It must be God’s way I joined the Army when I was 18, during the Korean War. After about a year and a half later, I asked myself, “What am I going to be doing after the Army? I will be free and not committed to anything.” In the military chapels there were always magazines […]
Sister Rose Annette Ahuna, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: Through saintly parents
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING My mother is from Kohala and my father is from Kona. I spent 17 years at St. Joseph, Hilo, going to school there until the eighth grade. The Hawaiian culture that I grew up in really enriched my background and parallels the Franciscan spirit that I embraced when I became a religious […]
Father Richard McNally | Congregation of the Sacred Hearts: Choosing adoration
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING A retreat master once said that if you come to the point someday where you are so busy that you need to make a choice between saying the Divine Office and making adoration, choose adoration. Others will uphold you as they say the prayer of the church. But in adoration, you are […]
Viriditas: Father Marvin Samiano, diocesan priest
A sign of God’s love I have a friend who is hearing impaired. She would go to Mass and sit there not understanding what was going on and twiddle her thumbs. As a priest, this made me feel really sad. I determined later to learn sign language because we were friends, and also because I […]
Viriditas: Sister Joane Mary Caritas Gepitulan, Daughters of St. Paul
‘I point them to the Lord’ “What do I do in the bookstore all day?” some people ask. It could be boring watching the pedestrians, cars and buses go by when there are no visitors in the store. However, I make it a point to pray for all those who pass by. I pray that […]
Viriditas: Sister Theresa Chow, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities
‘Marianne, Damien, take care of this’ Several years ago, the Bishop Museum was sponsoring a talk on the future of Kalaupapa. Many of the sisters went because we wanted to know what Steve Prokop, the superintendent of Kalaupapa National Park, envisioned. He looked at us directly and said that it would be good if there […]
Viriditas: Father Francisco Nicomedes S. Sanchez, diocesan priest
Physical and spiritual maintenance I am one of three brother priests who were ordained in the Diocese of Butuan, Philippines, in 1994. One of my companions is working in the university, and the other is working as a chaplain in the bishop’s residence. I was assigned in a city parish as priest and chaplain. I […]
Viriditas: Sister Miriam Dionise Cabacungan, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities
Providence will provide Our first patient in our newly opened hospice program in Nuuanu was an elderly Hawaiian-Japanese lady. She was dying of cancer and very weak. It was hard to even sit her up in a chair. One day, as I was trying to figure out how to help her, I bent over, put […]
Viriditas | Father Leonard Ssempijja, Archdiocese of Kampala
Companions on the journey My favorite Scripture passage is the whole chapter of John 17. It begins, “When Jesus had said this, he raised his eyes to heaven and said, ‘Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave him authority over all […]
Viriditas: Father Edison Pamintuan, Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette
Empowering others to service Two years ago, I met a longtime parishioner named Anthony Silva. He was an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist and loved serving the morning Mass. Whenever there was something that needed to be done for the good of the community, he was there. He actually took the initiative without waiting for […]
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