na Tim Devereux, Hoopau Kaua, June 11, 2022
Ma 1969, kipa ʻo Bruce iā Biafra i ke kiʻekiʻe o ke Kaua Kivila ʻo Nigerian - ʻo ia kāna alanui i Damaseko. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka pōloli nui o nā poʻe kīwila i hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he mea kaua i ka wā i hāʻawi aku ai ke aupuni Pelekane i nā mea kaua i ke aupuni Nigerian. "ʻAʻohe hanana ʻē aʻe i koʻu ola i hoʻokala i koʻu mau manaʻo i ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki… Ua hoʻomaka wau e hoʻomaopopo i ka hana ʻino ʻole o ka poʻe me ka mana inā pili nā makemake nui e like me ka aila a me ke kālepa. Ua hoʻomaka wau e hoʻomaopopo i ka kamaʻilio koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ka ʻilihune me ka ʻole e kū i nā pilikia o ka militarization ʻo ia ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana iā ʻoe iho a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
Ma mua o Biafra, ua lawe ʻia ʻo ia i ke kula ʻo Stonyhurst e kahi kula waena waena, a ma hope o ʻelua makahiki National Service ma ka Royal Tank Regiment a me kahi kekelē kānāwai ma Oxford. Ua aʻo ʻia ʻo ia no ka ʻoihana kahuna, a ua poni ʻia ʻo ia i ka makahiki 1958. Ma hope o kāna lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he curate, ma Kensington mua, a laila Ladbroke Grove, lilo ʻo ia i Kakauolelo pilikino no Archbishop Heenan mai 1963 a i 1966. Ma ia manawa he Monsignor, ua koho ʻia ʻo Bruce i Chaplain i ke Kulanui o ʻAmelika. Nā haumāna o Lādana, a wehe i ka Chaplaincy ma ke alanui Gower. Ua hoʻonui ʻia kāna mau hana maluhia a hoʻomohala. I ka makahiki 1973, ma kahi huakaʻi Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i ka hewa mai ke kahua mokulele nuklea Polaris ma Faslane - "Mai ka makemake e pepehi kanaka, e ka Haku maikaʻi, e hoʻopakele iā mākou."
I kona haʻalele ʻana i ka Chaplaincy ma 1974, ua hana ʻo ia no Pax Christi no ʻekolu makahiki, ma mua o kona lilo ʻana i Kahuna Parish ma St Aloysius ma Euston. ʻOiai ʻo ia ma laila ua lilo ʻo ia i Luna Hoʻomalu o CND, a hiki i ka makahiki 1980, i kona haʻalele ʻana i ka pā hale e lilo i Kakauolelo Nui manawa piha o CND.
He manawa koʻikoʻi ia. Ua hana ʻo Pelekikena Reagan, Kuhina Nui Thatcher a me Pelekikena Brezhnev i ka ʻōlelo hoʻopiʻi bellicose i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao e kau i nā missiles holo moku me nā mea kaua nuklea. Ua ulu a ulu ka neʻe anti-nukelea - a ma 1987, ua kau inoa ʻia ka Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. I kēlā manawa, ua noho hou ʻo Bruce i ka luna o CND. I kēia mau makahiki haunaele, ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana kahuna ma mua o ka hoʻokō ʻana i kahi ʻōlelo aʻo mai ka Cardinal Hume e hōʻole i ke komo ʻana i ke koho balota nui o UK i ka makahiki 1987.
I ka makahiki 1999, ʻo Bruce Kent ka mea hoʻoponopono Pelekane no ka Hague Appeal for Peace, he 10,000-ikaika hui honua ma Hague, nāna i hoʻomaka i kekahi mau hoʻolaha nui (e like me ke kūʻē i nā mea kaua liʻiliʻi, ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā koa keiki, a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hoʻonaʻauao maluhia). ʻO kēia, me ka haʻi ʻōlelo Nobel a Professor Rotblat e kāhea ana e hoʻopau i ke kaua ponoʻī, ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻoikaika iā ia e hoʻokumu ma UK i ka Movement for the Abolition of War. Ma mua o nā mea he nui i ka maluhia a me ka neʻe ʻana o ke kaiapuni, ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokō i ka maluhia me ka ʻole o ka hana ʻana e pale i ka Climate Change - ua hōʻoia ʻo ia i ka wikiō MAW "Conflict & Climate Change" i ʻike i ka mālamalama o ka lā ma 2013.
Bruce married Valerie Flesati in 1988; ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoikaika maluhia, ua hana lākou i kahi hui ikaika, e hana pū ana ma nā papahana he nui me ka London Peace Trail a me ka Peace History Conferences. Ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolaha maluhia, ʻoiai i ka wā ʻelemakule, ua mākaukau mau ʻo Bruce e holo ma luna o ke kaʻaahi i kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka ʻāina e kamaʻilio i kahi hālāwai. Inā ʻike ʻo ia iā ʻoe ma mua, e ʻike ʻo ia i kou inoa. E like me ke kuhikuhi ʻana i ka idiocy a me ka moekolohe o nā mea kaua nuklea i kāna mau kamaʻilio ʻana, ʻōlelo pinepine ʻo ia i ka United Nations, maʻamau e hoʻomanaʻo iā mākou i ka Preamble to the Charter: "Ua hoʻoholo mākou nā kānaka o ka United Nations e hoʻopakele i nā hanauna hope mai ka ʻO ka hahau o ke kaua, ʻelua manawa i ko mākou ola ʻana i lawe mai i ke kaumaha nui ʻole i nā kānaka.
He mea hoʻoikaika ʻo ia - ma ka laʻana, a me kāna akamai i ka paipai ʻana i ka poʻe e komo, a e hoʻokō i nā mea i manaʻo ʻia e hiki iā lākou. He kanaka ʻoluʻolu, ʻoliʻoli a me ka naʻauao. E minamina nui ʻia ʻo ia e nā mea hoʻoikaika maluhia ma Beretania a ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. ʻO kāna wahine ʻo Valerie a me kona kaikuahine ʻo Rosemary i ola iā ia.
Tim Devereux
One Hoʻonohonoho
Mahalo iā ʻoe no kēia hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana iā Reverend Bruce Kent a me kāna ʻoihana hoʻomalu; he mea hoʻoikaika i nā mea hana maluhia a puni ka honua. ʻO kona hiki ke apo i ka Pōmaikaʻi a Iesu a kaʻana like i ka ʻeuanelio o ka maluhia ma ka ʻōlelo a me ka hana e kōkua iā mākou a pau e hāpai i ko mākou naʻau a hoʻāʻo e hele ma kona mau kapuaʻi. Me ka mahalo, kūlou mākou i lalo… a kū i luna!