By Deacon Keith Cabiles Special to the Herald For many of us, our experience of church is rooted in our parish and the life we share there. We’re certainly comfortable at our place of worship — the familiar faces we recognize each week, the ministries we serve, fellowship we enjoy, liturgies where we praise and […]
Diocese schedules 16 second collections in 2022 for various causes
Here is the second collection schedule for the Diocese of Honolulu for 2022. Second collections are those taken up in parish churches for causes in addition to the primary collection taken for the support of the parish. Some of the 16 appeals are local, some are national or international. Jan. 22/23: Church in Latin America […]
CORONAVIRUS: No Mass, no offertory: Parish, diocesan, national collections take a hit
By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — One byproduct of canceled Masses is no offertory collection. And a byproduct of no offertory collection is puncture wounds in the budgets of parishes, dioceses and national collections. “It’s a big hit, and it’s gonna hurt,” said Patrick Markey, executive director of the Diocesan Fiscal Management […]
Good Friday appeal gave $90,000 to Holy Land
The Diocese of Honolulu last year contributed $89,549 to the Holy Land through the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, according to the collection’s 2016 annual report. A letter from the Commissariat of the Holy Land, dated Sept. 27, to Bishop Larry Silva thanking the diocese of its donation, called its generosity “a special grace for Christians […]