FOOD PANTRY AT CAPUCHIN'S PARISH

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Waikane, Hawaii is under the spiritual care of Father Paulo Kosaka, OFM Cap. Recently, with the participation of the Lion's Club, $10,000 was donated by the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Friends program to support the work of the food pantry at the parish, which assists those in need of food. No one is ever turned away.

FATHER PAULO LAYS HIS MOTHER TO REST

Father Paulo Kosaka, ministering at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Waikane, Hawaii, returned to Guam to preside at the funeral liturgy of his beloved mother, Cecilia Hara Kosaka.

Manuel Kosaka and his wife Cecilia

Cecilia lived a long and fulfilling life, raising many children with her late husband, Manuel Borja Kosaka, who died many years earlier.  Besides seeing their son Paulo became a Capuchin priest, Manuel was cook at the friary for many years and was a treasured member of our extended Capuchin family.  Both Manuel and Cecilia was models of humility and hard work.

Fr Paulo and Fr Felixberto Leon Guerrero, pastor of San Miguel Church

Fr Paulo preaching at his mother's funeral Mass

Capuchin Archbishop Anthony Apuron presided at liturgy and said the prayer after communion

A SOUVENIR FROM A FIRST MASS

Sister Teresa Arias, a Mercedarian missionary from Spain, painted this portrait of Fr Paulo Kosaka, OFM Cap, blessing people after his first Mass many years ago back in the 1980s.  The sisters recently gave this painting to the Friary as a memento of that special occasion.