vigil. Each one of them prepares for the […]
Bishop celebrates Easter Vigil privately
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald A bright smile showed on Bishop Larry Silva’s face as the cathedral bells rang out, the altar candles were lit up and the “Gloria” was sung during the Easter Vigil at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu on April 11. The moment where Lent transitions […]
Why I want to become a Catholic
By Tatum Vayavananda Special to the Herald My faith journey started about 12 years ago at a U.S. Marine Corps boot camp when a Holy Bible was given to me as part of my standard issue. Though I read it throughout my time there, I had no clue as to how it would affect me […]
I want to be a Catholic because …
I want to be a Catholic because … … I was called. We are all called by God at different stages of our lives but it’s a matter of listening and not just hearing it. I listened to the call when I chose life over death in 2011. With the help of my friend Preston, […]
‘Are we Catholic yet?’
“Are we Catholic yet?”
The young children of the Bowman family from St. Elizabeth Church, Aiea, have asked their parents that question many times in recent weeks. David and Jennifer Bowman, both 34, decided last year to take their ohana of eight on a unique journey of conversion. Excitement shines in the eyes of the entire clan as the day of their baptism into a new faith draws near.
Parishes report 190 to be baptized this year at Easter Vigil
Hawaii catechumens preparing for baptism on the Vigil of Easter, April 4, will be welcomed in four Rites of Election next weekend on Maui, Kauai, Oahu and the Big Island. Also called the “elect,” the catechumens have participated for the past year in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, or RCIA, or the Rite […]
Hawaii’s 2015 catechumens
West Honolulu Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu Jerrell Balisacan John Fayette Basil Sakamoto Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu Shane Stocker Holy Family, Honolulu Charcet Bolton Charmaine Bolton Shae Cobbs Ka’leen Gogo Kerilyn Gogo Grant Meline Tanith Sibayan Wesley Smith Queenie Valenzuela St. John the Baptist, Kalihi Lusiele Manasa Amaya Moreno Charmaine Bautista Fagaragan […]