By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald More than two decades after beginning his vocational journey with the Society of Jesus, Father Phillip Alcon Ganir has taken the last step in his profession as a Jesuit priest — but it’s hardly the end of his formation. Father Ganir, who was born in Seattle and grew […]
Jesuit priest with isle roots celebrates 25th jubilee
By Jennifer Rector and Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The young boy running across the grounds of St. Elizabeth Church and School in Aiea in the 1980s probably wasn’t thinking about joining the priesthood. Fast forward through grade school at St. Elizabeth, high school years at Damien Memorial School and college life at the […]