Bishop Larry Silva met with the Serra Club of Honolulu March 8 at St. Stephen Diocesan Center to discuss vocations. The Serrans pictured with the bishop, from left, are Deacon Ron Choo, Randall Tom, Lou Carnazzo, Chuck Furr, Vanna Malalis-Omoto, David Belatti, June Brieske, Judy Datzman, Marvin Scharosch, Joe Weldon, Tom Grant, Jim Walsh and […]
Photo: Valley Isle music
Island composer Joe Camacho, left, accompanies guest performer Jesse Manibusan at VILAC, the Valley Isle Liturgy and Arts Conference at St. Anthony Parish, Wailuku, March 3-5. The event, a spin-off from BILAC, which started on the Big Island and is now hosted by the Marianists on Oahu, also featured composer Father Michael Joncas, Joe Farias […]
Photos: 24 Hours for the Lord
Faithful in the Diocese of Honolulu joined other Catholics around the world in “24 Hours for the Lord,” an initiative for the Year of Mercy which Pope Francis called to be celebrated March 4-5. At the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, the 24 hours of adoration, reconciliation, prayer, praise and worship started at […]
Photo: Praying around the cross
Clergy from various local Christian churches joined Bishop Larry Silva and dozens of faithful for a Taize prayer service at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii-Manoa Jan. 21. The Taize service was one of the events commemorating the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which this year took place Jan. 18-25.
Photo: Deacon class lectors
Twelve candidates in their fourth year of formation for the permanent diaconate for the Diocese of Honolulu were instituted into the ministry of lector by Bishop Larry Silva in the St. Stephen Diocesan Center Chapel on Jan. 10.
Photo: Working the griddles
Celebrity chefs worked the pancake griddles at St. John Vianney School’s sixth annual Breakfast with the Bishop fundraiser Jan. 17.
Photos: Celebrating the holy child
Photo: Public prayer
About 50 people gathered at Thomas Square in Honolulu Oct. 13 to pray the rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy. The public prayer event was one of several gatherings organized in the Islands during the month of the Holy Rosary in October. Oct. 13 also marks the anniversary of the last apparition of Our Lady […]
Photo: New Marianist
Marianist Brother Allen Pacquing, right, joins his friends, family and colleagues in a special Mass of thanksgiving, Aug. 15 at Mystical Rose Oratory at Chaminade University. Brother Allen professed his first vows for the Marianists at Queen of Apostles Chapel in Dayton, Ohio, May 23. The Kalihi native and former pastoral associate of the Co-Cathedral […]
Photo: Pastors and principals
Sacred Hearts Father Herman Gomes, left, greets attendees at the first ever “Pastors/Principals Summit” at St. Ann Church, Aug. 20. The meeting followed the annual Mass of the Holy Spirit for Catholic school educators, which drew more than 700 teachers and faculty to the parish for a morning of reflection and fellowship. Father Gomes, St. […]