Looking for a different way to pray the Way of the Cross this Lent? Consider “A Thorn in My Side,” a Way of the Cross written by the nuns at the Carmel of the Holy Trinity Carmelite Monastery on the Pali Highway. The prayerbook is the result of a priest friend in 2020 urging the […]
Revitalized Carmelite convent celebrates 50th year in Hawaii
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii’s revitalized Carmelite convent celebrated its 50th year tucked in the Kailua-side slope of the Koolaus with a morning Mass Oct. 16 celebrated by Bishop Larry Silva and about 70 of the sisters’ families, friends and supporters. The congregants overflowed the Carmelites small public chapel, while in the chapel’s […]
Carmel of the Holy Trinity: 50 years of gratitude
Hawaii’s only contemplative monastery celebrates a half century in the Islands By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Special to the Herald “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” wrote the 6th century Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu. Fifty years ago, on Oct. 25, 1973, seven Carmelite nuns took that single step leaving […]
Sister Agnella of the Child Jesus and the Holy Spirit Iu, OCD
A soul unfolding: 50 years a Carmelite Fifty years ago, on Oct. 1, 1973, Sister Agnella Iu made her first profession of vows as a Carmelite Sister in Hong Kong. Twenty-four days later she would be in Hawaii, the youngest of seven founding nuns of Hawaii’s first Carmelite monastery, Carmel of the Holy Trinity, at […]
Letter from the monastery
The Carmelites, Hawaii’s contemplative order, give us an update on their cloistered community, Carmel of the Holy Trinity, since its re-founding three years ago “Alas, death is now approaching. In darkness alone, I await its coming,” mused the lonely seed as it was buried. Yet, behold, how great is the rejoicing, When one day its […]
Sister Mary Elizabeth of the Trinity Sedo, Carmelites: Got to believe in magic
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Magic and fairy tales? Who says they are only for children? In his singing of the ballad “Young at Heart,” Canadian singer Michael Buble reminds us that “Fairy tales can come true. It can happen to you when you’re young at heart.” […]
Secular Carmelites add three members
Hawaii’s Discalced Carmelite Secular group welcomed three new members Dec. 7 in a rite of admission ceremony in the Carmelite monastery chapel on the grounds of St. Stephen Diocesan Center. They are Mary Ann Gauyan, Yong Matthews and Janice Eala. The monastery, Carmel of the Holy Trinity, is where seven Discalced Carmelite nuns live in […]
A ‘springtime experience’
Five sisters from the Philippines enable the re-founding of Hawaii’s Carmelite monastery By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Five Carmelite sisters from the Philippines have given Hawaii’s Carmelite monastery a new life, saving it from closing. Hawaii’s Carmel of the Holy Trinity was re-founded Aug. 9 with the reception of the five new permanent members […]
Sister Assumpta John Theresa of the Risen Christ, Order of Discalced Carmelite Nuns: The language of faith, hope and love
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “Our language is the most important part of our being. I think it is important to learn other languages, because it helps us to learn about other peoples and cultures. The most important one, however, that we can learn is our own […]
With the arrival of 2 sisters from the Philippines, the house is full again
Once on the verge of closing, Hawaii’s only Carmelite monastery now has the numbers to be resurrected anew By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald The Philippines came through once again for the Catholic Church in Hawaii. The source for nearly half the priests in island parishes, the mostly Catholic Asian nation has […]