'Kamiano ke Akua pu!' A journey to the home of St. Damien of Molokai, Patron Saint of Hawaii

Hau'oli La Kalikimaka! Merry Christmas!

In 2012 I hope to fill NativeCatholic.com not only with much more audio/video catechesis but also with other audio and video from my travels around the islands to show the Catholic Faith alive here in Hawaii :)

One of my Patrons and the Saint to whom this blog is dedicated is Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC., He was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He was canonized in 2009 by His Holiness Benedict XVI. St. Damien is well known for his ministry to people with leprosy, who had been placed under a quarantine on the island of Molokaʻi in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.

The following Video is from my journey to the Top-side of Molokai and then down to Kalaupapa and Kalawao in 2009, several months before St. Damien's canonization. An amazing experience. I will be returning there in a few short weeks (January 2012) and I will add to this post more footage of my return there .

Ancient Truths in a Modern World (LA Congress 2016)

Using Technology to deliver 
Ancient Truths in a Modern World
Presented by Dallas Carter, MPT
(Los Angeles Religious Education Congress 2016)

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 *Feel Free to Come back and visit this page by the end of the week (~ March 6th) I will have a SCREEN SHOT Video Made reviewing the powerpoint and sharing some further insights :) 

 *Please contact me to arrange a 15 minute ZOOM to go over questions you have or to arrange setting up your Virtual Classrooms! (nativecatholic@gmail.com / 808-223-3249) :) 

1) Ancient and Perennial Truths in a Modern World:
‘CHRIST NEVER CHANGES (HEBREWS 13:8) AND SINCE CHRIST IS THE FULLNESS OF TRUTH, TRUTH NEVER CHANGES. WE KNOW THAT TRUTH SETS US FREE (JOHN 8:32) SO WE NATURALLY HAVE A DESIRE TO SEEK THAT TRUTH’

HOW THEN DO WE FULFILL OUR CALL IN MT 28 IN OUR MODERN WORLD?

2) Technology: INTEGRATE OR DIE!

3) New Communication

4) Ok, so how do we use this technology?

5) Show & tell Time: Video Blogging
* Morality Lesson Video - https://vimeo.com/19694084 (password: light)
* Father Alapaki Video - https://vimeo.com/95350280 (password: aloha)
* Surfer's thought on the Mass - https://vimeo.com/108631438
* Hawaiian Catechesis - https://vimeo.com/98274889 (password: creed)
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* Desktop Video Maker (Mac) - http://shinywhitebox.com
* Desktop Video Maker (PC) - http://techsmith.com

6) Show & tell Time: Podcasting
* 808FIT Business in a Bag Podcast - http://www.mediafire.com/?qd3ds3xd2v9j1l7/
* Mary Mother of God Catechetical Podcast - CLICK HERE 
* Excellent Place to host your Podcasts - https://www.buzzsprout.com

7) Show & tell Time: Virtual Classroom
* ZOOM (My favorite!) - http://zoom.us
* Anymeeting - http://anymeeting.com
* Go To Meeting - http://www.gotomeeting.com
* Webex - https://www.webex.com

8) Show & tell Time: Social Media
* Twitter - http://www.twitter.com
* Facebook - http://www.facebook.com
* Instagram - http://www.instagram.com 
* Tumblr - https://www.tumblr.com
* Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com
* Periscope - https://periscope.tv
* Snapchat - https://www.snapchat.com
* Reddit - https://www.reddit.com

Documents for Lectures & Study Sessions

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The Celestial Hierarchy (At ROL and OLGC on 8/9/17 and 8/10/17)

 Baptism Now Saves (Wednesday Night Study Group 8/9/17) * You can also CLICK HERE to listen to a lecture I did with these notes for a Diocesan class

Biblical Basis for Confession (Wednesday Night Study Group 8/16/17) * You can also CLICK HERE to listen to a lecture I did with these notes for a Diocesan class

LEM Introduction to Scripture for St.Michael School  (Wednesday 8/23/17) * You can also CLICK HERE for the entire Powerpoint or you can CLICK HERE for a zip file with the all notes, powerpoint, and extras ** EXTRA RESOURCE - Click on the links to read short Catholic summaries of the OLD TESTAMENT and NEW TESTAMENT Books of the Bible

Theology and Biblical basis of ‘Extreme Unction’ (Wednesday Night Study Group 8/23/17) * You can also CLICK HERE to listen to a lecture I did with these notes for a Diocesan class

 Catholic Priesthood in the Bible (Wednesday Night Bible Study 8/30/17)  AND 4 minor and 3 sacred orders of the Priesthood (Wednesday Night Bible Study 9/6/17) * Please note that there are TWO different documents to download for this study * You can also CLICK HERE to listen to a lecture I did with these notes for a past Bible Study

 The Deuterocanoncial Books of the Bible (Wednesday Night Bible Study 9/20/17)

 LEM Introduction to Prayer and Spirituality for St.Michael School  (Wednesday 9/20/17 & 9/27/17) * You can also CLICK HERE for the entire Powerpoint 

 Theology and Biblical basis of ‘Confirmation’(Wednesday Night Study Group 9/27/17) 
Vicarious Suffering (Wednesday Night Study Group 10/4/17)

 Halloween, Ghosts, & Bonfires! (Wed Night Study Group 11/1/17)
Also Visit Dr. Marshall's post on Halloween HERE

 Memorials of the Saints & DONT be a heretic! (Ebionism) (Wed Night Study Group 11/8/17)

 Veiling (Head Coverings) (Wed Night Study Group 12/13/17)
* Also See John Salza's Article on the Ecclesiastical Tradition of Veiling HERE

 For the next several months, during our study group, we will slowly make our way through the following book: Aquinas in 50 pages by Dr. Taylor Marshall

Notes on Canonization (Wed Night Study Group 6/6/18)

"Signs of Life!" : Sacraments of Initiation and Healing

A Sacrament is an outward and visible sign instituted by Christ to impart an inward and invisible grace. Jesus Christ himself is the Sacrament, as he gave his life to save mankind and gave us these sacraments to help us lead a Christian Life. (BC #3 574 &575)

In June (2011) we continued with the 'Our Lady of Good Counsel Faith Formation' program. On this particular night I had the privilege of sharing about essential role of the Sacraments in our faith lives from the eyes of Early Church Fathers, the Catechism, as well as the Holy Scriptures. During the lecture we covered the sacraments of Initiation and healing which included Baptism, Confirmation, Anointing of the Sick, and Penance (Confession). After that Fr. Pascual Abaya IV continued his catechesis on the Holy Eucharist as well as the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.


image from the 'Public domain' via wikimedia commons. Baptism of Augustine of Hippo as represented in a sculptural group in Troyescathedral (1549)

Papal Primacy & Infallibility

The Perennial Baltimore Catechism, in response to Q. 499, explains that “The Pope, the Bishop of Rome, is the visible Head of the Church because he is the successor of St. Peter, whom Christ made the chief of the Apostles and the visible Head of the Church.”

The CCC 882 further explicates that “The Pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter's successor, "is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful." "For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, and as pastor of the entire Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered."

As Catholics we know that people need to know truth (Jn 8:32; Jn 14:6; Jn 18:37) and that The Church is the Pillar of Truth, has authority, is visible, and is one (1 Tm 3:15; Mt 18:15-18; Jn 17:21) We also know, as Divinely revealed, that The the Pope is the Successor of St. Peter (The Church was built on St. Peter) (Mt 16:18 – 19)

In this Bible Study then we will clearly see the Divinely revealed Truth of the Authority of the visible Church, the Primacy of Peter (The first pope), passed on to his successors (successive popes), and the special charism of infallibility given to Peter and to those who eventually sit in his chair.

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CCC 765, 882

Jn 8:32; Jn 14:6; Jn 18:37; 1 Tm 3:15; Mt 18:15-18; Jn 17:21; Mt 16:18 – 19; Luke 22:31-32; Isaiah 22:22; Rev. 1:18; 3:7; 9:1; 20:1; 2 Sam. 7:16; Psalm 89:3-4; 1 Chron.17:12,14 ; Matt. 23:2-4 ; Jer. 33:17

image from the 'Public domain' via wikimedia commons. Painting of Saint Peter by Peter Paul Rubens


'And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us'

On Monday, May 16th, 2011 I had the privilege of teaching at the very first catechetical session for Our Lady of Good Counsel's 'Lifelong Faith Formation' program. The mission of the program is to provide the adults of our Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish with a review of the fundamentals of Catholic Faith.

In this lecture I covered an Introduction to Scripture. Of course, when discussing Scripture as a mode by which we receive God's Word its essential to not only understand Scripture and Sacred Tradition as the Word of God (cf. 2 Tim 3:16-17; 1 Thess 2:13; 1 Pt 1:25; CCC 97), but Christ Himself as the Word of God made flesh. (Jn 1:1,14) This understanding helps us realize that we, as Catholics, have the amazing blessing of having a intimate relationship with the Word of God each time we receive Him body, blood, soul, and Divinity in the Blessed Sacrament!

With that proper context we can start to identify some of it's most essential attributes such as its Divine Inspiration and its complete inerrancy. In this introduction we also identify the role that the Catholic Church in putting the canon of Scripture together and also its vital role as the sole authoritative interpreter of the Word of God (Dei Verbum 10)

CCC 151, 97, 81, 105, Dei Verbum, Providentissimus Deus

Jn 1:1, 14; 1 Pt 1:25; 1 Thess 2:13; 2 Tim 3:16-17; Luke 10:16; 2 Pet 1:20; 2 Pet 3:15-17

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Click Here for the Printed Class Material

image from the 'Public domain' via wikimedia commons. Jesus Christ - detil from Deesis mosaic, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

Mystical Body of Christ: 'The Intercession of the Saints'

We are all made, by means of Baptism, part of the Mystical Body of Christ, which IS the Catholic Church (1 Cor. 12:12,27) And Scripture tells us clearly that not even death separates us from the Mystical communion. (Rom. 8:35-39)

CCC 1475 In the communion of saints, "a perennial link of charity exists between the faithful who have already reached their heavenly home, those who are expiating their sins in purgatory and those who are still pilgrims on earth. between them there is, too, an abundant exchange of all good things." In this wonderful exchange, the holiness of one profits others, well beyond the harm that the sin of one could cause others. Thus recourse to the communion of saints lets the contrite sinner be more promptly and efficaciously purified of the punishments for sin.

With this understanding, and with the call that we have to pray for one another (Jas 5:16), we can start to see the importance and beauty in asking our brother and sisters in heaven to pray for us (Rev 5:8) In this Bible study we will address some of the misunderstandings and objections often brought up when discussing the 'Communion of Saints' and the power of The intercession of the Saints.

CCC 1475 , 1479

Jas 5:16 ; 1 Tim. 2:1-5; 1 Cor. 12:12,27; Rom. 8:35-39; Matt. 5:44-45; Rom. 15:30; 2 Thess. 1:11; Rev. 5:8; Rev. 6:9-11; Rev. 8:3-4

image from the 'Public domain' via wikimedia commons. Saints of the Catholic Church

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