The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-11-21
PRIESTS MEET
IN ANNUAL
RETREAT
Thirty-three Members of Catholic
Clergy and Two Lay Brothers
From All the Islands in Terri
tory Gather in Honolulu for
Yearly Devotions and Confer
ence; Bishop Libert Presides.
(From Thnrsdnv Adycrtiscr.

(From Thursday Advcrtiscr.)
His Lordship Libert Bocynaems,
Bishop Of Iuegma and Vicar Apostolic
in the Hawaiian Islands, thirty-threc
priests and two lay brothers are now
gathered in Honolulu attending the an.
nual retreat of the clergy of the Cath.
Ollie Church at the Cathedral on Fort
street. Five priests are absent, having
been left, one each, on the Islands of
Hawaii, Maui and Kauai, and two at
the Molokai Settlement, in sole charge
of the church work on those Islands dur
ing the holding of the retreat in Homo
lulu.
The religious retreat began this year
at the Catholic Cathedral on Sunday
evening and will terminate tomorrow
evening During the retreat the time
of the bishop and fathers is being spent
most ly IN spiritual exercises and prayer,
as well as in heart to- heart talk be-
tween the members of the clergy on the
administration of the church affairs and
the good and welfare of the mission as
"A whole. The fathers also hold gen
cral conference with the bishop and
other superiors of the church during
this time.
For the present retreat Father Justin
of Wailuku, Maui, was chosen preacher
and leader of the conference, task by
no means easy to fulfill among such a
body of highly educated men.
cit is Tumored,' said one of the
fathers yesterday to The Advertiser,
''that the Hawaiians of the local mis-
sion are now preparing luau for us,
which will be served in the assembly
hall of the Catholic Benevolent Union,
on the mission premises, on Friday eve
ming, following the close of the retreat.
"After the close of the retrea. the
gathering will begin to break up almost
Immediately, many of the fathers leav-
ing for Maui and Hawaii on Saturday
afternoon by the steamer Mauna Kea
and on Tuesday evening for Kauai by
the steamer Kinau.
1.-THE gathering, retreat and confer
ence this year has been an, unusually
successful one, and the reports present
ed on the state of the various Island
missions have been of a highly pleasing
nature.
The fathers are all French, German
and Belgian born, with the sole eXcep-
lion of Father Stephen, who is native
of the Island of Porto SantO of the
Madeira group, Portugal. He came to
Hawaii while a child and was educated
at st. Louis College in Honolulu. Near
ly all are now naturalized American
citizens. AS rule, about the first
thing a newly arrived Catholic priest
does on reaching Honolulu to join the
general mission in the Islands, is to
take out his declaration of intention to
become an American citizen.
The members of the mission, who are
now attending the conference in Homo
lulu, are stationed on the several Is
lands as follows:
Oahu-Bishop Libert, Fathers Valen-
tin, Stephen, Matthias, Ulrich, Wende-
lin, Reginald, Victor, Rodrigues, Ed
mond, Sebastian, Canisius, Maximin;
Brothers Gerard Celestine and Sylves-
ter.
Hawaii - Fathers James, Aloysius,
Paul, Otto, Patrick, Hubert, Gabriel,
Charles, Jackques and Gerard. Absent
on Hawaii, Father Jules.
Manufacturers Justin, Francis, Am
brose, Ildefonse, Bruno. Absent on
Maui, Father Athanasius.
Kauai-Fathers Victorinus and Her
mann. Absent on Kauai, Father Coles
tine.
Molokai-Fatber Ihillip. Absent on
Molokai, at the Settlement, Fathers
Maxine and Thomas.
Recently arrived from Europe and
now in Honolulu, awaiting to be as
signed TO the different missions, Fathers
Martin, Charles and Eugene.