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Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Pray for new clergy, especially Hawaii’s own

06/21/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Catholic Social Tips It’s the season of priest and deacon ordinations all across the United States. In my archdiocese of Los Angeles there were 11 priests and eight deacons who were recently ordained. In Hawaii there were three priests ordained and one seminarian ordained as a transitional deacon — my friend Larry Denis III. I […]

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Official notices: May 24, 2024

05/22/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Bishop’s schedule May 24, 9 a.m., St. Elizabeth School Alumni Mass, St. Elizabeth Church, Aiea; 6 p.m., Mass with ordination to the priesthood of Deacon Kurt Meyer, Deacon Francis Hai Pham and Deacon Anthony Tran, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu. May 25, 10 a.m., Mass with Confirmation and First Holy Communion, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, […]

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Bishop Silva ordains Anthony Tran a transitional deacon

01/17/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald In the early evening of Jan. 6, Hawaii seminarian Anthony Tran gained a new identity — deacon. It is a title he will hold in transition until he reaches his ultimate goal, priesthood, on May 24. The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu was filled with […]

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Bishop to ordain Anthony Tran a deacon in last step to priesthood

01/03/2024 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva will ordain Anthony Huy-Cuong Tran a deacon at 5 p.m., Jan. 6, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Tran will be a “transitional” deacon, a step toward his ultimate ordination as a priest. “I want to be a priest because I have encountered […]

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Diocese gains new priest with ordination of Arrion Rosales-Llantos

05/22/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald As Deacon Arrion Rosales-Llantos emerged from the minivan that delivered him to the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu for his ordination on May 19, someone shouted nearby. “The bridegroom has arrived!” The voice was that of the Diocese of Honolulu’s Office of Worship director, Father Alfred Omar Guerrero, […]

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Priest-to-be drawn by God’s mercy to holy service

05/10/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Arrion Rosales-Llantos is nervous. In a week he will take the biggest step of his life. On May 19 he will be ordained a priest. “To say that the priesthood is a profound commitment to God and his people is an understatement,” he told the Hawaii Catholic Herald last […]

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North shore native sixth Sacred Hearts priest ordained since fall

01/31/2023 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva ordained Oahu native Michael “Maiki” Kamauoha as a Sacred Hearts priest on Jan. 24, the last of six ordinations to the priesthood for the religious congregation’s U.S. province that began in the fall. Father Kamauoha, who is known to family and friends as Maiki (pronounced Mikey), […]

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From Hawaii to India for an ordination

12/07/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald A long and culturally rich Mass, large attendance, and a huge reception with copious amounts of rice. Those elements all stood out to the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary’s U.S. provincial superior when he traveled to India last month for a priestly ordination of a […]

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Bishop ordains transitional deacon at home parish in Kona

07/20/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Bishop Larry Silva ordained Arrion Rosales-Llantos a transitional deacon July 1 at his home parish of St. Michael in Kailua-Kona. About a dozen priests and five deacons participated in the ordination. In attendance were the new deacon’s parents, Philippine immigrants Errol Llantos and Lovette Rosales-Llantos of Kona and family members Lourdes Perlas Rosales and Christina […]

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San Diego bishop ordains Deacon Rinaldi to priesthood

05/25/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego John Dolan ordained Maui man Dario Rinaldi to the priesthood for the Diocese of Honolulu May 20 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in a solemn liturgy during which nearly 50 priests welcomed him into their brotherhood. Bishop Dolan was a last-minute substitute for […]

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