Local seminarian list growing!

Here's the list of Hawaii's diocesan seminarians:
1. Anthony Rapozo
2. Jason Nunez
3. David Soares
4. Jon Cabico
5. EJ Resinto
6. Andrew Northrop
7. Brother Marvin Bearis (religious)

Glory and parise be to our Most Higt Priest, Jesus Christ! And how we thank Mary, Blesseds Damien and Marianne for their intercession. Their prayers are bearing fruits! So are the prayers of the laity! Our list is growing!

Many of our churches are praying the Diocesan Vocations Prayer after each Mass on Saturdays and Sundays. St. Elizabeth's Church has started doing this recently. What a wonderful way to pray for vocations! Praying this prayer as One Body in Christ strenghtens all the more the already growing need for more young people to join the religious life.

God be praised! We continue to pray for our seminarians and priests...

Hawaii Diocesan Prayer for Vocations (found on CT's sidebar)

Heavenly Father,

Your divine Son taught us to pray

to the Lord of the harvest to send laborers

into His vineyard.

We earnestly beg you to bless our Diocese

and our world with many priests and religious

who will love you fervently and

gladly and courageously spend their lives

in service to your Son's Church,

especially the poor and the needy.

Bless our families and our children,

and choose from our homes those whom

you desire for this holy work.

Teach them to respond generously

and keep them ever faithful

in following your Son Jesus Christ,

that under the guidance of the Holy Spirit

and with the inspiration ofBlessed Damien

and Blessed Marianne,

the Good News of redemption may be

brought to all.

We ask this through Christ Our Lord.

Amen.