Latin Mass confirmations

Bishop Larry Silva celebrated a Solemn Pontifical High Tridentine Mass on June 29 at Blessed Sacrament Church in Honolulu at the request of the Hawaii Tridentine Mass, the diocese’s Latin Mass community. It was the first time the bishop celebrated the Mass in Latin according to the 1962 Roman Missal, called the “extraordinary form,” and commonly known as the Tridentine rite. During the Mass, Bishop Silva confirmed 15 individuals ranging from 11-years-old to adult-aged, who had studied the Baltimore Catechism over the past year.

A boy’s attention wanders while Bishop Silva, background, prays at the altar.

The female confirmation candidates kneel during the service. Traditionally women and girls wore head coverings during the Latin Mass as a sign of humility and purity, though it is not a requirement.

Photos by Anna Weaver