Ordinations and Milestones

You are invited to the ‘Aha‘aina lu‘au for Malcolm Nāea Chun on June 10th (Sunday) 2012 at St. Andrew’s Cathedral

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Beginning with an ordination service at 3PM. The service will be conducted by the Rt. Rev. Robert Fitzpatrick, Bishop of Hawaii and the Rt. Rev. Dr. Mark MacDonald, the Indigenous Bishop of Canada will be preaching. There will be Eucharist (Holy Communion).


The ‘aha‘aina lu‘au follows to celebrate his ordination and doctorate in Indigenous Studies from Te Whare nui ā Awanuiarangi, New Zealand, at the Von Holt Room.

Parking is on the grounds of St. Andrew’s and in the immediate area. There is limited number of handicapped spaces.

Please no leis, instead several of Malcolm’s books (The History of Kanalu, Hawaiian Medicine Vol. III, The History of the Licensing of Kahuna, Kuni Ola, & No Na Mamo), will be for sale at special prices. Buy a book for yourself; for a gift, or donate it to a library. Cash or check.


The ‘Aha‘aina lu‘au

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Although someone has noticed that the rubrics in the Book of Common Prayer and the Church canons do not prescribe a meal after the service, we believe in the word of Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark:

“But Jesus wasn’t finished with them. He called his disciples and said, ‘I hurt for these people. For three days now they've been with me, and now they have nothing to eat. I can’t send them away without a meal—they'd probably collapse on the road.’ ” Matthew 15:32

“At about this same time he again found himself with a hungry crowd on his hands. He called his disciples together and said, “This crowd is breaking my heart. They have stuck with me for three days, and now they have nothing to eat. If I send them home hungry, they’ll faint along the way—some of them have come a long distance.’ ” Mark 8:1-3

Hawaiian and local culture is attuned to the Gospels so that we offer hospitality. So, please come and join to celebrate these life achievements. The offering collected during the service will be used to help defer the cost of the ‘aha‘aina lu‘au.

Historic Ordinations at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Fairbanks, Alaska


This Sunday, May 27, 2012, The Rt. Rev. Mark Lattime, Episcopal Bishop of Alaska, will ordain to the Priesthood Bella Jean Savino and Shirley Lee. The Ordination Service, part of an all-day Pentecost celebration marks a historic occasion, celebrating and continuing the tradition of Native ministry within the church. It is believed that Lee will become the first Inupiaq female and Savino will be the second Gwitch’in female to be ordained to the Priesthood within the worldwide Anglican Communion. Both have ancestral family ties to earlier ordained Alaskan Native leadership. Both are currently associated with St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church.

52 year old Lee, whose traditional name is “Bunnikjoruk”, was born in Fairbanks, raised in Fairbanks and Bettles Field/Evansville. In addition to the Interior of Alaska her family roots also trace back to Noorvik and the Arctic Coast. Lee is a wife, mother of 6, grandmother of 7 and has studied at the University of Alaska the Antioch School of Law and the Vancouver Anglican School of Theology. A former Executive Director of the Fairbanks Native Association and Vice President of the Tanana Chiefs Conference, she is currently Director of the Tanana Chiefs Conference innovative “Housing First” program. Shirley was ordained a deacon in 2010.

Savino, who is 66 years old, was born on the banks of the Porcupine River in Northeastern Alaska, raised in Arctic Village and Fort Yukon. She is a wife, mother of 2 and grandmother of 6. Savino is retired from the Chief Andrew Isaac Alaska Native Health Center in Fairbanks and also has lived and worked on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming with the Shoshoni and Arapaho tribes. Currently Savino provides ministry for those who are homebound and also for Denali Center Nursing Home, Fairbanks, Alaska. Bella Jean was ordained a deacon in 2002.

The ordination service begins at 3:00pm with overflow seating and closed circuit television viewing in the Parish Hall. A Covered Dish, with traditional foods, music and dancing will follow the service and be held on the Church Lawn.