The diocese is hoping for a hana hou with this year’s collection for retired priests, April 24-25. Last year’s appeal, delayed until November because of COVID-19, brought in $165,627, the most for a special collection in 2020, according to the diocesan Chancellor’s office, which coordinates the collection, despite the pandemic which kept most Hawaii Catholics […]
Collection helps elderly sisters, brothers, priests in religious orders in retirement
The Diocese of Honolulu will hold the Retirement Fund for Religious collection Dec. 12-13. The National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO) coordinates this annual appeal and distributes the proceeds to help eligible U.S. religious communities with their retirement needs. Nearly 30,000 senior sisters, brothers and religious order priests benefit. Last year, the Diocese of Honolulu donated […]
Bishop sets collection for retired priests
Bishop Larry Silva announced the creation of a new second parish collection, for the support and care of retired diocesan priests, which will debut next year on the Feast of the Good Shepherd, which is also the Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 2-3. The diocesan priests’ pension fund is “seriously underfunded,” the bishop wrote in […]