Celebrating 10 years!Waiolaihui'ia began in January of 2013, and 2023 marked its 10 year anniversary. The video above was created in celebration of this milestone and was shown during the Diocese's 55th Annual Meeting of Convention on October 21, 2023.
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Our most recent graduates, Class of 2017, are: Ha'aheo Guanson, Mark Haworth, Fane Lino and Preston Lentz.
On June 11, 2018, three were ordained to the Transitional Diaconate by Bishop Robert Fitzpatrick, at The Cathedral of St. Andrew, Honolulu. They were joined by three others (Christopher Bridges, Jasmine Bostock, and Alison Donahue) that had obtained their MDiv at residential seminaries on the mainland. All six have since been ordained into the Presbyterate and are serving in churches around the Diocese. To read about our six newest priests that appeared in an E-Chronicle article, click HERE. |
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In October 2015, during the Opening Eucharist for the 47th Annual Meeting of Convention, the first four graduates of the Waiolaihui'ia program were ordained to the Transitional Diaconate in St. Alban's Chapel at 'Iolani School.
Our inaugural graduates are: Phyllis Mahi Beimes, Malcolm Keleawe Hee, Paul Nahoa Lucas, and John Hau'oli Tomoso. Of special note is that all four are of native Hawaiian ancestry, and Beimes is the first woman of Hawaiian ancestry to be ordained in The Episcopal Church. After serving in churches around the Diocese for at least six months, all four were ordained into the Priesthood in 2016 and currently serve in churches around the Diocese. (Photos by S. Nishioka from the 47th Annual Meeting of Convention) |