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Bishop Larry Silva: On fire with his love
Bishop Larry Silva prepares to light the Paschal Candle at the 2021 Easter Vigil at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu. (HCH Photo: Anna Weaver) WITNESS TO JESUS | THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Here is...
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Bishop Silva leads local invocation to Our Lady
Bishop Larry Silva leads the prayer consecrating Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary kneeling before the statue of Our Lady of Fatima March 25 in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of...
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Pope consecrates Ukraine, Russia to Mary
Pope Francis touches a Marian statue after consecrating the world and, in particular, Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during a Lenten penance service in St. Peter’s Basilica at the...
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500 years of FAITH
The statue of Santo Nino, the baby Jesus, stands on display during the Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa March 19 closing the year-long Hawaii celebration of the 500th anniversary of the arrival...
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Brother Dutton’s beatification and canonization cause moves into ‘diocesan...
It’s another small hop forward on the long path to sainthood for Kalaupapa’s Servant of God Joseph Dutton. On March 30, Bishop Larry Silva of the Diocese of Honolulu announced that preliminary steps...
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Laura Kelly Fanucci: How to work for mercy at home
Lauren DeZelar, Catherine Bittner and Alex Bosch work in the kitchen to prepare dinner at Bethany House in northeast Minneapolis. The house of discernment is a new initiative of the Office of Vocations...
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Hosffman Ospino: Woman of wonders, lady of peace
A woman prays during the funeral for a fallen Ukrainian soldier at a church in Lviv, Ukraine, March 11, 2022, during the Russian war. (CNS photo/Alex Kent) JOURNEYING TOGETHER It is with sadness and...
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Msgr. Owen F. Campion: He lives!
EASTER Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-9 The Liturgy of the Word for the Easter Vigil is unsurpassed in its power and magnificence among all the feasts of the year,...
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Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Six ways to celebrate Eastertide
A sacred heart of Jesus stained-glass window is pictured at Mount Melleray Abbey in Waterford, Ireland. May this be our prayer, not just this Lent, but each morning: that our hearts are sealed for God....
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Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: April 15, 2022
Easter blessings to you all, Heraldites! – H.C. Harold 1. Cascarones or stuffed eggs are smashed over people’s heads as a way to celebrate Easter in some Spanish-speaking countries. What are they...
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Holy Week 2022 in Photos
Chrism Mass – April 12, 2022 The Chrism Mass is the annual liturgy where oils for use in administering the sacraments are blessed. Bishop Larry Silva pours and stirs balsam into the Chrism oil and then...
View ArticleBishop Larry Silva: Jesus’ triumph over sin and death
WITNESS TO JESUS | Easter Vigil/Easter Sunday Here is the prepared text of the homily of Bishop Larry Silva delivered at the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday Masses, April 16 and 17, at the Cathedral...
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FATHER MICHAEL SAWYER, OSB | 1925-2022
Wisconsin priest established Hawaii’s Benedictine monastery By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Benedictine Father Michael Sawyer, the leader of the group that in 1984 founded Hawaii’s only...
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An energizing, exhausting, holy week
Bishop Larry Silva leads the 8 a.m. Good Friday morning prayer in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace April 15. (HCH photo | Anna Weaver) It’s a lot of work organizing all the services and...
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2022 Jubilarians: Celebrating milestones of stewardship
Celebrating lives of discipleship Twenty-two religious women and men and priests celebrating milestones in ministry were honored by the Diocese of Honolulu at the annual jubilarian Mass on the morning...
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Daughters of St. Paul departing Hawaii after 48 years
Daughters of St. Paul stand outside their downtown Honolulu store April 23. From left, Sister Diane Leonard Kraus, Sister Maria Joseph Petrill and Sister Mary Joane Caritas Gepitulan. (Photo courtesy...
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Vermont parish celebrates birth of Servant of God Joseph Dutton
Members of “Gracious Ladies” of New York perform authentic hula dances at the Mercy Sunday celebration in Stowe, Vt., April 24, 2022. The celebration was in honor of Servant of God Joseph Dutton. (CNS...
View ArticleBishop Larry Silva: ‘Nag, nag, nag’
WITNESS TO JESUS | THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER Here is the prepared text of the homily Bishop Larry Silva delivered on the weekend of the Third Sunday of Easter, April 30, at Sacred Heart Church, Punahou,...
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Catholic News Service to cease domestic operations at year’s end
An empty Catholic News Service newsroom is pictured at the headquarters of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington May 4, 2022. The USCCB announced to staff May 4 a dramatic...
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Pope Francis willing to go to Moscow to try to stop war
Pope Francis greets Russian President Vladimir Putin during a private audience at the Vatican in this July 4, 2019, file photo. The pope has offered to meet with Putin in Moscow to help end the war in...
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