Bishop Larry Silva celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving for Pope Benedict XVI in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace on Feb. 27, 12 hours before the Holy Father ended his papacy at the summer papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. The Mass’ second intention was for the Holy Spirit’s guidance in the election of […]
Local Sacred Hearts priest to help start new Tongan mission
Hawaii-born Sacred Hearts Father Clyde Guerreiro, recent pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows in Wahiawa and St. Damien Parish on Molokai, will travel to Tonga later this month to help start a new mission for the Sacred Hearts Fathers and Brothers. Over the next few months, Father Guerreiro and three other Sacred Hearts priests from […]
203 catechumens to be baptized in Isle parishes this Easter
Catholic churches across Hawaii will baptize 203 catechumens during the Easter Vigil liturgy on March 30 according to numbers supplied by the diocesan Office of Worship. In anticipation of their baptisms, the catechumens, also called the “elect,” will be welcomed in four Rites of Election this weekend on Maui, Kauai, Oahu and the Big Island. […]
Hawaii Benedictines plan to stay as their Olivetan sponsorship ends
The Benedictine Monastery of Hawaii on the hills overlooking Waialua on Oahu. The Italy-based Olivetan Benedictine Congregation has decided to close the Benedictine Monastery of Hawaii, one of its 25 monasteries around the world, resulting in the local members exploring ways to retain their presence and ministry in Hawaii. Bishop Larry Silva is supporting […]
New adult faith formation coordinator links fields of psychology, theology
Kristina DeNeve has accumulated a wealth of knowledge about the intersection of psychology and theology, which she has shared in university classrooms, church ministries and catechetical journals. She brings it all to Hawaii as the diocese’s new coordinator for adult faith formation and evangelization. She will work in the diocese’s Office of Religious Education. DeNeve […]
Solidarity with world’s poor is aim of new Catholic Relief Services director
David Coleman represents one degree of separation between Hawaii’s Catholics and 100 million poor people around the world. It is a link the Chaminade University of Honolulu religious studies professor would like to bolster. Last year, Bishop Larry Silva appointed Coleman as the Hawaii director of Catholic Relief Services, “the official international humanitarian agency of […]
A kamaaina saint: Red Mass speaker portrays Mother Marianne as one who embraced Hawaiian culture to bring ‘pono’ to her patients
State lawmakers and other civic leaders receive a blessing at the altar. “She embraced the Hawaiian culture as she lived the life of hoolokahi (to keep peace and unity in the settlement) in her daily work, bringing hauoli (happiness/joy) and pono (the respect, caring and righteousness) to all the patients.” Using Hawaiian words to […]
Younger, Catholic crowd marks 40th year of Roe v. Wade
A mostly Catholic and mostly youthful group of about 500 assembled at the Hawaii State Capitol on the afternoon of Jan. 26 for the annual March for Life to commemorate the millions of unborn Americans who lost their lives to abortion since the procedure was legalized four decades ago. Hawaii’s event joined other similar rallies […]
Jesus captivating my heart: A few short months from ordination, Island-born Jesuit reflects on his 14-year passage to priesthood
Jesuit Phillip Alcon Ganir, the son of Brigido and Lourdes Ganir of Foster Village, Honolulu, was ordained a deacon with 10 others by Bishop Patrick McGrath of San Jose on Oct. 20, 2012, at Santa Clara University in San Jose, Calif. The diaconate is the last major transition on his 14-year path to the priesthood. […]
Hawaii celebrates St. Marianne back at her Kalaupapa home
The final major event for the canonization of Hawaii’s new saint is attended by the apostolic nuncio, the president of the U.S. bishops conference, the bishop of Syracuse and hundreds more Hawaii held its final major event celebrating the canonization of St. Marianne Cope in the same place she practiced her inexhaustible charity, mostly unseen, […]
