Diocesan 2020 Stewardship Report: Stewards of the Gospel
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Bishop Larry Silva’s letter concerning the new COVID-19 vaccines
CONCERNING THE NEW COVID-19 VACCINES Dear Faithful of the Diocese of Honolulu, Peace be with you, and happy new year! As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, this new year brings some hope in controlling...
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Eight men ordained to permanent diaconate
New deacons The diocese’s newest permanent deacons pose with Bishop Larry Silva who ordained them. From left are Jonathan T. Lam, Jeffrey L. Calamayan, Renier L. Torres, Savili A. Bartley, Bishop...
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Maryknoll School’s new president is an alumna with a long history with the...
Sacred Hearts Father EJ Resinto, the pastor of Sacred Hearts Church and Maryknoll School, and Shana Tong, the new president of Maryknoll, pose for a photo during the Jan. 29 announcement of Tong’s...
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Mary Adamski: Feeling angry and disappointed
VIEW FROM THE PEW Maryknoll Sister Pieta Kirby with her St. Ann sixth grade students in 1929. (University of Southern California Libraries) There were yardmen in the neighborhood and it always makes me...
View ArticleRed Mass address: Relationships and partnerships
Our goal is a simple one: for homelessness to be rare, brief and non-recurring By Brandee Menino CEO of HOPE Services Hawaii Here are excerpts from the prepared text of this year’s Red Mass address...
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Housing is healthcare
HOPE Services director invites lawmakers to join her in standing up for the homeless Above, Deacon Keith Cabiles and Bishop Larry Silva extend their hands in blessing over the civic officials gathered...
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Marianists to bid aloha to St. Anthony, Wailuku, June 30
The Marianists will leave St. Anthony Church and School in Wailuku, Maui, after 138 years.. (HCH file photo) By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Brothers and Fathers of the Society of Mary,...
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3 Hawaii island deacons ordained
Pictured right, from left, Deacon Sandor Hernandez Morales and his wife Dr. Mealiinani Duarte-Hernandez, Bishop Silva, Gwenda Mapa and Deacon Charles Mapa, and Lisa Wood and Deacon George Wood. (Photos...
View ArticleBishop Larry Silva: How wonderfully made we are
WITNESS TO JESUS | MASS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE Here is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the Mass for the Protection of Life, Jan. 21, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa,...
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Commentary: Appreciating Hawaii’s Catholic schools
Bishop Larry Silva, after celebrating Mass for Catholic Schools Week at Mary, Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala, handed out special anniversary awards to three of the parish school’s teachers....
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Widespread vaccination, backed by pope, faces obstacles
Eronildes da Silva receives the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine near the Solimoes River, in Manacapuru, Amazonas state, Brazil, Feb. 1. (CNS photo/Bruno Kelly, Reuters) By Cindy Wooden Catholic...
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CNS Rome: full, accurate church reporting for 70 years
Pope Francis meets with members of the Catholic News Service Rome bureau at the Domus Sanctae Marthae at the Vatican Feb. 1. The special audience was in recognition of the 100th anniversary of CNS....
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Bishop extends Mass dispensation to Holy Thursday
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Although Bishop Larry Silva wanted to reinstate the obligation for Hawaii Catholics to attend Mass on Sunday and holy days of obligation at the beginning of...
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In Rites of Election, Hawaii’s parishes and Catholic communities to welcome...
THE ELECT In Rites of Election, Hawaii’s parishes and Catholic communities to welcome those to be baptized at Easter By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The coronavirus pandemic has altered...
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Bishop Larry Silva: Alternative spiritual exercises
Photo by Olivia Snow on Unsplash LETTER | ALTERNATIVE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES February 1, 2021 Dear People of God of the Diocese of Honolulu, Peace be with you! As we go through the pandemic, we are...
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Office of Worship director leaving isles for California
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Deacon Modesto Cordero, who as director of the diocesan Office of Worship led Hawaii’s clergy and lay worshippers through the complexities of pandemic-safe...
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Last of newest deacon class ordained
Pictured lying prostrate before the altar as the assembly prays the Litany of the Saints over them are Soto, farthest from camera, and Ragasa. (Photo courtesy of Dann Ebina) Bishop Larry Silva ordained...
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Diocese offers ‘naming’ ritual for miscarried infants
Kayla Boesch and her husband, Matt, of Clarksville, Tenn., hold a basket of momentos they received at the hospital honoring their deceased baby Sept. 23. Kayla suffered a miscarriage in 2016. (CNS...
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Bishop Larry Silva: Doing the riskiest thing imaginable
Signing the Book of the Elect Feb. 21 in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. (Photo couresy of Dann Ebina) WITNESS TO JESUS | FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT This is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry...
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