Honolulu’s New Bishop in ‘Awe’ that God Chose Him in His ‘Unworthiness’ to Shepherd Diocese

Honolulu’s new bishop in ‘awe’ that God chose him in his ‘unworthiness’ to shepherd diocese

HONOLULU (OSV News) — “E hiki mai kou aupuni” — “Thy kingdom come.” The episcopal motto of Bishop Michael Thomas Tupou Castori — taken from the Our Father recited in the Hawaiian language — anchored a liturgy rich with culture and symbolism in which the Jesuit priest was ordained and installed as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu. The July 28 Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu was a testament to joy, faith, community a…

Profile: Building God’s kingdom as Honolulu’s new shepherd

By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Though there was no way to know at the time, Bishop Michael T.T. Castori, SJ’s childhood laid the groundwork for his current ministry as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu. When he was growing up in Carmichael, California, the youngest of three children and only boy born to Michael and Lucille Castori, the family would take long summer vacations in which they went first to the mountains, then do…