Aloha from Maui, Hawaii

Aloha and blessings from Maui, Hawaii. After celebrating with our Marianist brothers at our National Assembly in Tucson, Arizona and participating in a week workshop on parish ministry in San Antonio, Texas, I went to Santa Cruz, California to pack and say final farewell to friends and students. I arrived here on the Island of Maui on July 23 to begin my ministry at St. Anthony's parish. It has been an exciting week of meeting the staff and parishioners along with the students this morning as the new school year began today on July 30, 2007. It is wonderful being back in the Hawaiian Islands after being away for nineteen years since my last ministry at St. Louis High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. What a blessing to be back to Hawaii and to experience all the sights and sounds of the Islands.