Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

TERENCE RICHARD KNAPP | 1932-2019

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World-renowned actor brought St. Damien to life on stage and on screen By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Terence Richard Knapp, the world-renowned English actor, director and retired University of Hawaii drama professor who brought Father Damien de Veuster to life through his title role in Aldyth Morris’ play “Damien,” died Aug. 12 at St. […]

CARMELITE SISTER MARY VERONICA OF JESUS | 1928-2019

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Maui plantation-born nun lived the contemplative life for 64 years By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Sister Mary Veronica of Jesus, a Carmelite nun, the daughter of Okinawan immigrants to Hawaii, died on July 6 at Carmel of St. Teresa, a Carmelite monastery in Alhambra, California. She was 91, and in religious life for 64 […]

Jean Vanier | 1928-2019

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Founder of L’Arche changed the lives of the intellectually disabled By Michael Swan Catholic News Service TORONTO — Jean Vanier, 90, founder of L’Arche communities and co-founder of Faith and Light, died May 7. Vanier had been suffering from cancer and was assisted at a L’Arche facility in Paris. Vanier was the author of some […]

MARIANIST BROTHER ROBERT HOPPE | 1940-2019

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Religious served his community with a talent for ‘temporalities’ Society of Mary Brother Robert Hoppe, who served for 20 years in administrative positions for his Marianist community in Hawaii, died April 11 in Cupertino, California. He was 78 and a religious brother for 58 years. Father Patrick McDaid remembered his fellow Marianist as a person […]

ADELAIDA ‘IDA’ BARBOZA FREITAS | 1912-2019

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Centenarian served the church in humble ways all her long life Hawaii Catholic Herald Adelaida “Ida” Barboza Freitas, companion and helper for Hawaii’s Carmelite Sisters for more than 30 years, caretaker at the CYO Camp Hauula in its heyday, and next door neighbor to three bishops at St. Stephen Diocesan Center, died at her home […]

SISTER JOAN CHATFIELD, MM | 1932-2019: Maryknoller served here 63 years in education, interfaith pursuits

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Maryknoll Sister Joan Chatfield, who served 63 years in Hawaii as a leader in the sprawling mission fields of education, social justice and interreligious affairs, died on March 1 in Honolulu. She was 86 and in religious life for 68 years. Her death was unexpected, the result of striking […]

SISTER BERNADETTE HIGA, MM | 1925-2019: Maui-born missionary served in Taiwan, Bangladesh, Hawaii

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Maui-born Maryknoll Sister Bernadette Higa, who served in Taiwan, Bangladesh and Hawaii, died March 12 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll, New York, with her sister Mary Louise Higa, also a Maryknoll Sister, by her side. She was 93, and a Maryknoll Sister for 68 years. Sister Bernadette’s birth name was Shigeko. She was […]