Blessings, pono and pule to all on this feast of the Mexican "Cristero" martyrs, Sts. Christopher Magallanes (a priest) and his companions. "Viva Cristo Rey! Viva! Viva!" This was the battle cry of the "Cristeros" when they fought against the Mexican Government in the 1920's to restore the Catholic Church and the Sacraments in the [...]
Molokai History: (from "Pioneers of the Faith: History of the Catholic Mission in Hawaii (1827-1940)" by Robert Schoofs, SS.CC., Sturgis Printing Company, Inc., Honolulu, HI, 1978) (continued from May 19th) For another decade and a half, from 1914 to 1929, Father Thomas Geloen, ss.cc. covered his large district, now counting five sacred buildings. During these [...]
A Reflection by Fr. Brian: It was early morning sometime in 1992 or 1993 in south Berkeley/north Oakland, California. I was driving from our House of Studies in Berkeley where I was living at the time with our seminarians to St. Joseph-Notre Dame High School in Alameda where I ministered as Librarian, Substitute Teacher, Yearbook [...]
Peace be with you and your ohana this Wednesday 6th Week of Easter, the feast of St. Bernardine of Siena! St. Paul has some encouraging words for us in today's First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles: "The God who made the world and all that is in it, the Lord of heaven and [...]
Molokai History: (from "Pioneers of the Faith: History of the Catholic Mission in Hawaii (1827-1940)" by Robert Schoofs, SS.CC., Sturgis Printing Company, Inc., Honolulu, HI, 1978) (continued from May 18th) Also in Kaunakakai Father Thomas accommodated with the occasional celebration of Holy Mass the score of Catholics of this then tiny and unimportant village. Pukoo [...]
Aloha nui to all ohana on this Tuesday morning, the 6th week of Easter, 2020! Scripture: "Then he brought Paul and Silas out from their jail cell and said, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?' And they said, 'Believe in the Lord Jesus.' And his household rejoiced at having come to faith in [...]
Molokai History: (from "Pioneers of the Faith: History of the Catholic Mission in Hawaii (1827-1940)" by Robert Schoofs, SS.CC., Sturgis Printing Company, Inc., Honolulu, HI, 1978) (continued from May 17th) At Kaunakakai, Father Thomas offered Mass in the home of one of the few local Catholics, for lack of a chapel. In every one of [...]
Peace of the Lord be with all on this Monday of the 6th week of Easter! It is the feast of a Pope who became a martyr, St. Pope John I. Let us pray for our Pope, Francis I, as he leads our church and the world through this crisis. Let us pray for a [...]
Molokai History: (from "Pioneers of the Faith: History of the Catholic Mission in Hawaii (1827-1940)" by Robert Schoofs, SS.CC., Sturgis Printing Company, Inc., Honolulu, HI, 1978) (continued from May 16th) On the beautiful four-acre church property at Kaluaaha with Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Father Thomas had a small but comfortable rectory. It was from [...]
A Reflection by Fr. Brian: (continued from May 16th) So, I would walk from our house to the parish nearby where ladies would prepare the food and coffee for delivery. I would then help load up the back of the pickup and drive it down to the park, where there would be a long line [...]