The Islands’ catechumens, which this year number more than 200, signed their names into the Book of Elect at Rite of Election ceremonies across the diocese during the first weekend of Lent, March 4-5. Shown here are photos from the Rite of Election for Oahu catechumens, March 5 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. Bishop […]
Photo: Lent begins
Bishop Larry Silva celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass at noon at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, March 1. The bishop places ashes in the sign of the cross on the forehead of a parishioner, marking the start of the Catholic penitential season of Lent. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz)
Hawaii’s catechumens 2017
West Honolulu Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu Damour Danny Tammy Martin Jayden Takeuo Jdee Takeuo Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu Myah Aviguetero Shawne Balacan Nalani Dela Cruz Tehani Enfield Isaac Franklin John Theodore Franklin Lisa Aiko Parker Mel Rosario Ramos Doui Marceline Sewa Andrew Smith Josephyn Ve‘a Holy Family, Honolulu Caylen Corpus […]
212 to be baptized across the diocese at Easter Vigil
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii will have a significant increase over last year in the number of people initiated into the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil liturgies on April 15 in their respective parishes. In a final formal step in preparation for that big night, 212 catechumens will be welcomed in four Rites […]
Ash Wednesday: Rituals and symbols
One way to prepare ourselves for Lent is to better understand the day that starts it all: Ash Wednesday. The words spoken while ashes are pressed on our foreheads ignite us like the opening gun at a race. We’re off. A pilgrimage has begun. Ash Wednesday is a rally of sorts, to give people encouragement […]
For Year of Mercy: ‘24 hours’ of penance, adoration and prayer
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace will host “24 Hours for the Lord,” a full-day offering the sacrament of reconciliation, eucharistic adoration and a variety of prayer sessions celebrating the Lenten season during the Jubilee Year of Mercy initiated by Pope Francis.
Photo: Sign of Lent
As a sign of the start of Lent, Bishop Larry Silva places ashes on the forehead of one of the hundreds of congregants at the Feb. 10 noon Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Ash Wednesday marked the beginning of the liturgical season of prayer, penitence, fasting and conversion for Christians around the globe. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz)
CRS’s Lenten program helps develop a spirituality of gratitude
“We need to strengthen the conviction that we are one single human family. There are no frontiers or barriers, political or social, behind which we can hide, still less is there room for the globalization of indifference.”
Photos: Fry-day in Lent
Knights of Columbus members from Windward Oahu cooked up some Lenten fun March 13 as they hosted a Fish Fry at St. John Vianney Church in Kailua. The evening’s menu included batter-fried fish, hush puppies, cole slaw, applesauce and fries. Funds raised went toward scholarships for students at St. John Vianney and St. Anthony schools […]
A walk with the suffering Lord: Each station is a ‘supreme offer of reconciliation and peace’
“Every new suffering of Jesus is a seed of future joy for humanity, every jeer, a premise of glory. Along that way of suffering Jesus’ every meeting — with friends, with enemies, with the indifferent — is a chance for one final lesson, one last look, one supreme offer of reconciliation and peace.” Archbishop Piero […]
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