Bishop Larry Silva privately held the “Celebration of the Passion of the Lord” on Good Friday afternoon, April 10, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. A small number of clergy and lay ministers were in attendance, and the Mass was broadcast live at hictv.com […]
Photos: Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Bishop Larry Silva celebrated the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace on the evening of April 9. A small number of clergy and lay ministers were in attendance, and the Mass was broadcast live at hictv.com and on the cathedral’s Facebook page. At its peak, 780-plus people […]
Photos: Chrism Mass and Palm Sunday 2020
Both the Chrism Mass on April 2 and Palm Sunday Mass on April 5 were celebrated privately at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace by Bishop Larry Silva and a limited number of priests, altar servers and others involved in the liturgy. The Masses were limited due to COVID-19 gathering restrictions in Hawaii. […]
Bishop cancels all Holy Week, Triduum, Easter liturgies
“All liturgical celebrations from now through April 30 are canceled, including those during Holy Week, the Paschal Triduum, and Easter Sunday.” Those stark instructions are in the latest memo (see below) dated March 27 from Bishop Larry Silva to Hawaii Catholics in this time of the coronavirus pandemic, as the government prohibits all large and […]
CORONAVIRUS: Public will not be admitted to papal Holy Week liturgies
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Vatican office that distributes free tickets to papal events has posted a notice on its website that “the liturgical celebrations of Holy Week will take place without the physical presence of the faithful.” While public gatherings, including Masses, have been banned in Italy through April […]
Scenes from Holy Week
Bishop Larry Silva celebrates the Sacred Triduum Top, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace’s Easter Vigil on April 20, Bishop Larry Silva and Massgoers chant “Lumen Christi, Deo Gratias” as the “light of Christ” from the newly blessed Paschal Candle spreads from candle to candle throughout the darkened cathedral. Just prior to […]
Scenes from Holy Week 2018
Pope Francis: Easter shows the power of love, which renews the world
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Easter makes it clear that in the life of Jesus, but also in the lives of modern men and women, “death, solitude and fear” do not have the last word, Pope Francis said before giving his Easter blessing. “The words heard by the women at the […]
Papal Way of Cross for those who suffer
VATICAN CITY — When he told Pope Francis that writing the meditations for the papal Way of the Cross service was tough, Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti of Perugia-Citta della Pieve said the pope told him, “Remember, you aren’t doing it for me, but for the church.”
Newman Center hosting annual Good Friday Taize prayer around the cross
The Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii at Manoa will host its annual Taize Prayer around the Cross at 7:30 p.m. Good Friday, March 25.
