Genesis Our roots run deep into the ancient, catholic Ecclesia
Anglicana--the Church in England that is nearly as old as
Christianity itself. It was Anglicans who established the
first permanent English colony in the Americas at Jamestown
in Virginia in 1607. Here in Hawaii, King Kamehameha IV
and Queen Emma invited the Church of England to their
realm in 1862, granting land for the construction of church
buildings, schools and a hospital.
Mission Holy Cross Mission itself is very young. On the National
Day of Prayer decreed by President Bush: Holy Cross Day,
September 14, 2001, Fr. Lawrence B. Wheeler felt a call to
establish an orthodox Anglican parish here in Honolulu. Fr.
Wheeler had done his seminary studies in the old imperial
capital of Kyoto, Japan, was ordained the Nippon Seikokai
and was rector of an Anglican/Episcopal parish in the Japan
Alps of Nagano for several years. Holy Cross started as a
Japanese-language mission in October 2001. We have been an
English-speaking congregation since January 2007.
Catholic The faith of Holy Cross has always been "catholic" in the
minimalist sense that we hold to what the world-wide Church
has always believed, the sine qua non of which is summed up in the
Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral of 1886-1888.
1. The two testaments of Holy Scripture (Old & New) "as being the
rule and ultimate standard of
faith",
statement of the Christian
faith",
3. The two sacraments (Baptism & Lord's Supper) "ordained by Christ
Himself", and,
4. The historic episcopate (bishops in apostolic succession from the
apostles, along with their priests & deacons).
Apostolic Constitution His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI,
promulgated the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus
in November 2009. This generous framework makes a way for
traditional Anglicans like us to come into full communion
with the Catholic Church. On September 19, 2010, the day
that the pope beatified the famous Anglican convert, Cardinal
John Henry Newman, Holy Cross petitioned that we be received
into the Catholic Church under the provisions of the apostolic
constitution.
|
 |
| Halona Blow Hole, Eastern O`ahu |
|
|
|