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50 years ago — June 23, 1972
Chinese Carmelites Will Open Cloister on Oahu
Bishop John J. Scanlan announced today that he invited Discalced Carmelite Nuns from Hong Kong to begin a Cloister in Hawaii.
“There has never been a contemplative community in Hawaii,” the Bishop explained. “I am inviting the Discalced Carmelites from Stanley, Hong Kong, to make a new Foundation on Oahu. There will be ten nuns in the group to come to Hawaii. …
The Discalced Carmelites who have been invited to Honolulu belong to the Order of St. Teresa.
Editor’s Note: Only one of the original Carmelites remains in Hawaii. The rest have died. Their numbers have been replenished by Carmelite sisters from the Philippines who came to Oahu in 2018.
25 years ago — July 11, 1997
To Paris to see the pope
Next month, Catholic youth from all over the globe will flock to Paris to celebrate World Youth Day with Pope John Paul II. They will come from as far away as Africa, South America, and, yes, even Hawaii.
According to Al Jones, the diocese’s interim Youth Ministry Director, there are two groups — one organized by the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts and one by him of young and young-at-heart Hawaii Catholics preparing for the trip to the City of Lights for this international, bi-annual event.
10 years ago — July 6, 2012
Marianne’s Farm welcomes Waianae coast homeless
“Mother Marianne did the same thing. That’s what I try to do.”
It’s a simple rationale offered by Franciscan Sister Beatrice Tom. When the city and county swept the homeless campers off the beach this spring across from her post at Our Lady of Keaau, a retreat center she runs on the Waianae coast, she and her team of outreach volunteers felt the call to help. …
Mother Marianne’s Farm is comprised of eight or nine homeless people who tend to the grounds at Our Lady of Keaau. The project does not employ the homeless, Sisters Beatrice said, but instead offers them food, showers, a place to stay and other forms of support in exchange for their services.
