Peace be with you this on this Monday of the 12th week of ordinary time! Three saints today: St. Paulinus of Nola, St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher. The latter two were martyred for their faith during the reign of King Henry VIII in England. Scripture today tells us that we need God's [...]
Molokai History: (taken from "Father Damien's Letters", Congregation of the Sacred Hearts SS.CC., Rome, 2017) Letter dated August, 1873 from Fr. Damien at Kalawao to his Superior General: With compassion for the unfortunate, Divine Providence has seen fit to cast her eyes upon your unworthy servant to offer pastoral care at the famous hospital for [...]
Aloha nui loa to all on this Saturday Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary! Our Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (SS.CC.) honor Jesus and Mary as twin pillars of our spirituality. They are the models of God's compassionate love in the world for us. We try to [...]
Molokai History: (taken from "Father Damien's Letters", Congregation of the Sacred Hearts SS.CC., Rome, 2017) Letter dated July 28, 1873 from Fr. Damien at Kalawao to Bishop Maigret: I have not yet had the time to go out from the leprosarium. The weekly visit of all the sick takes 4 or 5 days morning to [...]
Peace be with you and your ohana on this Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus! What a blessed day to celebrate the loving, compassionate heart of our Lord, Jesus Christ! My religious Congregation, the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary, celebrates this great feast every year as one of our major days of [...]
Molokai/Father Damien History: (taken from "Father Damien's Letters", Congregation of the Sacred Hearts SS.CC., Rome, 2017) Letter dated May 27, 1873 from Fr. Damien at Kalawao to his Superior: I hope that in eight days I can go back to running after the lost sheep of Molokai. On Friday, I went to Pelekunu where I [...]
Aloha nui to all on this Thursday of the 11th week of ordinary time! Prayer! Prayer! Prayer! Probably one of the oldest forms of communication in the world. To pray is to have a conversation with God. It is to communicate with God. It is to have a relationship with God. It is a human [...]
Molokai History: (taken from "Father Damien's Letters", Congregation of the Sacred Hearts SS.CC., Rome, 2017) Letter dated May 20, 1873 from Fr. Damien at Kalawao to his Superior: According to what I have been told, in one of the valleys, some miles from here by sea, there is a great number of Christians. The area [...]
Peace be with you this Wednesday of the 11th week of ordinary time! Prayer is a wonderful thing. It is free. You don't have to pay for it. You can do it anytime you wish. Prayer is an awesome thing because it is a conversation with God. How many times do you try to reach [...]
Hawaii History: (from "History of the Catholic Mission in the Hawaiian Islands" by Father Reginald Yzendoorn, SS.CC., Honolulu Star-Bulletin Ltd., Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, 1927) (continued from June 15th) Having found the King in his grass hut, the missionaries asked permission to settle in the country for the purpose of teaching the nation their religion, [...]