Capuchin Franciscan introduced brown robed friars to the diocese Capuchin Franciscan Father George Maddock, who with the late Father Paul Minchak introduced his community of brown robed friars to Hawaii in 1984, died Sept. 30 at St. Clare Friary, Yonkers, New York, at age 81. He was a Franciscan for 63 years and a priest […]
Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, retired: Good to the last drop
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “Whrrr …” sounded the elevator before coming to a stop. “Thump … shuffle … thump … shuffle.” The cane coursed the polished wooden floor toward the kitchen with stiffened leg in tow. After a pause, for a cup of coffee perhaps, the thump […]
Capuchin Father Gordon Combs retires to New York
Capuchin Franciscan Father Gordon Combs retired to his order’s headquarters, Sacred Hearts Monastery in Yonkers, N.Y., on April 20 after serving 28 years in Hawaii. He turned 80 on Holy Saturday, April 15. Father Combs had been semi-retired in residence at Honolulu Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace where he assisted celebrating Mass and […]
Photo: Secular Franciscans reflect
On Sept. 17, the feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi, the Secular Franciscan Fraternities of the Hawaii Regent, gathered at the Kamiano Center by the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace for their annual day of recollection. The fraternities began with morning prayer, and then listened to talks by Capuchin Franciscan […]
Obituary: Capuchin Franciscan Father Eymard McKinnon | 1925-2015
Priest served Guam, Hawaii parishes, active in charismatic movement Capuchin Franciscan Father Eymard McKinnon, who served in Hawaii parishes in the 1990s, died on Dec. 17 in Ringwood, New Jersey. He was 89, a Franciscan for 67 years and a priest for 60 years. His funeral was Dec. 20 at Sacred Heart Church in […]
Photo: Three Franciscan professions
Three members of Hawaii’s Korean Catholic Community made their profession in the St. Clare Emerging Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order of Oahu at an evening Mass in late November at St. Pius X Church, Manoa. Franciscan Father Francis Kim, visiting from New York, celebrated the liturgy with Father Jong Ki Kim and Father Woongsuk […]