By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Thirty-two Hawaii parishes will participate in “Big Pentecost” this year, confirming 3,768 children and youth. These are the parishes that, on May 20, Pentecost Sunday, or on the vigil the evening before, will administer confirmation to those in second grade and older as the parishes move the sacraments of […]
Cathedral has been confirming 2nd graders for 26 years
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald While 32 Hawaii parishes are preparing this month to give the sacrament of confirmation to students in the second grade, one parish has been doing it for 26 years. In 1992, the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace began confirming second graders at the same time they received […]
Want to help the Big Pentecost celebration? Pray
By Father Mark Gantley and Jayne Mondoy Special to the Herald People often like to feel helpful. This is true whether it is a joyous occasion, such as a baby luau, or a sorrowful occasion, such as a funeral. This year, half of the parishes of the Diocese of Honolulu will transition to celebrating the […]
‘Offer, strengthen, sustain’: Diocese readies for pivotal year transitioning Sacraments of Initiation to ‘Original Order’
By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald Nearly three years ago, Bishop Larry Silva announced in the April 24, 2015, Hawaii Catholic Herald that the Diocese of Honolulu would embark on a shift in its administration of the Sacraments of Initiation. Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation — the three sacraments that welcome or “initiate” […]
Full transition to second grade Confirmation to take 5 years
Soon Confirmation in Hawaii will no longer be a high school sacrament but one received in the second grade, with first Holy Communion. The change will be staggered for parishes over the next five years during which the Diocese of Honolulu will return the reception of the three “sacraments of initiation” to their “original” order — Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Communion.
