HAWAII’S 2021 JUBILARIANS

“God, our Father, guide of humanity and ruler of creation, look upon these your servants, who wish to confirm their offering of themselves to you. As the years pass by, help them to enter more deeply into the mystery of the church and to dedicate themselves more generously to the good of humanity.”

Prayer of the renewal of vows from the Mass of Religious Profession

Celebrating lives of discipleship

Because of coronavirus pandemic restrictions, Bishop Larry Silva will celebrate a private Jubilarian Mass — attendance by invitation only — at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 24. The Mass will be livestreamed on the co-cathedral Facebook page: facebook.com/hicocathedral.

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Sister M. Candida Oroc, OSF

Born: 1933, Makaweli, Kauai
Community: Sisters of Saint Francis of the Neumann Communities
Celebrating: 70 years
Past ministry: In Hawaii (1957-2014): teacher at St. Joseph School, Hilo, Our Lady of Good Counsel School, Pearl City; principal at Our Lady of Good Counsel and Sacred Hearts in Lahaina; worked at the Catholic Schools Office; in a leadership position for the St. Francis Community Hawaii Region; chaplain for the St. Francis Healthcare System; worked with resident students at Marianne Hall
Reflection: Sister Candida always took the time to be with people. She loves to interact with others and takes time to listen. She loved to talk to young people and talk about vocations. Sister Candida loves cats and is handy with crafts, but her big accomplishment is the joy of seeing people she has worked with. She now lives at the Plaza in Kaneohe.

Sister Anita Marie Rosco, CSJ

Born: 1928, Ewa, Oahu
Community: Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
Celebrating: 70 years
Service in Hawaii: worked in Los Angeles (1950-1958); returned to Hawaii (1959-1967); in Los Angeles (1967-1973); in Hawaii (1973-present)
Past ministries: teacher, kindergarten to grade four; office assistant; school liturgist; eucharistic minister; religious education teacher; physical education teacher; after-school care instructor
Present ministry: Prayer and witness
Reflection: I look back on my 70 years as a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet with joy and pride. My years of ministry (primarily in the education field) have brought me great joy and happiness. Jubilee is a perfect time to thank God for all the good things he has worked in and through my life, and for all the people who have blessed my life with much hope, love and meaning.

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Sister Marcelina Felipe, CSJ

Born: 1938, Paia, Maui (Keahua plantation camp)
Community: Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
Celebrating: 60 years
Service in Hawaii: Teacher at St. Theresa School, Honolulu (1973-1976); teacher at Christ the King School, Kahului, Maui (1976-1985)
Past ministries: Elementary school teacher; religious education coordinator; parish pastoral ministry on Lanai; missionary in Chile for 19 years
Present ministry: Parish volunteer and prayer witness
Reflection: I enjoyed enabling parishioners to learn more about their faith and exercising their responsibilities in various parish ministries. I particularly enjoyed learning about the culture of Chileans and being among them at church and in their community.
In my free time, I like relaxing at the beach and taking the elderly out for shopping and dining. I also enjoy praying, reading, writing haiku, and “talking story” with my friends.
I thank God, my Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet community, my family and friends for their loving support of 60 years of my religious life.

Father Clarence “Larry” L. Fisher

Born: 1936, Atlantic City, N.J.
Community: Diocesan priest, Diocese of Honolulu
Celebrating: 60 years ordination
Service in Hawaii: Arrived 1978; 29 years with Diocese of Honolulu; eight years with U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii
Past ministries: Diocese of Camden, N.J.: high school teacher; assistant chancellor, associate director of pastoral planning; parish administrator; member of numerous diocesan boards and committees. Diocese of Honolulu: high school teacher and chaplain; parish administrator, associate pastor and pastor; vicar forane; member of numerous diocesan, community and educational boards and commissions; Catholic ministry to U.S. Army Garrison in Hawaii; spiritual director of the Oahu Council of Filipino Catholic Clubs; member of diocesan clergy and ecumenical committees; founding board member of the Samaritan Counseling Center Hawaii.
Present ministry: Retired
Reflection: The most significant moment when I knew I had accepted the right vocation — the call to the priesthood of Jesus Christ — was immediately after my ordination Mass on Dec. 20, 1961. My mother, four brothers and sister were kneeling in a semi-circle on the cold floor of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City with a stream of warm sunlight shining through a high basilica window illuminating them as I bestowed on them the blessings of God.
God continues to reaffirm me in my vocation through the many wonderful people I have met over my 17 years of ministry in the Diocese of Camden and my 37 years of ministry in Hawaii.

Sister Regina Mary Jenkins, SS.CC.

Born: 1939, Honolulu
Community: Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Celebrating: 60 years
Service in Hawaii: 47 years
Past ministries: Vice principal at Sacred Hearts Academy high school, 10 years; teacher of theology, mathematics and chemistry, 16 years; CCD teacher at St. Patrick Church, Kaimuki, 10 years; member, Catholic Youth Organization board of directors, seven years; director of CYO summer fun programs, eight years; teacher, principal, parish minister at Maria Regina School and Parish, Gardena, California, six years; missionary to India, six years; service in Sacred Hearts communities
Present ministry: Pacific USA Territory Coordinator (Provincial) of the Sacred Hearts Congregation
Reflection: I was born “Marvel Louise,” the third of seven children to Lucius and Rose Jenkins. My father worked as a foreman for Del Monte; my mother, a registered nurse at Queen’s Hospital. A huge turning point for our family occurred when my Dad converted to the Faith! He and all his children were baptized at St. Patrick Church when I was six years old.
I attended Aliiolani School where my third-grade teacher, Mrs. Alice Silva, inspired me to become a teacher. From Aliiolani, I attended Sacred Hearts Academy and the College of the Holy Names in Oakland. Midway through my freshman year, the vision of the Sacred Hearts Sisters in adoration back home spontaneously passed through my mind with the question “Why don’t you become one of them?” I finished the liberal arts studies at Holy Names and returned home to break the news to my parents. They were overjoyed!
I was welcomed into the congregation in 1959 and made my first vows in 1961. These years have been richly blessed!
A few highlights:
–Witnessing Academy high school students grow into faith-filled women who are actively involved in their parishes and are successful professionals, parents and grandparents!
–Responding to the call for an authentic presence among the poor working with leprosy patients in Odisha, India.
–Accompanying a dozen poor Indian leprosy patients to Brussels, Belgium for the beatification of Blessed Damien.
–Serving as the provincial for our three Asian countries, India, Philippines and Indonesia, and experiencing the great joy of receiving the vows of our young Asian sisters in the name of the Mother Superior General.
Everything is a gift. These past 60 years have been active, dynamic and rewarding. The past is prologue to the future and with deep gratitude, I am confident that the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary will lead us forward. The best is yet to come!

Sister Eva Joseph Mesina, CSJ

Born: 1942, Honolulu
Community: Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
Celebrating: 60 years
Service in Hawaii: I returned to Hawaii in 1968 after completing my formation program and to pronounce my final vows. I have been here ever since except for two years in California to complete a teaching certification. I have served 58 years in Hawaii.
Past ministries: Teacher (19 years) grades 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; principal, St. Joseph School, Waipahu (three years); director of religious education (22 years); catechist; religious education on Lanai (three summers); religious community ministries: vocation director, bookkeeper, provincial counsel, province leadership team
Reflection: My first experience of church occurred at 7-8 years of age when I went to Mass for the first time with my neighborhood friends. It was then that I realized that I should be doing this every Sunday. I began to go to catechism, made my First Communion and then found out about Catholic school. The principal at St. Theresa gave me registration papers and told me what I needed to do. I entered at grade six, graduated after grade eight and entered Sacred Hearts Academy high school.
I did not want to be a sister. However, I had a very powerful experience while making a morning chapel visit at the end of our senior class retreat. The response was an instant “Yes!” and I had to sit down to catch up to what I said “Yes” to. It was very specific: to enter the Sisters of St. Joseph. No matter what I did, I could not get it out of my system — even when my parents were not happy with my decision. So, here I am after 60 years.
Since entering the convent, I have grown so much. What I thought would be a constricting experience has been, on the contrary, a very freeing one. So many opportunities have opened up. One year, there was a call from Johnston Island, a military installation 940 miles south of the Big Island, for a priest for Holy Week/Easter. No priest was available so Sister Rose Damien Malabon and I flew down on a military plane. We celebrated Holy Thursday with the Methodist minister. He had his line for Communion, and I had mine. I also led the Good Friday and Easter Vigil services. On Easter Sunday, we had an ecumenical celebration on the baseball field and a Communion service in the chapel. According to the minister, people were attending our services he had never seen in church before.
Teaching was also not on my list of things I wanted to do, but God had other ideas. Teaching has been, and still is, one of my most fulling experiences.
While teaching I was also studying. I earned three master’s degrees, including one in Christian spirituality, and got appointed vocation director in my community. God has always been in charge of my life. I found great joy and satisfaction in this program.
I am currently a volunteer at St. Anthony Parish, Maui. I am a cantor and in charge of the church cleaners. I supervise the sanitizing of the church after every Mass on weekends and a deep cleaning every Friday.
Now I look forward to what else God has in store for me in my retirement years.

Brother Frederick J. Silbereis, SM

Born: 1942, Dayton, Ohio
Community: Society of Mary (Marianists)
Celebrating: 60 years first profession
Service in Hawaii: 1971-1976, 1999-2001, 2010 to present
Past ministries: High school teacher, sodality and club moderator in Kalamazoo, Michigan (1965-1970); teacher and club moderator in Cincinnati, Ohio (1970-1971); teacher at Chaminade College in Honolulu (1971-1976); university professor and campus minister in Nairobi, Kenya (1982-1986); vocation director serving Kenya, Uganda and Malawi (1986-1998); university professor and chemical hazard safety officer in Honolulu (1999-2001); rector of boarding high school/formation center in Kitale, Kenya (2002-2003); community director in Kitale (2003-2004); vocation director in Nairobi (2004-2007); secondary school teacher, school board chairman and vocation director in Lusaka, Zambia (2008-2009)
Present ministry: Librarian at St. Anthony Jr/Sr High School and pastoral associate at St. Anthony Parish, Wailuku
Reflection: I believe firmly that our God is a God of surprises; not only does he surprise us, but his surprises — after the fact — always look so right. Coming to Maui in 2010, after 50 years of ministry, just kept the surprises going. While invited to teach at the high school, I found myself as the librarian. It’s been a great time for growth, and I am grateful for new spiritual experiences, for opportunities to run Bible classes, to preach homilies once or twice a week, and to meet adults at the parish whose commitment to prayer and service surpasses mine.
Now, at 78, I will be leaving Maui, but I hope not to leave active ministry. There is still so much more to do — or at least try to do. And I work for a generous God, a God of surprises.

Sister Barbara Jean Wajda, OSF

Born: 1942, Buffalo, New York
Community: Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities
Celebrating: 60 years
Service in Hawaii: 2009 to present
Past ministries: Teacher for 20 years and elementary school principal for 24 years in Western NY; teacher in Hilo and Oahu for 10 years;volunteer for 2 years in Kalaupapa
Present ministry: Volunteer for the Department of Health in Kalaupapa
Reflection: For as long as I can remember, I have always felt like a favored child of God. The experiences of family life with my parents, Stanley and Ruth, and three younger siblings, Peter, Mary and Veronica prepared me for my ministry as a teacher, a principal and in retirement, a Franciscan presence in Kalaupapa. Currently, although officially “retired”, I am a volunteer for the Department of Health as a worker in the Kalaupapa Store, following two years as a full time volunteer for the National Park Service.
As a child, I could feel the Lord tugging at my heartstrings and calling me to life as a Franciscan Sister. Following in the steps of St. Francis has been a perfect fit to my love of nature in all forms, God’s magnificent gift. These later years have been an answer to prayer as I am able to minister here in Kalaupapa, sharing the legacies of our own St. Marianne Cope, of the people who made this place sacred and of the Sisters of St. Francis. My heart is filled with gratitude to God for all the gifts and graces given to me.

Sister Helene Wood, SS.CC.

Born: 1941, Honolulu
Community: Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Celebrating: 60 years profession
Service in Hawaii: Served in Hawaii since my profession in 1961
Past ministries: Teacher at Sacred Hearts Academy (1962-1974); principal of Sacred Hearts Academy (1974-79); provincial of Pacific Province (1979-1987) and again (2003-2011); general councilor in Rome (1988-1994); director of the Office of Worship, Diocese of Honolulu (1999-2010)
Reflection: I entered with the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts after graduating from Sacred Hearts Academy in 1959. My journey has led me to many adventures I feel were orchestrated by God since I certainly would not have thought of any of it myself.
Our charism — to contemplate, live and proclaim the redeeming love of God in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary — is the force that supports what I do. Certainly our daily adoration of the Blessed Sacrament helps me to grow in contemplation and to realize more deeply the love of Jesus for us and the need to show that love to others.
My years of teaching at Sacred Hearts Academy put me in touch with so many young people who helped me to learn patience and for whom I hope I showed compassion. It was always a joy to see them grow into wonderful young women.
I have been privileged to witness the caring and wholehearted dedication of our sisters in their ministries throughout the world; from working with the poor in Africa, India and the Philippines through education, as well as in our schools in Spain and Latin America; to care of the elderly in Belgium and Holland.
One of my joys was working with our postulator and the commission for the canonization of St. Damien de Veuster, who truly witnessed God’s love and compassion for the outcast among our Hawaiian people.
Truly the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary have filled my 60 years of religious life with such joy and some sorrows too, but mostly with wonder and surprises!

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Father William (Bill) Shannon

Born: Springfield, Massachusetts, 77 years old
Community: Diocesan priest
Celebrating: 50 years ordination
Former ministries: As a Capuchin friar and priest of the New York Province: seminary teaching, religious formation, provincial administration, novice master; chaplain for Cursillo retreats, Engaged Encounter and youth ministry retreats; parish priest in New York, Hawaii.
Service in Hawaii: Joined the Diocese of Honolulu in 1997; administrator, St. George Parish, Waimanalo; pastor, Christ the King Parish, Kahului; pastor, Immaculate Conception Parish, Lihue; at 70 become the diocesan director of seminarians
Present ministry: Retired June 2014
Reflection: Whether being a novice master, a chaplain for Engaged Encounter and youth retreats, or running lively youth ministries, or as the diocesan director of seminarians, I have always enjoyed working with young people. Once while visiting our Hawaii seminarians at one of our three seminaries, I was in line in the cafeteria and in front of me was a young lady who worked in the office at the seminary. When I told her I was the director of seminarians from Hawaii she said, “I LOVE all the seminarians from Hawaii.” I said, “That’s good, but don’t love them too much.”

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Deacon Ronald Choo

Community: permanent diaconate
Celebrating: 40 years ordination
Past ministries: Permanent deacon at St. Ann Church, Kaneohe; Blessed Sacrament Church, Pauoa Valley; St. Stephen Church, Nuuanu; detention ministry at the Oahu Community Correctional Center, the Women’s Community Correctional Center and the Halawa Correctional Facility
Present Ministry: Retired
Reflection: One of the highlights of my prison ministry was when we arranged to have Bishop Joseph Ferrario celebrate Mass at the Oahu Community Correctional Center. I believe that he was the first bishop to celebrate Mass in one of our prisons.
I am a certified public accountant practicing in Honolulu mostly in the area of tax preparation and estate planning. My ministry has been greatly helped by the encouragement and support of my wife of 59 years, Catherine is a registered nurse who went on to earn a master’s of religious education in theology from the University of San Francisco. With this she has kept me grounded in the teachings of our Catholic faith. Our family of three children, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren have been a joy and blessing to us.

Deacon Thomas H. Miyashiro

Born: 1944, Honolulu
Community: Permanent diaconate
Celebrating: 40 years ordination
Service in Hawaii: 40 years at Our Lady of Good Counsel, Pearl City
Past Ministries: Matrimony and Baptism preparation; Deacon of the Mass and homilist; visiting nursing home and homebound parishioners; pastoral care to individuals, couples and families; spiritual leader for Stephen Ministries and Missionary Basic Christian Community.
Present Ministry: Instructor for marriage classes; retired May 1, 2020, with full diaconal faculties
Reflection: I was baptized a Catholic in 1962 when I was a senior at Saint Louis High School. I graduated from Santa Clara University in 1967 in mechanical engineering and worked for a while in California as an aerospace engineer. I returned to Saint Louis to teach in 1970, the same year I married Lois Nagatoshi. I was very blessed to officiate at our son Matthew’s wedding to Lori Wakumoto in 2010 and to experience the joy of being grandpa to granddaughter Hannah Mika. I retired from Saint Louis in 2012 after about 40 years as a teacher and counselor. Lois said that I just went to school to “play with the students.” I became a licensed marriage and family therapist in 2014 and am currently working part-time at Samaritan Counseling Center Hawaii.

Deacon Richard J. Port

Born: 1937, Chelsea, Massachusetts
Community: Permanent diaconate
Celebrating: 40 years ordination
Service in Hawaii: arrived in 1967; 50 years a parishioner at Sts. Peter and Paul Church; 38 years as a permanent deacon at that parish
Past ministries: member, Diocesan Pastoral Council; vice chair, Diocesan Board of Education; co-chair of RCIA at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, 20 years
Present ministry: Retired
Reflection: I taught two years in Ghana, West Africa, with the U.S. Peace Corps and two years in Nigeria with U.S. AID. I married Ann Tramondozzi in 1961. I served 25 years as an educational specialist with the Hawaii Department of Education and seven years on Hawaii’s first Civil Rights Commission. I have always enjoyed my service as a permanent deacon in the Diocese of Honolulu.

Deacon George W. Thorp Jr.

Born: 1939, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Community: Permanent diaconate
Celebrating: 40 years ordination
Diaconal service in Hawaii: since 1972, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Waikane, 17 years; St. John’s Parish, Wheaton, Maryland, 2 years; National Committee for Human Life Amendment, Washington, D.C., 2 years; St. Anthony Parish, Kalihi, 10 years; St. Anthony Parish, Kailua, 5 years
Past ministries: Member, Diocesan Family Life Commission; director, Diocesan Respect Life Office; administrator, youth ministry, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Waikane; RCIA instructor, parish/school maintenance consultant, St. Anthony, Kalihi
Present ministry: retired
Ministry highlights: The highlights of Deacon Thorp’s diaconate have been administering the sacraments, counseling and working for the respect life ministry. A retired building contractor, he was married to Marcia Davenport Thorp who is deceased. He is presently married to Josefina Serapio Thorp. He has four sons.

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Father Pascual G. Abaya IV

Born: 1969, Candon City, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Community: Diocesan priesthood
Celebrating: 25 years ordination
Service in Hawaii: 2006 to present
Past ministries: Parochial vicar, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace (2006-2008); parish priest, Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Pearl City (2008-2012); Director of Vocations (2012-2014); pastor, Our Lady of Good Counsel (2014-2019); rector, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace (2019-present)
Present ministry: Rector and pastor of the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace
Reflection: I am the youngest of four children born to Pascual Abaya Jr. (deceased) and Barbara Gramaje Abaya. I was ordained for the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia, Province of Ilocos Sur in the Philippines in 1996 and served there for 10 years before coming to Hawaii in 2006. I was incardinated in the Diocese of Honolulu on Jan. 23, 2011. I would consider that anywhere I am assigned is a blessing and an opportunity to fulfill my ministry. Despite the challenges that come along the way, entrusting myself to the Good Shepherd has always given me the inspiration to carry on. As I celebrate my 25 years of priestly ministry, I say, “Grateful and blessed!”

Sister Emilie Basitas, OP

Born: 1974, Dapco, Panabo Davao, Philippines
Community: Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines
Celebrating: 25 years
Service in Hawaii: 2005 to the present
Past Ministries: Iloilo, Philippines (1996-2005); homeroom teacher at St. John the Baptist School, Honolulu (2005-2009)
Present ministry: Second-grade teacher at St. Elizabeth School, Aiea (2009-present)
Reflection: It’s been a great privilege to serve others through the teaching ministry. It brings so much fun and joy to teach those children, who are preparing to receive Jesus’ body and blood for the first time on their first holy Communion. Gracious and merciful God, thank you!

Father Danilo C. Galang, MS

Born: 1966, Ramon, Isabela, Philippines
Community: Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette
Celebrating: 25 years ordination
Service in Hawaii: associate pastor at St. Joseph Parish, Waipahu (2004-2009); pastor St. Theresa, Kekaha (2009-2011); vice president of finance at the University of La Salette, Santiago City, Philippines (2011-2018)
Present ministry: pastor, Holy Cross Parish, Kalaheo, 2018-present
Reflection: Being a priest for 25 years is such a wonderful blessing from the Lord. For me, one of the numerous graces of being a priest is the power to forgive sins in his name. This power to forgive sins was tested when I came face to face with the person who killed my brother. We know that it is not that easy to forgive and our hearts will tell us to retaliate. But at that encounter with the culprit, God gave me the grace to do the right thing, and that was to forgive. Because of the grace of forgiveness, my heart was liberated from the destruction of anger.
There is always joy, and spiritual consolations when one forgives and shares God’s forgiveness with other people. This is one of the many joys that I have experienced working in the vineyard of the Lord.

Father Patrick McDaid, SM

Born: 1972, Adrian, Michigan
Community: Society of Mary (Marianists)
Celebrating: 25 years first profession
Ordination: Aug. 23, 2008, St. Louis, Missouri
Years in Hawaii: 2015 to present
Past ministries: High school teacher in Cleveland (1996-2001); teacher, coach and administrator in Dayton, Ohio (2001-2005); high school chaplain in San Francisco (2008-2009); teacher and director of campus ministry, and community director in San Antonio (2009-2015)
Present ministry: Since 2015, chaplain at Saint Louis School; chaplain for the Diocese of Honolulu Catholic Committee on Scouting; volunteer chaplain for the Women’s Community Correctional Center in Kailua and the Federal Detention Center Honolulu; since 2017, community director, Marianist Hall; since 2019, Army civilian chaplain for Schofield Barracks and Aliamanu Military Reservation
Reflection: It’s amazing how time flies — 25 years! The adage: “God doesn’t call the qualified, but qualifies the called,” certainly has been my experience. Over the past quarter of a century, I have witnessed God’s mercy, his compassion, his enduring love in my family, students, colleagues, fellow religious, military and friends, and for that I am eternally grateful. I can’t wait to see what the Lord has in store for the next 25 years!

Father Edison V. Pamintuan, MS

Born: 1973, Santiago City, Isabela, Philippines
Community: Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette
Celebrating: 25 years of profession
Service in Hawaii: July 1, 2005, to the present
Past ministries: St. Christopher Church, Moreno Valley, Georgia (2003-2005); Holy Cross and St. Raphael Churches, Kauai (2005-2008); pastor, Holy Cross, Kalaheo (2008-2014)
Present ministry: pastor, Immaculate Conception Church, Lihue (2015-present)
Reflection: My greatest joys, at this moment, ministering to the people of God, are seeing the parishioners embracing stewardship as a way of life and our children ministering joyfully to our community, particularly in animating our liturgical celebrations.

Sister Gina Palic Senapilo, OP

Born: 1971, Philippines
Community: Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, Philippines
Celebrating: 25 years, first profession
Service in Hawaii: August 28, 2016, to present
Past ministries: classroom teacher, school treasurer, campus minister, congregational vocation director, director of pre-novitiate
Present ministry: Director of religious education, Immaculate Conception Church, Lihue
Reflection: I joined the Dominicans in Quezon City, Philippines after finishing a bachelor’s degree in secondary education at Notre Dame Dadiangas University in General Santos City, Philippines, in 1993. I made my temporary profession of vows on Jan. 13, 1996, and my perpetual vows on April 28, 2001. My Dominican formation has taught me that religious life is a call to be with Christ who lives with and among his people.
I am grateful for all the opportunities that the Immaculate Conception Parish in Lihue has given me to deepen my relationship with God through the prayer and preaching life of the parish and my daily interactions with people.
By allowing me to serve, especially the children, youth and their families, I have found more meaning and joy in my religious life. Thank you, God for your faithfulness and unconditional love and this undeserved 25 years in the Dominican St. Catherine of Siena religious life.