ANNUAL FRIAR RETREAT

Every year, the friars in Hawaii and Guam go on retreat for a week.  A Capuchin friar usually comes in from elsewhere to lead in a Franciscan-themed retreat.

 

 

This year our director was Fr Patrick McSherry, OFM Cap, of the Detroit Province.

 

 

With the postulants and candidates.

Photos courtesy of Will Paulino and Riko Crisostomo.

CHAMORRO WORKSHOP IN SAN DIEGO

Around 200 Chamorros and friends/family of Chamorros in the San Diego area gathered last Saturday for a full-day workshop on Chamorro culture and history presented by Fr Eric Forbes.

The venue for this event was the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, which provides a place and many services for the various ethnic communities of San Diego.

DECEASED FRIARS REMEMBERED ON ALL SOULS DAY

Father Patrick Castro, OFM Cap, blesses the graves of the Capuchins buried at Togcha cemetery.  All the friars who died on Guam since 1966 are buried there.

Father Andre Eduvala, OFM Cap, distributes Holy Communion at the All Souls Day Mass at Togcha Cemetery.

SFO PROFESSION IN HAWAII

Father Gordon Combs, OFM Cap, along with Father Francis Kim, OFM (Holy Name Province), witnessed the profession of five new members of the emerging Secular Franciscan Order fraternity of Saint Clare in Hawaii.  The profession took place at the noon Mass at Our Lady of Peace Cathedral in Honolulu.  Jim Doyle, Minister of the Saint Marianne Cope Fraternity, received their profession.  The five newly-professed, all Korean, are Bernadette Sung, Maria Sung, Clara Kim, Mariana Lee, Helena Chang.  In the same ceremony, Helena Kim and Benedicta Suh became candidates in the Secular Franciscan Order.

FR ERIC'S CHAMORRO WORKSHOP IN LOS ANGELES

On November 3rd, about 100 Chamorros from the Los Angeles area gathered for a workshop presented by Fr Eric Forbes, OFM Cap on the Chamorro culture.  A panoramic review of the history of the people was given from the first evidence of human settlement 3700 years ago till the present.