Bishop’s schedule Bishop’s announcements and appointments Clarification In the Nov. 21, 2025, issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald, Father Alfred Omar Guerrero’s and Faith Leasiolagi’s roles were not clearly outlined in Father Guerrero’s reflection, “Discussing the church’s path of synodality.” Father Guerrero represented the Diocese of Honolulu when he joined a group of pilgrims representing […]
Official notices: Dec. 6, 2024
Bishop’s schedule Dec. 6, 9 a.m., Augustine Educational Foundation board of directors, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe; 6 p.m., St. Francis Healthcare System’s “Light Up a Memory” tree-lighting ceremony, St. Francis Kupuna Village Courtyard, Honolulu. Dec. 7, 9 a.m., Diocesan Pastoral Council (virtual); 12:30 p.m., Starlight Starbright, Women’s Community Correctional Center, Kailua; 3 p.m., […]
Bishop Silva to celebrate early morning Advent Masses in the Filipino tradition
Bishop Larry Silva will be up with the roosters in the final days of Advent to celebrate the popular Filipino tradition, Misa de Gallo, in eight parishes on Oahu and Kauai. He will also celebrate two pre-Christmas Simbang Gabi “night” Masses. The Misa de Gallo, or Mass of the rooster, also called the Misa de […]
Bishop Silva to celebrate pre-Christmas novena of dawn Masses
Following venerable Filipino Advent traditions, Bishop Larry Silva will wake up early to celebrate eight early morning Misa de Gallo Masses and one evening Simbang Gabi Mass, Dec. 16-24, at nine churches on Oahu and Maui. Many Island parishes will open their doors in the pre-dawn hours for a nine-day novena before Dec. 25 for […]
Bishop to celebrate Misa de Gallo at 8 parishes
Many Island parishes will once again open their doors in the wee hours of the morning nine days before Dec. 25 for “Misa de Gallo,” the festive Filipino tradition of Advent-tide dawn Masses. Bishop Larry Silva is scheduled to join the early-rising faithful as the main celebrant at eight Misa de Gallo liturgies on Oahu […]