User:Aloysius Patacsil
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1937 bronze plaque at Malia O Ka Malu Cathedral commemorating the centennial of the death of Fr. Alexis Bachelot, ss.cc., Prefect Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands
September_18_2004_Catholic_Cemetery_and_Cathedral_052.jpg
1937 bronze plaque at Malia O Ka Malu Cathedral commemorating the centennial of the death of Fr. Alexis Bachelot, ss.cc., Prefect Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands
Aloysius Patacsil is my pen name. I currently live in Honolulu, Hawaii after having lived in Boston, Dallas, Fort Worth and San Francisco.
I am rather reclusive and enjoy reading and writing. My current interests include: the contemporary history and politics of Roman Catholicism in the Western United States, and most especially the Hawaiian Islands; the mathematics of natural language; Indo-Pacific languages; and Christian liturgy.
Some of my contributions to Wikipedia can be found as follows:
- Thalia Fortescue Massie, around whom a seminal event shaped the future of Hawaii politics and race relations in the 50th State
- Honolulu Catholic Cemetery, an oasis for prayer and meditation in communion with the church triumphant in the concrete jungle of metropolitan Honolulu; there's a lot of history in this cemetery - replete with photographs!
- Sub tuum praesidium, the oldest Marian antiphon, dating from the 3rd century
- Quinquennial Visit Ad Limina, an episcopal obligation
- Institut Catholique de Paris, known world-wide for its eclessiastical faculties and famous alumni
- Msgr. Alvaro del Portillo, first prelate and other clergy in the Work of God
- The Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God
- University of Navarre in Pamplona, Spain
- The Marian Shrine of Torreciudad in Aragon, Spain
- St. Stephen Seminary, Honolulu, closed in 1970, and now the Saint Stephen Diocesan Center and the residence of the Bishop of Honolulu
- Kona District, Hawaii, where world-renowned Kona coffee is cultivated
- Msgr. Charles Kekumano, J.C.D., the first native Hawaiian priest named as papal chamberlain by Pope John XXIII
- Msgr. Francis Marzen, educated at the Pontifical College Josephinum, he became the editor of the Hawaii Catholic Herald and a critic of the diocesan administration of Bishop Joseph Ferrario of Honolulu. He later worked for the cabinet of Honolulu mayor and political gadfly, Frank Fasi
- Rt. Rev. Msgr. Benedict M. Vierra, P.A., the first prothonotary apostolic (P.A.) of the diocese of Honolulu, and former vicar general and pastor emeritus of the Co-Cathedral of Saint Theresa - a deeply spiritual man
- Most. Rev. Clarence Silva and other clergy and institutions in the diocese of Honolulu
- Most. Rev. William J. Levada, pro-Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and metropolitan archbishop of San Francisco
- Venerable Eustache van Lieshout, ss.cc., Dutch priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, who ministered to the faithful of Brazil - following in the footsteps of Damien de Veuster
- Archdioceses of Portland, San Antonio, and Galveston-Houston
- Most Holy Redeemer Church, a predominantly gay and lesbian parish in the San Francisco archdiocese
- Saint Patrick Archdiocesan Seminary in Menlo Park, California, recently controversial
Aloysius Patacsil 06:20, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)