Béthanie has had a long history under the occupancy of French priests and missionaries.

The French priests - ugh, I don't like them, the way they look at you!

A contingent of a dozen French priests came to run the church in 1687.

Of these, 45,000 came from France alone, and over 5,000 French priests were killed in action.

No French priest was going to agree to marry us, so we were married by a dissenter.

And so one French priest had a brilliant idea.

Encouraged by his presence and changes in the island leadership, the two French priests returned to Hawaii the following year.

This caused discontent among the French born priests and many of them left the diocese.

These efforts were often supported and led by French priests in the region.

He showed French priests and Christians how to cook gingerbread.