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EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN HAWAII
NOVEMBER • 1967
West Door of St. Andrew 's Cathedral: St. Andrew and St. Peter, Brothers and Apostles,
sculptured by Rosalie Young Persons and photographed by Robert Searfoss.
A B O U T
T H E
D IO C E S E ...
H ere & There
We all know of the P artitions of Poland. But what
of the Rending of the R ectory? The rectory at St.
T im othy’s, Aiea, is up for bid for cutting and moving,
in order to make way for the freeway. M inced manse,
anyone? . . . T hat sigh of relief heard ’round Oahu was
Chaplain P erkins’, sometim e teacher of Sacred Studies at
lo la n i, glad he gave his one-time pupil Fr. H ancliett,
now Suffragan Bishop-elect, an “A ” on his paper on the
m eaning of Lent. Priest-teachers take note: an “ F ” may
earn you, years later, a job on French F rigate Shoals . . .
O verheard
“ Do you realize that Katy M orton spent 23 years
being friendly in a hostel!” . . . One St. P eter’s lad to
his sister: “ D on’t be so selfish! Be shareful” . . . One priest
to a hippie, “ Being groovey all the tim e is living in a
ru t” . . . After a service that went quite quickly, one
local lass rem arked. “Oh! We were fastly pau” . . .
After a not very good pun. “ Well, th a t’s only two-thirds
a pun: P -U !” . . .
Binnacle List
In our own special dictionary we find P oliai Nani
translated “ N un’s D elight.” Sister Evelyn A ncilla is
there for R & R ( rest and recuperation | for an extended,
well-earned, and long overdue vacation after an operation
early this sum m er and a setback this fall. H er first vaca
tion, so far as we can tell, since 1938 . . . Mary M errill
of St. C lem ent’s, we are sorry to hear, is hospitalized at
Queen’s, having suffered a stroke. O ur prayers for this
gracious, busy lady— the daughter of Fr. F rank M errill
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of St. A ugustine’s, K ohala, and St. E lizabeth’s, Kapalam a,
whose w edding to Miss H arriet Eleanor B arnard H.M.
the Dowager Q ueen E m m a attended— who holds the
record for altar guild m em bership, having recently retired
from altar guild w ork after 74 years of continuous service.
M ary was appointed to the guild at the age of 12 by her
father, then m issionary to the O neida Indians under
B ishop G rafton o f Fond du Lac . . . At presstim e it
looks as though Fr. Fuakao will have to celebrate his
birthday in K uakini Hospital, having suffered a fall re
cently. Have a H appy B irthday, none-the-less! . . .
Great Expectations
The people of St. M atthew’s, W aim analo, are looking
forw ard to a Christm as— and, if everything goes well,
even a T hanksgiving— in their new church . . . T he Rev.
M essers. K enneth Cosbey and R oger M elrose have
found a w orthy successor in youth w ork and com m unity
action in the present vicar of St. Joh n ’s-by-the-Sea,
K ahaluu, the R ev. R ichard K irchhoffer, who recently
had the pleasure of announcing an ecumenical, three-year,
$36,000 com m unity action program focusing on youth
services and crim e prevention. This project— born from
common pastoral concern, quickened by a chance conver
sation in the local barbershop, and underw ritten in large
p art by a $20,000 gran t from the Executive Council of the
Episcopal Church— is sponsored by the local Episcopal,
M ethodist, and Rom an Catholic churches, the Catholic
Social Agencies, and the K ahaluu Com m unity Action P ro
gram . “Inasm uch as ye have done it unto one of the least
of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me.” . . . M ean
while, back in M akiki, the pastors of the Associated C hris
tian Churches of the Makiki A rea IACCMA )— good guys
who in real life, unlike TV, wear black— met in ecum en
ical co-operation to solve M akiki and related com m unity
problems. Com prising ACCMA are St. C lem ent’s, the
Lutheran Church of Honolulu, Sacred H earts, Christ
.Methodist, Makiki C hristian, First Baptist, and First
C hristian and more. ACCMA’s inform ation pam phlet for
M akiki distribution is a beauty. P raise the Lord for Pope
John and C hristian togetherness in action . . .
P om p, Patriotism , and Bazaars
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PRESENTATION OF GIFTS from th e p e o p le o f All S ain ts' Church,
S him abukuro, to the p eo p le o f St. C lem ent's, Honolulu. Show n re
ceiving tw o O k in a w a n cerem onial dolls a re (left to right) Mrs. Henry
(Ре 99У) B artels, Principal, St. C lem ent's D ay School; Mrs. H erbert
(M ary) H ata, P resident o f th e W om en o f St. C lem ent's; a n d A rch
d eaco n Paul W heeler, Rector. Mr. W illiam ("S h o rty ") O y a m a of SS.
P eter's a n d Pau l's, N a h a , assisted Mr. A kira M akiya o f All Saints'
in th e p re sen ta tio n .
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On Saturday, 11 November— which those over 35 some
times still call A rm istice Day— St. Andrew ’s Cathedral,
in conjunction with the H aw aii State V eterans Committee
and the locally stationed active duty Arm ed Forces, will
sponsor the V eterans Day M assing of the Colors in the
C athedral at 10:45 a.m. R ear A dm iral R. B. Lynch,
Com m andant of the 14th Naval D istrict, will speak; the
K am eham elia B oys’ Choir will sing . . . The 11th of
November is also the Day of the Bazaar at St. M ark’s,
K apahulu. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. . . .
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MEALTIME AT MAUI'S CAMP PECUSA: young Episcopal, Roman
C atholic, a n d United Church o f C hrist churchm en enjoying th e g o od
cooking of W alter Lang, p ro fesso r o f M athem atics {!), Bryan Ju n ior
College, Bryan, T exas. The Reverend Iver J. T orgerson o f St. Jo h n 's,
Kula, in th e b ack g ro u n d h ap p ily sp o rtin g th e C am p "T" shirt in stead
of clericals. This sum m er's truly ecum enical cam p w a s a splendid
success.
Babes & Youth
We happily record the baptism of M elvin K apuauiokalani K unuk au , Jr., of St. P h ilip ’s, M aili, and St.
Peter’s, Honolulu. M elvin’s uncle W ally, pillar of Can
terbury H ouse and friend to so m any, is in New Y ork
preparing to enter NYU for further studies in Russian . . .
W ilm a Chang of St. A ndrew ’s, June graduate of the
U niversity of H aw aii in civil engineering and past presi
dent of C anterbury, now in Laos with the US AID
program , rem inds us that after a d ay ’s w ork in a ricepaddy plowing by w ater buffalo, one m ust not forget to
clean under the toenails. A training stint in a P hilippine
paddy insured that AID w orkers knew hydrology from
spring to slough and agriculture from the m ud up . . .
Fr. Guy P iltz, lately of W aim analo and now on leave
to the U niversity, and his wife Jo were parents of a third
girl Jen n ifer P aokalani (9 lbs. 6 ozs.) on 2 October . . .
The EYCers of G ood Sam aritan, Palolo, enjoyed a
summer-end, pre-school vacation on the Big Island. Mr.
and Mrs. Francis K ojim a, Y outh People’s Advisors,
accom panied the group of 18— count them, 18— who paid
for their trip by fund-raising projects during the previous
year. Well earned and well done . . .
R eports Martial
A recent recipient of the Silver S tar for gallantry in
action is Army Captain Peter E lson, W olfhound Co.
Com m ander with the 25th Division in Vietnam, who
works on his lay-reader’s license in his spare tim e . . .
Chaplain (M a jo r) A lister A nderson, form erly sta
tioned at T ripler and now serving in V ietnam with the
25th D ivision’s artillery, writes, “ How I love being out
in the field with the troops. Every last one of them who
come to services are anxious to hear and learn about the
Blessed Sacram ent and God’s grace which it brings . . .
They truly hunger for the Bread of Life, the Cup of Salva
tion . . . Thank God I am a priest and I can celebrate the
Holy M ysteries here. W hat greater privilege is there in all
the w orld? . . . I read about all the weird things that go
on in the Church, and then I realize that it is only the
fringe. When I kneel in the mud at T rung Lap, when I
bring the chalice to the lips of a Negro sergeant and put
the host into the hands of a cannoneer from Iowa, I know
that the gates of hell will never, could never prevail against
the C hurch” . . .
New Priests & New Posts
Present plans call for the ordination to the Sacred
O rder of the P riesthood of the Rev. Don G iddings on
Sunday, 26 November, at 7 p.m. in Grace Church, Hoolehua, M olokai, and of the Rev. E lsbery R eynolds on
Sunday, 10 December, at 7 p.m. in St. Luke’s, Honolulu
. . . T he Rev. Irwin M cK inney, rector of St. A ndrew ’s,
Seattle, has accepted the call to Christ Church, Kealakekua, and will arrive in H aw aii together with his wife
Grace on 15 November. Fr. M cK inney’s younger brother
Fred is presently vicar of Calvary, Kaneohe. T heir father
Joseph, an O rangem an of N orth Ireland, studied for the
priesthood in Canada and spent his m inistry in the Angli
can Church there. Aloha and thrice welcome . . .
Near & Far
The two Easts met when the ladies of the Eastern
O rthodox Church held a bazaar at the Japanese
Cham ber o f C om m erce recently, proceeds going to
ward the building of H aw aii’s first Eastern O rthodox
Church. Welcome and every success . . . On K w ajalein—
where the bachelor q u arters are called Palm , Reef, Pacific,
Coral, and Sands— the devoted people of the Church o f
the A scension there have for their superm arket and com
m issary the Surfw ay. W hat else? . . .
N ovem ber • 1967
STAFF AND STUDENTS on O p en in g D ay (2 O ctober) o f St. G e o rg e 's
Pixie Pre-School for 4 -year-olds. Behind the 18 children, the staff: Miss
Lani W offord, a ssista n t (left), Mrs. Lyn Logan, director (center), an d
Mrs. N ina Duke, chairm an of the school b o a rd (right).
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S u ffra g a n
B is h o p f o r H a w a i i N e i:
T h e Rev. E. L ani H anchett
On Tuesday. 26 September, the telephone rang in
Haw aii with the news the Rev. E. Lani Hanchett, rector
of St. P eter’s, Honolulu, had been elected H aw aii’s first
Suffragan Bishop by the House of Bishops meeting in
Seattle.
The news came as a happy surprise for H aw aii— a
surprise, because the rules of the House of Bishops dic
tate quiet and utmost discretion in these m atters; a hap
piness, because this election signalizes the m aturity of
the diocese. For the Church in H aw aii has nurtured a
kam aaina whom the whole Church has agreed is a Bishop.
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First Hawaiian Priest
F r. Hanchett, the first priest of the Episcopal Church
of H aw aiian ancestry, was born in Honolulu on 2 N o
vem ber 1919, of M ary McGuire and A. K aum u H anchett,
the first doctor of H aw aiian descent to practice in these
Islands, first City-County physician in H onolulu, and
first doctor at the Shingle M emorial H ospital, Molokai,
where he took his practice when seeking a change of
climate to ease his asthm a. Dr. H anchett abbreviated his
nam e to A. Kaumu, discovering that A lsoberry Kaumualii was altogether too long for a doctor’s shingle. He
was graduated from K am eham eha, H arvard College
I A.B., 1910). and H arvard Medical School (cum laude
1911).
The eldest child of six (five boys and one g irl), Fr.
Hanchett was educated at Iolani (Class of 1937), the
University of H aw aii (1937-1939), and the Church Di
vinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley (1958). F or his
teachers he had the good fortune to be am ong the first
of Fr. B ray’s boys and to read for orders under the Rev.
Paul Savanack, then at Christ M emorial Church, Kilauea,
and under the Rev. N orm an Alter, then at All Saints’.
K apaa, and Archdeacon of K auai.
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THE REVEREND E. LANI HANCHETT a s a n e w m em ber o f th e Sacred
O rd e r o f D eacons, w ith his w ife P u an an i a n d m o th er M ary H anchett
Rice b e fo re C hrist M em orial C hurch, K ilauea, K auai. (Photo 1952).
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THE REVEREND E. LAN) HANCHETT, Rector o f St. P e te r's, H onolulu,
a n d S u ffra g a n B ishop-elect, w h o se consecration is p re sen tly sched
uled fo r th e end o f Decem ber.
Pearl H arbor
Originally a pre-med student, Fr. H anchett worked
at the City-County Emergency H ospital (1938-1911) at
the corner of Miller and Punchbowl, only a block from
St. P eter’s, where the news of his election to the Episco
pate was to reach him.
W ith his m arriage on 21 June 1941 to P uanani Akana
(P rio ry 1937) of K alihiw ai, K auai, Fr. H anchett took a
position in the Navy Y ard at Pearl H arbor, supervising
for the duration that section of the Supply D epartm ent
servicing and supplying naval aircraft. The attack on
7 December found him on F ord Island.
From late 1915 to 1950, Fr. H anchett worked in the
(then) T errito rial T ax Office in Lihue, succeeding R ob
ert Kondo as full-time youth w orker for K auai in 1950.
becoming a lay-reader, and reading for orders.
O rdained deacon in July 1952 at Christ Church, K i
lauea, the parish church of the Akanas, Fr. H anchett
left with his family th at very day for Holy Innocents’,
Lahaina, Maui, where— together with F r. N orm an Ault—
he was ordained priest by Bishop K ennedy on 19 Sep
tem ber 1953 (Em ber S atu rd ay ). T hat day was not one
for departure, but for a grand L ahaina luau, with Emma
Sharpe and her family and friends in charge of food and
entertainm ent.
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Boston Hula
Between ordination to the diaconate and to the priest
hood, F r. H anchett — together with his wife, the Rev.
R ichard Trelease (later Dean of St. Andrew ’s), and 13
Episcopal Young Churchm en— crossed and recrossed the
m ainland by bought bus and visited the General Con
vention in Boston. Among these lucky 13 EYCers was
M iliaulani Lucas, now Mrs. Charles H opkins of Kilauea,
K auai, where her husband is the vicar of Christ Church.
The hula they danced on the steps of Holy T rinity Church
in Boston’s Copley Square was the most fun, some ob
servers said, Boston had had since the Tea Party.
As A rchdeacon of Maui, Fr. H anchett was instrum ental
in helping the churchpeople of M aui to establish Camp
Pecusa at Olowalu and in assisting the churchpeople of
M olokai to establish Grace Church, Hoolehua, where
today his brother Richard, a local farm er, is the senior
w arden. Grace Church is within sight of the old Shingle
H ospital, in whose Holy Cross Chapel the H anchett
family was baptized.
At St. George’s, P earl H arbor, for the year 1960-1961,
Fr. H anchett was called to St. P eter’s in September 1961.
As rector of St. P eter’s, he has not only well served the
parish, but also the diocese— as director of summ er camps
THE HANCHETT FAMILY in the v ic a ra g e a t Holy Innocents', Lahaina,
M aui, in a p h o to g ra p h o f 1959. Left to right: S tuart, Puanani, Father
H anchett, Tiare, C arolyn (now Mrs. C harles Bell), a n d Suzanne (now
Mrs. W illiam S w artm an).
and youth conferences; member of the Board of D irec
tors. Council of Advice, diocesan Finance Committee,
committee on C hristian Social Relations; C hairm an of
the St. A ndrew ’s P rio ry Council; and Alumni R epre
sentative on the lo lan i Board of G overnors— as well as
serving the com m unity at large as a member of the A d
visory Board of the Liliuokalani T rust Estate, of the
O ahu Committee for Children and Youth, of the Board of
D irectors of H awaii Planned Parenthood, and chairm an
of the Committee for Institutional Chaplaincies of the
H aw aii Council of Churches.
H anchett Family
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to one, a d a u g h te r o f K auai, a n d g raciousness herself.
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At Kalihiwai, K auai, the H anchetts have a home, where
P u an an i’s family, the Akanas, fish com mercially, having
form erly the konohiki to squid, mullet, and akule. P u a
nani is the fourth of nine children born to John and
Julia Spencer A kana (P rio ry 1911), loyal churchpeople
who, when there was no priest at K ilauea, drove each
Sunday the 27 miles to Kapaa.
The H anchetts have four children: S tu art (lo lani
1966), now a sophom ore at Linfield College in educa
tion; Carolyn (P rio ry 1960), Mrs. Charles Bell, now a
com puter program m er with the City and County; Su
zanne (P rio ry 1963), M rs. W illiam Sw artm an; and T i
are, an 8 th grader at the P rio ry and an ace candy seller.
The H anchetts have one g ran d ch ild : Kelly P ualani Sw art
man.
Fr. H anchett’s b ro th er John is M anager of the H ana
R anch Company and a w arden of W ananalua Church,
H an a; W illiam, a com m unicant of St. Andrew ’s, works
in Honolulu for the Radio-Television C orporation; Frank,
in California for the Social Security A dm inistration;
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General Convention Roundup:
Much Work Well Done & Many N ew Directions
The 62nd General Convention which met in Seattle
this September will be held locally in everlasting mem
ory both for having elected the first S uffragan Bishop
for Hawaii and the first Bishop of Okinawa, and for set
ting in motion the renewal and restructuring of the
Episcopal Church, not only that she thereby may more
effectively meet the challenges hurled by the modern
world, but also that she may be tru er to her best self.
E o r the updating of the Church, the Seattle Conven
tion authorized both a Special General Convention to
meet in 1969 at a place and tim e to be determ ined by the
Presiding Bishop and, as requested, directed the C hurch’s
S tanding Liturgical Commission to prepare a draft revi
sion of the B ook o f Common Prayer for presentation in
1970. But the work of renewal did not stop there.
Changes in Structure
Among the Convention’s changes in the area of law
and structure may be num bered:
Seating of w om en, by am ending the term “ laym en” in
the Constitution to read “lay people,” an am endment
requiring approval at the 63rd Convention before becom
ing effective.
A lternative name, “The Episcopal Church” becoming
the equal and alternate to “The Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States of A m erica.”
Presiding Bishop, now officially the C hurch’s chief
pastor and spokesman, with responsibilities for program
and visitation, to be elected for a term of 12 years.
B udget of $ 15.6 million adopted, with about $9 million
earm arked for “ urban crisis” program s over the next
three years.
New dioceses: Idaho and W yoming, form erly M ission
ary D istricts; the newly created M issionary D istrict of
O kinaw a; and the division of the M issionary D istrict of
Central America into five episcopal jurisdictions.
Program s
Among the program s authorized, continued, and en
couraged by the 62nd G eneral Convention are:
Consultation on Church Union, called COCU for short,
to continue between ten denom inations, with provision
for continuous consultation also w ith the Rom an C atho
lic, Lutheran, and O rthodox churches, not now involved
in COCU.
Theological education, by accepting the Pusey Report
and establishing a Board of Theological E ducation to
oversee and upgrade the sem inaries.
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DELEGATES TO GENERAL CONVENTION from the M issionary District
of Honolulu: Mr. Hugh S h e a re r, C hancellor of the Diocese a n d Attorney-at-L aw w ith A nderson, W renn, a n d Jenks; a n d th e Reverend
C laude Du Teil, D.D., Rector, St. C hristopher's, Kailua.
Theological freedom , by the House of Bishops’ accep
tance of a special report on Theological Freedom and
Social Responsibility, designed to assist in creating “ a
new clim ate of free, responsible thought and action within
the C hurch.”
M utual R esponsibility and Interdependence ( M R I ) :
program continued and augm ented.
Issues
Issues discussed and debated at this G eneral Con
vention included:
Vietnam . The Convention passed a resolution about
the V ietnam situation after m ore than a week of public
hearings, com mittee work and debate. The resolution
com mends: the sacrifices of A m erican servicemen, con
tinued open discussion of issues; additional peace efforts
as made by the A rchbishop of C anterbury, Pope P aul VI,
the W orld Council of Churches, and others, in order to
halt the bom bing of N orth V ietnam. It expresses concern
for the Vietnamese people, commends the work of the
Vietnamese C hristian Service, and recommends coun
selling and assistance for those opposed to the draft.
Selective Service. The Convention urged that the des
ignation Conscientious O bjector include those objecting
from other than the trad itio n al religious grounds; th at
d raft boards reflect the local society’s economic struc
ture and racial m ixture. M uch discussion involved whether
it was perm issible to object to a particular w ar, rather
than all war.
Abortion. The Convention urged th at the abortion laws
o f the several states be changed to reflect closely the sug
gestions of the Am erican Law Institute, perm itting ab o r
tion in those cases where it is clearly dem onstrated that
the health of the m other or child is threatened seriously,
or where pregnancy occurred because of rape or incest.
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Sexuality. A ttitudes about sexuality should be focused
“ more upon the development of hum an personality and
relationships in the context of hum an responsibility.”
Civil laws should “ make a distinction between laws . . .
for the protection of society and those which attem pt to
regulate private form al choice.” An education program
was established.
Civic disorders. A House of Bishops position paper
called for that “ drastic change of inner attitude” neces
sary to bring about social justice. The bishops rem inded
us th at money alone is hardly the way to peace.
Church and youth. A nother House of Bishops position
paper saw the youth as “ dram atizing and expressing
the blurred norm s of our tim es.” The bishops urged that
“every effort be m ade to include young people in respon
sible decision-making groups in the life of our C hurch”
and added that “we m ust listen.”
L itu r g ic a l C h a n g e s
In addition to the authorization for revising the P rayer
Book, the following liturgical changes were authorized
in Seattle.
New Liturgy. As authorized by diocesan bishops,
parishes may celebrate the Holy Com m union according
1 to the new Liturgy of the Lord s Supper proposed by
the Standing Liturgical Commission and approved by
General Convention for “trial use.” The new' liturgy is
designed to : ( 1 ) enhance "sincere repentence” and “joy
and hope and thanksgiving,” ( 2 1 provide for no inter
ruptions "once at the Holy T able,” and (31 m odernize
the language and introduce intercessions “ related to the
contem porary w orld.”
L ay adm inistration of the chalice. L pon recommenda* tion by the parish priest and with the approval of the
diocesan bishop, lay readers may be perm itted to ad
m inister the chalice during Holy Com munion for a
period of one year. Perm ission m ust be annually re
newed and is revocable at any time, either by the bishop
or by the priest.
Com m union discipline. The Convention ruled that in
cases of “spiritual need” persons not of this com munion
^ may be entitled to receive Holy Com munion, the burden
of determ ination resting with the individual, not the
priest. Such persons must have been “duly baptized.”
H ym nal revision. Steps leading to hym nal revision
were initiated.
A lthough many years m ust pass before the 62nd Gen^ eral Convention in Seattle can be fully evaluated, those
who have attended m any Conventions, especially the'61st
in St. Louis in 1964, feel that by its work and wisdom the
Seattle Convention will rank am ong the great Genera!
- Conventions of the Episcopal Church.
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A d v e n t P re a c h in g M ission
A t St. C le m e n t's, H o n o lu lu
The Reverend Dr. C. FitzSimons Allison, a fine
preacher, noted teacher, and a m em ber of the faculty
of the V irginia Theological Sem inary, will conduct an
Advent P reaching M ission at St. Clement’s, Honolulu,
for five consecutive evenings at 7 :30 p.m., 30 November
through 4 December.
The M ission begins on St. A ndrew ’s Day and ends on
the Feast of St. Clement of A lexandria, signalizing the
two-fold nature of this Advent M ission: evangelism and
teaching. St. Andrew brought his brother Peter to the
Lord and set thereby an example for all C hristians to
win others to Christ. St. Clement, a convert him self and
P atron Saint of the sponsoring parish, headed Alex
an d ria’s great C hristian School and earned a reputation
as a teacher distinguished both by his learning as by the
achievements of his students.
The people and clergy of St. Clement’s p arish invite
all readers of the Chronicle, their neighbors and friends,
to this Advent M ission which addresses itself to these
im portant topics: O ur Suffering and O ur Faith, Our
Guilt and O ur L ord, O ur A nger and Jesus Christ, Our
Identity and O ur God, A New Beginning as a New
Creature.
W e ll S a id , III S a id
“Growing old,” said St. B e u v e , “ is the only way that
has yet been found for living a long tim e” . . . “ So long as
you are learning, you are not growing old.” (H e rg e s h e im e r ) . . . “Growing old is no m ore than a bad habit,
which a busy man has not tim e to form .” ( A n d r e
M a u r o is ) . . . “ T urning 40 changes a reckless young
blood into a
bloodless old
wreck.” ( A r t h u r G o d f r e y )
. . . “To say that youth is happier than m aturity is like
saying the view from the bottom of the tower is better
than from the top.” ( W illia m L y o n s P h e l p s ) . . . “He
who laughs, lasts.” . . .
COUNSELORS AND CAMPERS a t O io w alu 's C am p Pecusa, M aui, this
sum m er.
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Suffragan Bishop-elect (C ontinued from, page 5)
A B IS H O P F O R O K IN A W A
H arry, a firem an, is also a partner in a local carpet busi
ness; and Roberta (M rs. John De Mello) is a com m uni
cant of St. Jo h n ’s-by-the-Sea, Kahaluu.
The H anchett family, notable in modern H aw aii, is
an heir of earliest New England and of ancient K auai,
descending on the one hand from Thom as Hanchett, dea
con, come to Connecticut from England about 1634, and
on the other hand from the line of Kaum ualii, last King
of K auai. It was Salem Hanchett, whaler, who in the
1840’s had the good sense to leave New England, become
a citizen of the H aw aiian Kingdom (27 May 1848), and
m arry A luhua Aka, a descendant of Kaum ualii. Salem
farm ed at Koloa, operated a ferry on the W aim ea River,
and won local renown as “ the sailor who rode horse
back with his wooden leg strapped behind him .” He died
in H onolulu in 1893 at 97 years of age.
The Church in H awaii m ay rejoice that by the Grace
of God she has m atured enough to have in the Episcopate
a child of her own land and people.
The Very Reverend Edm ond Lee Browning, A rch
deacon of Okinawa, priest-in-charge of St. M atthew ’s,
Oroku, N aha, and honorary canon of St. M ichael’s
C athedral, Kobe, Japan, was elected Bishop of Okinawa
by the House of Bishops on 26 Septem ber in Seattle,
becoming thereby the first bishop of the newly created
M issionary D istrict of Okinawa.
Bishop-elect Browning, whose dedication and gentle
Southern charm have endeared him to m any in Hawaii,
is a Texan, born in Corpus Christi (11 M arch 1929),
and a graduate of the University of the South, Sewanee,
Tennessee (B.A. 1952, B.D. 1954) and of the Kobe
School of the Japanese language, which he attended
1963-1965.
F ather Brow ning m arried Miss P atricia Sparks on 10
September 1953; they have four children. As Bishop,
F ather Browning will preside over a diocese of nine
parishes and missions and 1,800 members of the A nglican
Com munion. H is consecration is planned for early Ja n u
ary in Okinawa.
C O V E R P I C T U R E ...
T his pow erful photograph, detailing a p a rt of the
C athedral’s noble west window, is by R obert Searfoss,
form erly a sailor stationed at F ord Island, now a stu
dent at W hitm an College in W ashington.
The sculptures themselves are by Rosalie Y oung
Persons, wife of A dm iral H. S. Persons, form erly Com
m andant of the 14th N aval D istrict with headquarters
at P earl H arbor. The statues of the brothers St. Andrew
and St. Peter above the C athedral’s m ain door rem ind
us not only that our C athedral would have been called
St. P eter’s save for the death of K ing K am eham eha IV,
loyal Churchm an and royal patron, on St. A ndrew ’s Day
(30 November) 1863, but also that each of us is called
to bring others to Christ, for it was Andrew who brought
his brother Peter to the Lord. By her rendering the
artist rem inds us further that the Apostolic Faith is a
blessing and the key to true living and life’s m eaning.
How grand to have both brotherly love and the love of
Christ and His brotherhood exemplified above this gate
way to the Lord.
The statue of St. Andrew was presented in m em ory
of W illiam Kam alalaw alu McKee — Churchm an and
gentlem an, a “ sweet singer of Israel” for over forty
years in the C athedral’s choir— by his widow M aude
Dow McKee and family. The statue of St. Peter is given
by the Diocese of H onolulu in m em ory of A nnie Hamlin
Parke, am ong whose m any philanthropies and gifts is
num bered P arke M em orial Chapel ,on the C athedral
grounds.
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THE VENERABLE EDMOND L. BROWNING on his election b y th e House
of Bishops a s Bishop o f th e M issionary District o f O k in a w a.
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