“Apostles of Mercy” is the theme of the second Divine Mercy Conference in Hawaii, Sept. 8-10, at the Hawaii Convention Center, sponsored by the Eucharistic Apostles of Divine Mercy.
Hundreds are expected for the three-day event that will feature six mainland speakers and four from Hawaii, a youth session, a vocations fair and a display of the Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
The event is being described as a follow-up of Bishop Larry Silva’s dedication of the Diocese of Honolulu to the Divine Mercy on April 23.
The conference opens Friday at 5 p.m. with Mass at 7:45 p.m. The first day’s session ends at 9 p.m.
Saturday begins with an 8 a.m. Rosary followed by Mass at 8:30 a.m. and a day filled with talks on a variety of subjects. Sunday morning’s schedule includes the rosary, two guest speakers and Mass at 11 a.m. celebrated by Bishop Larry Silva. The conference ends at 1 p.m.
The Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a traveling copy of the famous miraculous image on display in the basilica in Mexico City, will be present for veneration during the conference. Former Vermont judge Dan Lynch, the guardian of the image and director of an apostolate associated with it, will speak about Our Lady of Guadalupe and the promises and graces associated with venerating her.
Here is a list of convention speakers:
-- Father John Grigus, a Conventual Franciscan friar, the director of the Marytown Perpetual Adoration Program and Founder of the Harvest Vocation Prayer Ministry in Chicago.
-- Father Herman Gomes, a Sacred Hearts priest, pastor at St. Ann Parish in Kaneohe and an expert on the life of Blessed Damien.
-- Dan Lynch, the director of the Apostolates of the Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Jesus King of All Nations Devotion.
-- Trish Short, a former model and actress, a pro-life advocate, founder of the Artists for Life ministry in Maryland and composer of a new music for the Divine mercy chaplet.
-- Father Donald Calloway, the vocations director for the Marians of the Immaculate Conception order in Stockbridge, Mass.
-- Father Patrick Torres, the vocations director for the Missionaries of Charity Fathers (founded by Blessed Mother Teresa) in Tijuana, Mexico.
-- Dr. Bryan Thatcher MD, the founder of the international apostolate of the Eucharistic Apostles of Divine Mercy based in Tampa, Florida.
-- Sister Marion Kikukawa, a Sister of St. Francis and a native of Molokai, the principal of St. Joseph School in Hilo and vice-postulator for the canonization cause of Blessed Marianne Cope.
-- Sister Alicia Damien Lau, a Hawaii-born Sister of St. Francis and co-presenter with Sister Marion Kikukawa on the life and works of Blessed Marianne Cope.
-- Bishop Larry Silva.
Cost for the conference is $45 for adults, $25 for youths and $20 for children and does not include meals. For more information, call Pat at (808) 455-7185, Joe or Luisa at (808) 423-2439, or Rose at (808) 389-5764.