Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

MARYKNOLL SISTER ANITA SMITH | 1925-2017

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Missioner served Isles 30 years as an educator, parish minister Maryknoll Sister Anita Smith, who served more than 30 years in Hawaii as an educator and parish minister, died Sept. 4, in Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, Connecticut. Anita was 92 and a Maryknoll Sister for almost 70 years. Anita Marguerite Smith was born on May 28, […]

FATHER MAURICE G. MCNEELY | 1930-2017

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Former military chaplain served in Isles for 30 years By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Maurice G. McNeely, a former military chaplain who served in Hawaii for 30 years, died July 29 in Michigan. He was 87 and a priest for 59 years. A funeral Mass was scheduled for Aug. 5 at Most Holy […]

FATHER HENRY B. SABOG | 1931-2017: Diocese’s first priest of Filipino ethnicity served 57 years

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Oahu-born Father Henry B. Sabog, the first priest of Filipino ancestry to be ordained for the Diocese of Honolulu which he served for 57 years, died May 22 in Waipahu. He was 86. Father Sabog served as associate pastor or pastor at seven Oahu parishes. He was also heavily […]

SISTER MARY DOLORINE PIRES, SS.CC. | 1920-2017: Teaching and writing were the passions of Maui-born sister

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Sacred Hearts Sister Mary Dolorine Pires, scholar, teacher and writer, died April 30 at her congregation’s Malia O Ka Malu Convent in Kaimuki after a lingering illness. She was 96 and 73 years a religious sister. Her funeral is May 20 in Sacred Hearts Academy’s St. Margaret Mary Chapel. […]

FATHER HERBERT CHING | 1921-2017: Diocese’s local-born priest first of Chinese ancestry

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Oahu-born Father Herbert Won Ching, the fourth Island-born man to be ordained for the Diocese of Honolulu, died May 2 at Queen’s Medical Center. For most of his adult life he had suffered from a disability which required an early retirement. He was 96 and priest for 70 years. Father Ching’s funeral is May 31 […]

LA SALETTE FATHER FRANCOIS BOURGEOIS | 1927-2017: Missionary priest served on Kauai and Oahu

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La Salette Missionary Father Francois “Frank” Bourgeois, who served parishes on Kauai and Oahu in the 1990s and early 2000s, died May 11 in the Philippines, where he was retired. He was 89, a member of the La Salette order for 68 years and a priest for 63 years. Father Bourgeois was born on June […]

Obituary: Sister Therese J. Jacobs, BVM | 1929-2017

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BVM Sister taught music at St. Catherine School Sister Therese J. (Therese Carmelle) Jacobs, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) who taught music at St. Catherine School in Kapaa, Kauai, died April 6 at Marian Hall in Dubuque, Iowa. She was 87 and a religious sister for 70 years. Besides teaching […]

DEACON LAUREN WONG | 1941-2017: ‘Privileged’ by God to serve, the diaconate ‘was his life’ for 30 years

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Deacon Lauren Wong, a Longs Drugs pharmacist who served the church in thoughtful, devoted and generous ways, died at his home in Kailua on March 11. He was 76 and a deacon for 30 years. Deacon Wong’s wife Hazel told the Hawaii Catholic Herald that the diaconate “was his […]

Sister Margaret Mollan, BVM | 1922-2017: Sister of Charity taught at St. Catherine, Kauai

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Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Margaret Mollan, who taught on Kauai, died Feb. 26, 2017, at Marian Hall in Dubuque, Iowa. Burial was in Mount Carmel cemetery, Dubuque. She was 94 and a religious sister for 77 years. Sister Margaret taught at St. Catherine School in Kapaa, Kauai. She also taught elementary […]

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