Tuesday within the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time (V21)
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Jesuit Father Michael Castori gave the homily during his welcome Mass May 7 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu. (Photo by Celia K. Downes / Hawaii Catholic Herald)

By Lisa Dahm and Celia K. Downes
Hawaii Catholic Herald

When Bishop Larry Silva submitted his age-mandated resignation in August 2024, a period of nervous anticipation set in among Hawaii’s Catholics as they waited for the Vatican to name a successor.

They waited. And waited.

Was the Holy See honoring Bishop Silva’s humble request to remain the Diocese of Honolulu’s shepherd until 2027, the bicentennial of Catholicism’s arrival in Hawaii? (We will never know for sure.)

Or was the Diocese of Honolulu proving to be a complex assignment to fill, considering its location, geography and blend of cultures, backgrounds and generations?

The latter was the more likely scenario, but on May 6, at the stroke of midnight in Hawaii (12 p.m. in Rome), Pope Leo XIV announced that someone had been chosen who he believed could fit the islands’ one-of-a-kind profile. Read more...

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From the Office for Social Ministry

“In order to protect the human person in the age of artificial intelligence, today we must once again reflect on the common good… The civilization of love begins when we choose compassion over power.” - Pope Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas

Every year, the Feast of Pentecost celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit — often called the birthday of the Church — when people with different languages were able to share and spread the Christian faith worldwide. This year, the day after Pentecost, Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, offering a message of insightful, inspiring reflection for our modern world. At a time when artificial intelligence, rapid technological change, and digital culture are reshaping nearly every part of life, the Holy Father reminds us not to lose sight of what makes us beautifully and uniquely human.

Communication has increasingly become faster and more accessible than ever. Yet Pope Leo challenges us to ask an important question: Are our human connections growing stronger — or becoming diluted? Read more...

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From the Office for Social Ministry

The Vatican’s video on Magnifica Humanitas contains very compelling text. Here are 9 brief excerpts:

• Magnifica Humanitas is the first encyclical of Pope Leo XIV --an encyclical dedicated to you…dedicated to your magnificent humanity. This humanity that is created by God; a humanity that we must care for and protect.
• A humanity that in this era of artificial intelligence, of historic transformations, faces a crucial decision: to build a new tower of Babel or to build a Holy City to dwell in with God. A decision that confronts our human conscience.
• A humanity that chooses Babel decides to remove its own limits and rejects God, sacrifices the weak, erases differences, becomes uniform. It claims to create a single language that in fact reduces people to data, it dehumanizes us. Read more...

From the Hawaii Catholic Schools

KA HO‘OULU INNOVATION AWARDS
OFFERED BY THE HAWAI‘I CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OFFICE AND CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY

Overview: The National Catholic Education Association has an Innovation in Catholic Education annual awards program to foster creativity and growth in Catholic schools nationwide. In 2020 Hawaii Catholic Schools and Chaminade University initiated a new award to recognize innovation by our grades preK-12 educators.

The Ka Ho‘oulu Hawai‘i Catholic Education Innovation Award focuses on ‘Innovation for Mission’. There are several themes that will define this program:

1. Innovation as a call to remain relevant and attractive to our stakeholders, to continue to thrive in a competitive landscape, to best serve our students and to glorify God through our work.
2. An emphasis on capturing and celebrating the current creativity of our educators, as well as fostering new directions and initiatives.

Read more...

Nominate an individual or team HERE.

From Catholic Charities Hawaii

Catholic Charities Hawai`i, Community and Senior Services provide many services for our Kupuna. You are able to go to our website and view back sessions. We feature scheduled trainings, webinars, programs, and online resources.

Our vision is: To strengthen and expand the circle of care supporting persons living with memory loss and their caregivers by providing effective person- and family-centered dementia-capable programs, services and resources to help them remain independent and safe in their communities.

Catholic Charities Hawai`i will be presenting:

Understanding and Responding to Dementia Behaviors - A Conference for Caregivers
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 - 9 am to 3 pm

Catholic Charities Hawaii invites you to a virtual conference designed for informal/unpaid caregivers. The conference will inform you about:

• An overview of dementia: causes and prevalence
• Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of dementia (BPSD)
• Benefits and importance of professional assessment and accurate diagnosis
• Managing BPSD: Geriatricians’ and Neurologist’s Perspectives
• Emotional and Physical needs of people living with dementia that can lead to challenging behaviors
• Tips and Best Practices for Communication, Safety and Environmental Adjustments

Advance Registration is required at this link HERE.
(a Zoom link will be sent after you register)

For questions about the workshops or if you need help registering, contact: (808) 295-2624 or jmishan@hawaii.rr.com

Join us in Seoul, South Korea for World Youth Day! Registration is NOW OPEN for our diocesan pilgrimage in 2027. View the itinerary and pricing here: https://www.catholichawaii.org/oyyam/yam/wyd.

Flyer available HERE.

Help advance the Cause for Canonization for Joseph Dutton. Most famous for his volunteer efforts on the island of Molokai (Hawaii) caring for people with Hansen’s disease for nearly 44 years. A devout Catholic, Joseph Dutton had left all to serve the people in Molokai after hearing about Saint Damien’s work there.

Donate online at www.josephdutton.org/donate

Catholic Scouts are invited to participate in the Ad Altare Dei and Pope Pius XII religious emblem programs. Meetings will be held in person at St. Louis School on the 2nd and 4th Sundays, 6:00–8:00 PM, through summer and fall.

For more information contact Charmaine Garcia at (808) 780-2450, or Laura Wise at (202) 276-7514 / laurabwise@gmail.com.

Flyer available HERE.

Friday, June 12, 2026 at 11:30 a.m.
Kamiano Center, downtown Honolulu

All are invited to the Global Rosary Relay for the Sanctification of Priests on Friday, June 12 at 11:30am, just before the 12noon Mass at the Kamiano Center. Fr. Pascual Abaya IV, our beloved pastor and rector of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, will open the event. You can join at the Kamiano Center, pray on your own or with your family, or go to the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Facebook page.

Catholic churches worldwide participate in this event, with each station linked to the next, forming a strong global encirclement through the rosary to pray for our priests: their sanctification, good health, and their personal intentions. The Hawaii participation links our recitation of the Sorrowful Mysteries at the Kamiana Center to the recitation of the Luminous Mysteries from the Basilica Nuestra Señora del Pilar in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and then to the Glorious Mysteries recited by participants at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.

Flyer available HERE.

July 6-10, Weekdays Monday - Friday (5 sessions)
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Chaminade University, Honolulu

Offered as non-credit only, this course is for clergy, religious, and lay persons and is limited to 24 registrants. Fee $100 for the one-week workshop. Register at https://webforms.chaminade.edu/sdi/

For information or assistance please email rpfeiffe@chaminade.edu or shelly.reid@chaminade.edu.

Flyer available HERE.

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Saints Marcellinus and Peter
Mid-Third Century–c. 304
Memorial - June 2

On February 23, 303, Roman Emperor Diocletian issued an edict that initiated a fierce persecution of Christians. The edict mandated the destruction of Christian churches and scriptures, revoked all legal rights of Christians, and called for the confiscation of their property. In 304, Diocletian ordered the arrest of clergy, forcing them to offer sacrifices to the Roman gods or face imprisonment, torture, and death. These abuses continued under Diocletian and his co-emperors until 311 when Galerius issued an edict of toleration toward Christians. Read more...

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NEWS

For our most recent news, visit www.catholichawaii.org.

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