St. Nonna’s Church of Altarnun is known as the “Cathedral of the Moors.” St. Nonna was the mother of St. David and left her native Wales around the year 527. She was one of many Celtic missionaries who passed through Cornwall on their way to Europe in the 6th and 7th centuries. Our driver, Jon,… Read More St. Nonna’s Church, Altarnun
Karl Bachman remarked to me, “It’s so Carl!” when he heard the chant Ubi caritas sung in procession from the courtyard at last Sunday’s All Saints Day concert in memory of Carl Crosier. The concert began with seven peals from the courtyard bell, then the slow procession of the Lutheran Church of Honolulu Choir and the Hawaii Vocal… Read More It’s so Carl!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA5bszpcbxM?rel=0] The ceremony began with a chant by the priest. This weekend we have been in Los Angeles, attending the wedding of our good friend, Joan Ishibashi to Kantila Vaghela, which has turned out to be a mini-reunion of LCH folks! Those of you who know Joan, however, will understand why it is that… Read More Mini-Reunion
Thirty-five years ago today Carl Crosier and I stood before the altar at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu and pledged our love and commitment to each other. Today is our thirty-fifth wedding anniversary and it seems hardly possible that so many years have gone by, so many musical productions, so many notes! Yesterday I played… Read More 35 years of blessings