PROFESSION AMONG HAWAII SECULAR FRANCISCANS

St Clare Emerging Fraternity in Oahu, Hawaii professed three new members last November. Father Gordon Combs, OFM Cap, is Spiritual Assistant to the Secular Franciscan Order in Hawaii.

The profession took place at St Pius X Church in Manoa. A Korean Franciscan friar and two Korean priests ministering with Korean Catholics in Hawaii were also present.

HAWAII SECULAR FRANCISCANS

Three Secular Franciscan Fraternities of the Hawaii Region gathered at Blessings House, Ewa Beach, for a day of recollection with their spiritual assistant, Capuchin Franciscan Fr.Gordon Combs on Saturday, September 20. Reflecting on the Testament of Saint Francis, the group prayed, played, and enjoyed God’s beautiful creation at the beach house.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS PROFESS NEW MEMBER

On May 18, at Our Lady of Peace Cathedral in Honolulu, the Secular Franciscans celebrated the profession of one of their members and accepted a new member as a candidate.  Capuchin Father Gordon Combs is Spiritual Assistant.

Father Gordon pictured with members of both Oahu fraternities, St Marianne Cope and St Clare.

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.

NEW SFO FRATERNITY IN HAWAII

A new fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order was established in Hawaii last November 11.  The fraternity has Blessed (Mother) Marianne Cope for its patron.  Blessed Marianne was a Franciscan sister who, like Saint Damien, worked with people suffering from leprosy in Hawaii.  Father Gordon Combs, OFM Cap, has been Spiritual Assistant to the Hawaii SFO for many years.  The ceremony was held during Mass at Immaculate Conception Church in Ewa, a parish administered by the friars with Father Michel Dalton, OFM Cap, serving as pastor.

HAWAII SFO

Father Gordon presides at a profession of three members of

the Secular Franciscan Order

FATHER GORDON AND THE HAWAII SECULAR FRANCISCANS

Father Gordon Combs is Spiritual Assistant for the Secular Franciscan Order (SFO) in Hawaii.  Recently, the SFO received seven Korean Catholic women as members during an April 16 ceremony in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace.  These women had been meeting every month for over a year studying the SFO Rule with books from Korea.  One member assisted in translating the instructions of Father Gordon and the SFO formation director, Liz Ishimitsu.

In the picture above, Father Gordon, Liz Ishimitsu and other Hawaii SFO members join the Korean women at the reception ceremony.