Offertory protections: Hawaii parish collection procedures to be audited

Surprise audits are coming to the Islands’ 66 parishes in an effort by the diocese to ensure that money collected from Mass offertories is being handled securely. According to diocesan finance officer Lisa Sakamoto, representatives from the local firm Acuity will visit each parish “soon” (the diocese is not divulging the schedule) to observe the [...]

On his 60th year as a missionary, La Salette Father Rene Bisaillon has tales to tell

Father Rene Bisaillon, a retired Missionary of our Lady of La Salette in residence at St. Theresa Church in Kekaha, Kauai, missed being listed among those celebrating jubilee years of their religious professions and ordinations in the March 29 Hawaii Catholic Herald. Father “Biz,” as he is affectionately known, came to Hawaii in 1991 after [...]

Bishop Silva to lead annual Corpus Christi co-cathedral-to-cathedral street procession

Bishop Larry Silva on June 2 will lead the diocese’s annual 1.25-mile Corpus Christi procession from the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Kalihi-Palama to the downtown Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. The observance of the feast, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, will begin with [...]

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