Diocese of Honolulu: 2024 Lenten Regulations
By the diocesan Office of Worship FASTING In the dioceses in the United States, Catholics aged 18 through 59 are bound to fast on both Ash Wednesday (Feb. 14) and Good Friday (March 29). To fast means...
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Red Mass talk: Navigating politics with positivity and purpose
Eva Andrade delivers her Red Mass talk Jan. 16 in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. (HCH photo | Jennifer Rector) By Eva Andrade Special to the Herald Here is the prepared text of the talk...
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The Capitol March for Life 2024: ‘A lot of love here’
A message is held aloft as the March for Life participants walk around the State Capitol block Jan. 19. (HCH photos |Jennifer Rector) By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald The Hawaii State Capitol...
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Red Mass: ‘Negativity’ hampers efforts to solve Hawaii’s problems
Red Mass speaker: Eva Andrade By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “Many pressing issues challenge our state,” Eva Andrade told Hawaii lawmakers and other public servants at the Red Mass...
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Local research complete, Dutton’s cause heads to Rome
Bishop Larry Silva signs a document closing the diocesan phase of the canonization process of Joseph Dutton as Msgr. Robert Sarno, episcopal delegate for the cause for canonization, looks on. (HCH...
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Bishop Silva ordains eight new deacons for the diocese
Six deacon candidates prostrate themselves at their ordination Mass Jan. 20 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. (HCH photo | Jennifer Rector) By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Eight Hawaii men...
View ArticleNewman Center keeps lease after Saint Francis Manoa property is sold
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish will remain at its present location on the mauka end of the University of Hawaii at Manoa at least for another 12 years....
View ArticleBishop Larry Silva: Joseph Dutton’s penitentiary
WITNESS TO JESUS | THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered on Jan. 21 in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu, marking the closure of the...
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Aloha
By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Celia K. Downes What does a diocese do when the editor of its award-winning newspaper announces his retirement after four decades on the job? That’s the...
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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald There are many to thank. As I prepare to hand over my job to a new editor March 1, the emotions running through me are many and mixed, but foremost is...
View ArticleCatechumens 2024
Hawaii’s 2024 catechumens Here are the names of those being baptized at the Easter Vigil this year West Honolulu Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Jude S. Oshiro Jenna Elizabeth Porter...
View Article241 to be baptized this year at Easter Vigils across the diocese
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald On March 30, at Easter Vigil liturgies in churches across the islands, 241 catechumens will be baptized, a 10% increase from the year before. The catechumens,...
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Blessed Sacrament priest’s incardination returns ‘gracious favor’
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Anthony Pangan, a priest formerly of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, was incardinated into the Diocese of Honolulu on Jan. 30. With his...
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Annual Diocesan Stewardship Report 2023
Click here to view a pdf of the Annual Diocesan Stewardship Report 2023. The post Annual Diocesan Stewardship Report 2023 appeared first on Hawaii Catholic Herald.
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Talk story: Rice Bowl’s eucharistic roots
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MNISTRY “Today the cry of so many of our oppressed brothers and sisters rises to heaven and moves the heart of God. Lent is a time to ask ourselves: Do we hear that cry? Does it...
View ArticleBishop Larry Silva: Seeking clarity in discernment
WITNESS TO JESUS | FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Here is the prepared text of the homily delivered the weekend of Feb. 17-18 at Immaculate Conception Church, Lihue; Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Honolulu; and...
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Men’s ministry offers spiritual support, brotherhood
Participants in the 2022 Men’s Conference posed for a group shot with special speaker Jessie Romero at St. Ann Church, Kaneohe. (Courtesy photo) By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Men who want...
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Hope, gratitude endure
Sacred Hearts School students were all smiles last month as they participated in Field Day, part of Catholic Schools Week festivities. (Photo courtesy Sacred Hearts School) Maui’s Catholic community...
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Summit sets groundwork for uniting Hawaiian culture, local church
Bishop Chad Zielinski of the Diocese of New Ulm, Minn., center right, and Father Michael Carson of San Jose, Calif., standing next to Bishop Zielinski, joined Bishop Larry Silva, center left, and...
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Catholic initiation process has new name, but the same goal
A parishioner received ashes from Bishop Larry Silva during Ash Wednesday Mass, marking the start of Lent, at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu last month. Hawaii’s 241...
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