VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Celebrating my new life in Hawaii’s Carmel, I can simply see God’s majesty in his creation — the unspoiled landscape of the mountains, the vast panoramic ocean, the tranquil invigorating breeze, and the sparkling boon of sunshine. One can also experience the […]
The profession of a local Carmelite caps off a year that revitalized the monastery
Final vows By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald On Oct. 15, Logan Yempuku’s grandma made her permanent vows as a cloistered Carmelite sister. The times are changing at Hawaii’s Carmel of the Holy Trinity monastery. At a morning Mass celebrated by Bishop Larry Silva in the sunlit former seminary chapel at St. Stephen Diocesan Center, […]
CARMELITE SISTER MARY VERONICA OF JESUS | 1928-2019
Maui plantation-born nun lived the contemplative life for 64 years By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Sister Mary Veronica of Jesus, a Carmelite nun, the daughter of Okinawan immigrants to Hawaii, died on July 6 at Carmel of St. Teresa, a Carmelite monastery in Alhambra, California. She was 91, and in religious life for 64 […]