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Timeline: Dominican Sisters celebrating 50 years in Hawaii

03/28/2014 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

1964

Sister Caridad Pinuela, Sister Helen Magallon, Sister Juanita Veniola and Sister Felicitas Macsera arrive in Hawaii to open St. Elizabeth School, Aiea.

1968

The Dominican Sisters accept the administration of St. Joseph School, Makawao, Maui.

1969

Two groups of sisters arrive on Kauai to staff St. Catherine School, Kapaa, and Holy Cross School, Kalaheo.

1969

Hawaii was formally established as a region of the Philippines-based order.

1976

Four Dominican Sisters take over the administration of St. John the Baptist School in Kalihi from the Maryknoll Sisters.

1982

The Hawaii region branches out to the Bay Area to staff St. Charles School in San Francisco.

1986

Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario blesses the new Dominican Center and vocation house in Waipio.

1987

The sisters open Rosary Pre-School at the Dominican Center location.

1987

Sister Malia Dominica Wong of Kailua, Oahu, makes her final profession. She remains the only Hawaii vocation.

1991

Holy Cross School in Kalaheo closes.

1992

The sisters staff St. Finn Barr School in San Francisco.

2000

The sisters leave St. Catherine School, Kapaa, but go to Colma, Calif., to staff Holy Angels School.

2003

The Dominican Sisters leave St. Finn Barr School in San Francisco.

2009

St. Joseph School in Makawao becomes a lay-run early learning center.

2013

The congregation opens the House of Aloha skilled nursing facility in Waianae.

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: HCH, Religious, Sister Malia Dominica Wong

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