Allen Agpaoa Pacquing professed perpetual vows in the Society of Mary (Marianists) Oct. 3 in Guadalupe Chapel on the campus of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. Father Oscar Vasquez, left, provincial of the Marianist Province of the United States, presided at the Eucharist and received the vows. Father Tim Kenney, right, assistant for […]
Marianist from Kalihi to make final vows
Hawaii Catholic Herald Marianist Brother Allen Agpaoa Pacquing, of Honolulu, will make his final profession of vows as a member of the U.S Province of the Society of Mary, or Marianists, Oct. 3, in Guadalupe Chapel at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. The profession will be livestreamed at 5 p.m. (CST) at marianist.com/vows. […]
Joseph Nugent, Lay Marianist: God knows the path
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Keeping my soul green is a walk in humility. I give my life to God in regular prayer, service and community. But as I grow, I learn that I never “arrive” at a plane of greenness, instead God finds me in my […]
Opera star Dolora Zajick to give a recital, lecture on spirituality of music
MACKEY MARIANIST series Metropolitan Opera star Dolora Zajick, who has been called “one of the greatest voices in the history of opera,” will be the presenter for the Mackey Marianist Lectures: Catholicism in Prophetic Dialogue series, 4 p.m., March 8, in the Mystical Rose Oratory on the campus of Chaminade University and Saint Louis School. […]
Liturgical composers, performers to give free concerts on Oahu, Maui
The Marianist Center of Hawaii has invited two well-known liturgical composers to give two island concerts, the first at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12 in the Mystical Rose Oratory on the campus of Chaminade University and Saint Louis School, to be repeated on Maui Feb. 13 at St. Anthony Church in Wailuku. The organizers have named […]
Brother Dave Quigley, Society of Mary (Marianists): ‘Brother, you are unbelievable!’
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Every time I am assigned to a new place, there are different challenges to learn from. In my case, most of the moves I have made were to places where the culture was one I was not familiar with. Imagine going from […]
Brother William J. Farrell, S.M. | 1944-2019
Marianist taught at Saint Louis in the 1960s Marianist Brother William J. Farrell, a member of the Society of Mary who taught at Saint Louis School in Honolulu in the late 1960s, died Sept. 12, four days before his 75th birthday. He entered religious life 60 years ago. Brother Farrell was born on Sept. 16, […]
Three Marianist Center fall presentations cover vocations, pope, music
The Marianist Center of Hawaii, in co-operation with Chaminade University and Saint Louis School, is bringing to the campus three special autumn presentations to nurture the spiritual growth of Hawaii’s diverse people. The first is a morning of recollection with noted Los Angeles Congress speaker Richard Gaillardetz, chairman of the theology department of Boston College. […]
MARIANIST BROTHER ROBERT HOPPE | 1940-2019
Religious served his community with a talent for ‘temporalities’ Society of Mary Brother Robert Hoppe, who served for 20 years in administrative positions for his Marianist community in Hawaii, died April 11 in Cupertino, California. He was 78 and a religious brother for 58 years. Father Patrick McDaid remembered his fellow Marianist as a person […]
3 Marianists with decades of service to Islands marking anniversaries
By Hawaii Catholic Herald Three Marianists living at the Marianist Community in Cupertino, California, who had long terms of service in Hawaii, are celebrating anniversaries of religious profession this year. Father Raymond E. Malley is marking 60 years as a Marianist, Brother Francis Theodore Spaeth is observing 70 years, and Father Stephen Tutas 75 years. […]