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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Saturday, September 27, 2008

Faith calendar

 •  Megachurches seek seekers

Admission is free unless otherwise listed.

CATHOLICISM IN PROPHETIC DIALOGUE, "A Marian Model of Church," lectures marking the Marianists' 125th anniversary in Hawai'i, with Brother Jack Ventura, Carol Ramey and Isabella Moyer, 4 p.m. Sept. 28, Mystical Rose Oratory, Chaminade University. 735-4801, www.marianisthawaii.org.

"MOMENT, WONDERFUL MOMENT," Dharma talk by Ernestine Enomoto, a student of Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, 10:15-11:15 a.m. Sept. 28, Kailua Shambhala Meditation Center. 342-6298, www.kailua.shambhala.org.

OAHU SACRED MUSIC FESTIVAL, choir performances, 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28, Saint Andrew's Cathedral, Queen Emma Square. 524-2822 ext. 217, www.hawaiiacda.org.

"The SPIRITUAL EXERCISES OF ECK," book discussion, 10-11 a.m. Sept. 28, Eckankar Center, Room 201. 735-7719, www.eckankar.org.

ALL BELIEVERS NETWORK INTERFAITH DIALOGUE, neuropsychopharmacologist Dr. Michael Kelley and the Rev. Mike Young discuss what psychoactive drugs and brain science can tell us about human spirituality, 7 p.m. Sept. 30, First Unitarian Church. 347-3249.

INTERFAITH OPEN TABLE, Saleem Ahmed discusses his new book, "Islam: A Religion of Peace?," and John Heidel discusses "Faith in Politics and the Current Election," 7-8:30 a.m. Oct. 1, First Unitarian Church. 261-458.

MAHATMA GANDHI'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, candlelight ceremony, interfaith discussion, music by the Royal Hawaiian Band, 5:30-7 p.m. Oct. 2, outside Honolulu Zoo; wear white or comfortable attire; sponsored by the Gandhi International Institute for Peace. www.cosmicyoga.net, 372-1444.

WOMEN'S SPIRITUAL QUEST, seven-week series by Jade Young, 1:30-4 p.m. Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, Nov. 6, 13, 20, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, Krauss Hall, Room 112; $60, register with Becky Goodman. 956-8224, rgoodman@hawaii.edu.

"AN EVENING OF ALOHA: Na Wahine Kupaa - Women of Strength," musical event honoring Mother Marianne Cope and the Sisters of St. Francis, featuring Melveen Leed, Na Leo Pilimehana and others, 7 p.m. Oct. 4, Hawaii Convention Center; tickets $25-$75, available at the box office. 550-8457 or www.honoluluboxoffice.com.

DIVINE MERCY CONFERENCE: ADORING GOD'S MERCY, with speaker Maureen Digan, whose healing was the miracle the Vatican used to approve St. Faustina's beatification, 5-9:30 p.m. Oct. 3 and 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Oct. 4, Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Pearl City; $40 ($25 youths), Oct. 4 lunch included. 389-5764, www.divinemercyhawaii.org.