Bishop’s calendar
Bishop’s Schedule [Events indicated will be attended by Bishop’s delegate]
- December 14, 10:00 am, Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii Corporation Board, St. Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe; 11:30 am, All Diocesan Staff Mass and Christmas Party, SSDC; 5:00 pm, Diocesan Retired Priests Advent Dinner, Café Sistina, Honolulu.
- December 15, 5:00 pm, Simbang Gabi Mass, Sacred Heart Parish, Waianae;
- December 15-16, Episcopal Visitation, Sacred Heart Parish, Waianae.
- December 16, 5:00 pm, Simbang Gabi Mass, Sacred Heart Parish, Waianae
- December 17, 5:00 am, Misa de Gallo, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Kalihi.
- December 18, 5:00 am, Misa de Gallo, Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Wahiawa; 12:00 pm, Hawaii Catholic Conference Board, Kamiano Center, downtown Honolulu; 4:30 pm, Catholic Charities Hawaii Board of Directors, Ching Campus, Makiki.
- December 19, 6:00 pm, Simbang Gabi Mass, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Honokaa.
- December 20, 6:00 pm, Simbang Gabi Mass, St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Kailua-Kona.
- December 21, 7:00 pm, Simbang Gabi Mass, St. Joseph Parish, Hilo.
- December 22, 5:00 pm, Simbang Gabi Mass, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Ewa Beach.
- December 23, 4:30 am, Misa de Gallo, St. Joseph Parish, Waipahu; 7:00 pm, Simbang Gabi Mass, St. Roch Parish, Kahuku.
- December 24, 5:00 am, Misa de Gallo, St. John the Apostle & Evangelist Parish, Mililani; 11:30 pm, Christmas Midnight Mass, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Kalihi.
- December 25, 10:30 am, Christmas Day Mass, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, downtown Honolulu.
- December 26, 5:00 pm, Mass and Dinner with diocesan seminarians and their parents, SSDC.
- December 27, 6:00 pm, Mass for the 50th Ordination Anniversary of Msgr. John Mbinda and Parish Feast Day, St. John Apostle & Evangelist Parish, Mililani.
- December 28, 6:00 pm, Ordination to the diaconate (transitional) of Anh (Vincent) Vu, Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa, Kalihi.
Announcements/Appointments
- Bishop Silva has appointed Reverend Atonio Falaniko to Diocesan Hospital Ministry and as the Diocesan Chaplain to the Samoan Catholic Community, effective January 1, 2019.
- Bishop Silva announces the retirement of Deacon Walter Yoshimitsu as Chancellor of the Diocese, Director of the Hawaii Catholic Conference, and Director of Respect Life Ministry, as well as his retirement from diaconal ministry at St. John Vianney Church, Kailua, effective December 31, 2018. He remains a deacon in good standing with the full faculties of the Diocese of Honolulu.
- Bishop Silva has appointed Deacon Keith Cabiles as the Chancellor of the Diocese of Honolulu, effective January 1, 2019.
- Bishop Silva has appointed Eva Andrade as the Director of the Hawaii Catholic Conference, effective January 1, 2019. (She continues in her position as the Executive Director of the Hawaii Family Forum, which is not a ministry of the Diocese of Honolulu but one of its partners in ministry in the public policy arena.)
- Bishop Silva has appointed Paulette Vernay as the Diocesan Director of Respect Life Ministry, effective January 1, 2019.