His Excellency Larry Silva at Iolani Palace (2009)

This video is from quite some time ago but I enjoyed watching our Bishop speak about St. Damien at Iolani Palace. St. Damien is the not only the Patron of Hawaii but the Patron of the Hawaiian people. He spoke the language, knew the culture, and loved the people.

My Book Recommendations

Resource books
Catechism of the Council or Trent - http://amzn.to/2mSpLBM

Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma - http://amzn.to/2n9nvId
*A list of Catholic Beliefs and the level of theological certainty that the Church attributes to it.

Sources of Catholic Dogma - http://amzn.to/2mWB2Sx
*The documents and councils from which we receive our defined doctrine.

Baltimore Catechism - http://amzn.to/2mSA09f

My Catholic Faith - http://amzn.to/2n9uNvE

Some of my favorite Books
Theology and Sanity - http://amzn.to/2n9mXBY
* This is the very first theology book I was assigned as Freshman at Steubenville. A short look at not only catholic teaching but of an entire catholic worldview. Hands down my favorite theology book. 

Belief of Catholics - http://amzn.to/2mSljmG

The Fathers Know Best - http://amzn.to/2n9mnUL
* This one is more of a resource book too BUT its great to read cover to cover as well. 


You can get a hard copy of it here - http://amzn.to/2n9hfjF

Hail Holy Queen - http://amzn.to/2mWD1pS

Chesterton
Apostle of Common Sense - http://amzn.to/2npnq5m
* An Excellent summary and introduction to GK Chesterton. Great way to start engaging his amazing body of writings


Orthodoxy - http://amzn.to/2nELhhO

Whats wrong with the world- http://amzn.to/2mWBgZD

Man Alive - http://amzn.to/2nfaqPm

* HONESTLY anything you can get from Chesterton is awesome! He wrote nearly 80 books and over 15000 articles! 

Excellent Audio Lectures
Lectures by Fr. Chad Ripperger - http://www.sensustraditionis.org/multimedia.html

St. Damien of Molokai, Patron of Hawaii

I stumbled upon a short clip put together by www.realcatholictv.com on the life of St. Damien of Molokai. He is the Patron Saint of the Diocese of Honolulu and of Hawaii. The video is a bit older (as it was released right prior to his Canonization) but is still a wonderful brief look at his life. For more information on St. Damien please visit www.fatherdamien.com



A few months ago I had the honor of going on a pilgrimage to St. Damienʻs Church along with Fr. Joseph Lee, FSSP. Click Here to watch the video of our journey.

Ancient Truths in the Modern World

image from the 'Public Image Archive' at 
MorgueFile : San Francesco D Assisi 
I recently presented at the 2012 NCCL Conference in San Diego. My topic was to discuss effective ways to use modern technologies to deliver the perennial teachings of the Church. 



While in San Diego I had the privilege of fellowshipping as well as learning quite a bit from Carson Weber of CatholicBoard.com as well as Fr. Jarrod Lies of the Diocese of Wichita. I also had the opportunity to visit St. Anneʻs Parish of the FSSP for Mass. What a wonderful experience! 

'Where is God in your family?' - A mission in Molokai

I had the honor of visiting the island of Molokai several months ago for a lay catechetical mission. The theme for the gathering was 'Family & Marriage'.

I decided for my session to focus on the greatest of all families, the PERFECT family, the Holy Family. In this lecture I focus on the example given to us by the Holy Family and how we ought to strive, in our families, to mirror the beautiful relationship and powerful love that the Holy Family shared.

The second part of the talk focuses on The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as the Summit of our Faith (CCC 1324) and how worshipping together strengthens our families and allows us to aid each other in striving towards what the Blessed Sacrament itself foreshadows, the 'future eternal joy and glory, which, according to God's promises, we shall receive in our heavenly country.' (Catechism of the Council of Trent)



image from the 'Public domain' via wikimedia commons. Deutsch: Die sieben Schmerzen Mariä, Mitteltafel, Szene: die Flucht nach Ägypten (licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License)

October Baby movie comes to Hawaii

It opens on March 23, Friday at Ward Theaters in Honolulu and will have showings throughout Hawaii through April. Support it. Movies that make sense, that defend life and truth, find it hard to find good traction in our modernistic media culture. We can do our part by promoting this movie and others like it.

Sacramental Prep at Blessed Sacrament Church

TO GET STARTED PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE

Baptism Registration

1st Communion & Confirmation Sacramental Preparation

Important documents for Godparents/Confirmation Sponsors

Links to purchase the Baltimore Catechism

Current dates set for the reception of the sacraments
First Communion & Confirmation at Blessed Sacrament Church - TBD
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