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The Rev. Christopher BridgesThe Rev. Christopher Bridges was ordained to the Presbyterate on December 8, 2018, at Holy Nativity Episcopal Church in Aina Haina, where he continues to serve as the Curate.
Prior to his ordination, Bridges earned his undergraduate degree at Auburn University Montgomery, and holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Development from Webster’s University. He served as a Junior Warden at The Cathedral of St. Andrew, and was provided a stipend by the church during his three years at the University of the South-School of Theology, where he received his Master of Divinity. He lives with his spouse, Richard Harris, in Honolulu. |
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The Rev. Jasmine BostockThe Rev. Jasmine "Jazzy" Bostock was ordained to the Presbyterate on December 22, 2018, at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Honolulu, where she is currently serving as the Curate.
Although Bostock's home church has been St. James' Episcopal Church on the Big Island, she attended Punahou School on O'ahu, and in 2012, graduated from American University in Washington, D.C. It wasn't long before she began her seminary studies at Yale Divinity School in Connecticut in 2014. To most who know her, it is no surprise that she has followed this path. In 2010, as an intern at the World Council of Churches, she wrote, "I have felt called to ordination since I was seven years old. I have always been really involved in the church and felt really called to church work." She has remained very active in The Episcopal Church. In 2013, as chair of the Executive Council Committee on Indigenous Ministry, she was part of the delegation to the WCC General Assembly in South Korea (view a video clip HERE) and in 2015, testified at a United Nations Forum on Indigenous issues. (You can view an article in the Anglican Communion News Service HERE.) |
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The Rev. Alison Donohue HardingThe Rev. Alison "Ali" Donohue Harding was ordained to the Presbyterate on January 5, 2018, at Trinity By-the-Sea in Kihei, Maui, where she had been serving as a transitional deacon.
Donohue has been in ministry for the past twenty years, serving as a retreat director, school chaplain, theology teacher and preacher. She has an MA in English and an MA in theology from Fordham University, and a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School. She now serves as the Associate for Education and Pastoral Care at St. John's Episcopal Church in Kula, Maui, alongside her spouse, the Rev. Kerith Harding, who has been the Rector there since 2013, and their two children. She is excited to join an already thriving church school program and provide pastoral care whenever possible. Donohue also teaches English at Maui College (UHMC) and considers herself a teacher at heart. Much of her training has been with the Jesuits, who believe that we find “God in all things,” which animates her approach to life. |
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The Rev. Mark Kekaileonui HaworthThe Rev. Mark Kekaileonui Haworth was ordained to the Presbyterate on Saturday, January 12, 2019, at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Ma'ili. He currently serves as a Curate at both St. John the Baptist and St. Nicholas Episcopal Church (Kapolei).
Mark was raised in Kailua and graduated from Punahou School. He went on to study theatre in New York City, and eventually moved back home to Hawai'i. He married his high school sweetheart, Jill, and they have four children who have grown up in The Parish of St. Clement. Mark, who is an owner of an advertising agency, is a member of the second class to graduate from the Waiolaihui'ia local formation program, that enables communicants to work while studying and preparing for Holy orders. He is also well-known in the Diocese for his singing and musical talents, and was proud to jump in to be a part of the Diocesan Communications Team, which is helping to shape the direction our church might take into the future. |
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The Rev. Ha'aheo GuansonThe Rev. Ha'aheo Guanson was ordained to the Presbyterate on March 9, 2019, at the Parish of St. Clement in Honolulu, where she is currently serving as Curate.
Dr. Guanson holds a doctorate in Education from USC and is widely known for her advocacy for peace and non-violence. As the founding Director of the Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawai'i, she has taught nonviolence and reconciliation for over 30 years. She is also the co-founder of the Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center whose mission is to create a culture of peace and nonviolence for the children of the world. Dr. Guanson's love of God and pursuit of peace for the world seems tailor-made for her journey to the priesthood. She is a product of the Waiolaihui'ia formation program which has allowed her to continue her work. Among her many roles in the community as a peace maker, author, teacher, advocate and cultural practitioner, she now adds "priest." She and her husband live in Kaka'ako and have one child and a grandchild. |
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The Rev. Niel Preston LentzThe Rev. Niel Preston Lentz (who forgoes the "Niel") was ordained to the Presbyterate on April 6, 2019, at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Kailua, where he is currently serving as the Curate.
Originally from Alabama, Lentz moved to Honolulu with his wife, Mary Ann, in the early 80s, while working in the financial services sector. With children now grown (and two grandchildren), Lentz has embarked on what he writes on the St. Christopher website as, "... the culmination of the journey which began with my baptism at age two at Grace Church." He completed the three-year Waiolaihui'ia local formation program with Haworth and Guanson, making them the second graduating class. "These three years have been among the most interesting, enlightening, and enhancing of my life," shares Lentz on the church website. |
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