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“He found the presence of God everywhere, in all things. Nothing crushed him. His limitless charity is a model for the Year of Faith.”
| Archbishop Ioan Robu of Bucharest on Monsignor Vladimir Ghika, who was beatified Aug. 31 in Romania’s capital. Ghika was 80 when he was tortured to death in 1954 by Communist forces. (Catholic News Service)
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Keahi Teson
Coordinator of youth ministry at St. Jude Church, Kapolei
- Favorite Scripture quote: I have two that guide me through this life that the Lord has blessed me with: 1 John 1:5-7 and Proverbs 3:5.
- Island: Molokai
- Plate lunch: Boneless kalbi, brown rice and tossed salad from The Alley
- Parable: The Good Samaritan, Luke 10:25-37
- Prayer: The Doxology in Hawaiian
- Five fantasy dinner guests: Pope John XXIII, Princess Victoria Kaiulani, Steven Spielberg, J.R.R. Tolkien and Rudolph Wilhelm Meyer (the superintendent of Kalaupapa during the time of Saints Damien and Marianne, and my great-great-grandfather)
- Most memorable priest: Father Putman; he made the church a happy and loving place for me.
- PC or Mac: PC definitely!
Saints under 35
The joy of nothing
Blessed Cecilia Eusepi’s short life was marked by deep faith and sacrifice, which she documented in two books that also revealed her admiration of another young Catholic — St. Therese of Lisieux.
Cecilia was born in the Italian town of Nepi in 1910. She attended school at a Cistercian convent and realized her life’s path in short order, becoming a tertiary of the Order of Servants of Mary at only age 12 after completing her education. However, her religious training and study were derailed when she contracted tuberculosis, which forced her in 1926 to return home to Nepi.
The next two years were a time of great sacrifice for the devout teenager, who could no longer fulfill her desire to serve in religious life. She succumbed to tuberculosis in 1928, leaving behind two works — “The Story of a Clown,” written at the request of her confessor, and her diary. St. Therese’s influence on Cecilia is clear in the writings, which show that she both realized and embraced that “This little nothing belongs entirely to Jesus; I have even offered my sins to Him.” She was beatified in 2012. (www.30giorni.it, L’Osservatore Romano)