Molokai History: [from The Catholic Herald, June 25, 1937] His Excellency Stephen P. Alencastre To Bless New St. Sophia Church At Kaunakakai, Molokai Even excepting Kalawao in the Molokai Leper Settlement, no other island has so many memories of Father Damien's missionary labors than the Island of Molokai. For when in 1873 Father Damien became [...]
Molokai History: [From Hawaii Catholic Herald, March 3, 1990] Topside refers to the entire island with exception of the isolated Kalaupapa peninsula which juts into the ocean at the base of Molokai's towering north shore cliffs. The home of the settlement for Hansen's disease patients made famous by Father Damien. Kalaupapa is served by St. [...]
Molokai History: [from Hawaii Catholic Herald, March 16, 1990] In 1945, Father Systermans, SS.CC. moved the parish hall from the Sacred Heart church grounds in Hoolehua to Kualapuu for the community's liturgies. He named the new church in honor of St. Theresa, the Little Flower of Jesus. Father Jules Verhaeghe, SS.CC., blessed the church on [...]
Peace to all during this Advent Season, a season of expectation and high hopes, especially for an end to the pandemic! Have you ever cried out in the desert? Well, John the Baptist did. But, for a change. A change in the world. A change in the world that was coming. This Advent season [...]
Peace be with you! As we begin this 33rd week of Ordinary Time in our church year, we look forward to proclaiming Jesus Christ as our king next weekend and proclaiming the servant leader that Jesus promoted. Kingship has responsibilities, the main one being to serve the people. If we proclaim Jesus as our [...]
Aloha nui to all as we enter the 32nd week in Ordinary Time and fast approach the season of Advent and the coming of the Lord at Christmas! It is always good to be prepared, to be ready for something. Most teachers will tell you that they spend most of their time preparing to teach [...]
Peace of mind, body and spirit to you and your ohana! Attitude! That is what Jesus tells us in next weekend's Gospel. You need to have an attitude attuned to the Lord's if you want to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. And, that attitude is a "be" - attitude, meaning you must "be" what you [...]
Aloha nui to all! As we begin the 29th week of Ordinary Time and over 7 months of pandemic, we have in next weekend's Gospel a roadmap to living a successful Christian life: Love God! Love yourself! Love your neighbor! It may sound simple, but we all know it is a challenge. It [...]
Peace to all as we enter the 28th Week of Ordinary Time. This weekend's Gospel says that when it comes to the Kingdom of Heaven, "Many are invited but few are chosen." Do I want to be left out? Am I ready to accept the invitation? What do I need to do to be chosen [...]
Aloha nui to all this 26th week of ordinary time as we begin to move into the month of October. Sunday's Gospel tells the parable of the ungrateful and unproductive tenants of a landowner's vineyard. As Jesus says, "the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will [...]