VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Life is always challenging. It is never easy or perfect. Even in the life of Jesus, from the time he was in Mary’s womb, to his being an immigrant and unto the cross, there were hardships. Somehow, in my imagination, I thought […]
Father Santiago ‘Bong’ Agoo Jr., diocesan priest: Forever young
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING I am from the Prefecture of Isabela de Basilan in the Philippines. During my younger days, I found inspiration in the first priest to be ordained in my hometown. It was because of his example that I wanted to enter the seminary. Nowadays, I find myself being influenced by a song. Actually, […]
Father Rico Bernadez, diocesan priest: The importance of right relationships
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I really appreciate the priestly ministry. Being a priest is about having a right relationship with God and knowing that God will lead one in the right direction to fulfill whatever God designs to have be done. I am always hopeful to […]
Father George Cerniglia, Society of Mary (Marianists): From feeding cows to pastoring sheep
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING As a scholastic with the Society of Mary, we lived about 15 minutes away from the University of Dayton in Ohio where we attended classes. On the property was a farm run by the working brothers. Being a city boy, I think the superiors felt that I needed some hands-on life experience […]
Sister Francine Costello, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet: The face of a loving God
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald As an immigrant child who grew up in a war zone, I often felt nervous and fearful. When we wanted to visit family, our passes and other documents were inspected before we could cross the barrier. One day, a Japanese soldier came […]
Sister Marie Rosso, Maryknoll Sisters: We all have a light within us
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald It is a missionary thing to accept people for who they are. To ask the questions that may help them to think differently. Or to give them something to ‘up the ante’ in realizing that everyone has goodness within them. In my […]
Father Norlito Concepcion, Augustinians: Whatever God wills
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald My Augustinian confreres of the past are a great source of inspiration to me. In particular, it was the famous navigator and cosmographer Fray Andrés de Urdaneta who discovered the trade route from the west to the east across the Pacific. This […]
Sister Mary Arnoldussen, Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration: Adoration to outreach
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald From Bavaria in Germany to Wisconsin in the United States of America, for 140 years, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have kept the world wrapped in prayer 24/7 responding to global concerns and prayer requests in their chapel of the Sacred Heart. […]
Sister Dorothea Pamplona, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary: God’s own ways
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I never foresaw that when I became a religious that I would be sent to so many places to serve in so many varied capacities. From the Philippines I was missioned to Hawaii and Saipan, returning back to the Philippines. In September, […]
Chaplains: ministry on the front lines
Hawaii sisters and clergy who serve in hospice, hospital, prison and university describe their work By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Chaplains serve on the front lines. They go where ordinary ministers don’t always go: hospital emergency rooms, hospices, war zones, military bases, prisons, police stations, schools, the halls of Congress. Whenever […]
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