Sacred Hearts Father Thomas Choo, left, greets his successor at St. Patrick Parish, Kaimuki, Sacred Hearts Father Santhosh Thottankara at the priest’s 75th birthday party, Feb. 19. “The space in front of the altar is the most sacred place,” the Kaimuki-born Father Choo told his replacement who is 30 years his junior. “It is there that I received all my sacraments, was ordained and served.” Father Thottankara was assigned to the parish as parochial vicar on Feb. 1. Father Choo’s advice to Father Thottankara: “Be yourself and don’t go telling other people what to do as if you are better than them.” (Photo courtesy of Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP)
