Around the Feasts of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and of perpetual adoration in Hawaii celebrates anniversaries of professions and/or ordinations. Father Lane invited me to attend this festive gathering of priest, brothers, sisters, and lay associates. The celebration started with a mass at St. Patrick's Church in Kaimuki. The jubilarians renewed their profession in front of the whole congregation. As they were saying their names, I was imagining what the first time is might have been 50 or 60 years ago.
After the mass, we attended the banquet at the Pacific Beach Hotel. The Vicar General of the Diocese of Honolulu was in attendance as well.
The Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and of perpetual adoration was founded in the 19th Century by Father Pierre Coudrin and Henriette Aymer de Chevalerie with a mission to spread the message of God's unconditional love as manifested through the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and finding God's mercy through the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. St. Damien of Molokai was a member of this congregation. To the Sacred Hearts Jesus and Mary, Honor and Glory!
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