Maryknoll sister brought joy to the elderly she served in Hawaii Maryknoll Sister Mary Thecla Mutsuye Tsuruda whose gentle spirit brought joy to the lives of the elderly she served at Honolulu’s Catholic Social Services and Catholic Charities Hawaii in the 1980s and 1990s, died April 5 at Maryknoll, New York. She was 98, and […]
SISTER JOSEPH MARY CEFRA | 1933-2022
Sacred Hearts sister taught littlest ones how to love God Sacred Hearts Sister Joseph Mary Cefra, whose love of teaching gave her many years in Oahu elementary school classrooms, as well as missions to Japan and the Philippines, died Dec. 20 at Queen’s Medical Center surrounded by members of her community. She was 89 and […]
SISTER MICHELE MCQUEENEY, OSF | 1937-2023
Sister of St Francis always looked for new challenges in religious life Sister Michele McQueeney, who said she felt “fortunate to have been involved in a variety of ministries” in her 66 years as a Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, died Jan. 10 at The Plaza in Kaneohe after a short illness. […]
Sister Jessie Alai Kai, SSCC | 1942-2022
Kindness and joy best described Sacred Hearts Sister of 47 years Joy and dedication are two words used over and over in describing Sacred Hearts Sister Jessie Alai Kai who went peacefully home to God on Dec. 2 at the convent of Malia o ka Malu on 4th Avenue in Honolulu. She was 80 years […]
OBITUARY: Michael Chu was a longtime Catholic school teacher, administrator
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Retired Catholic school educator Michael “Mike” Chu, 77, was a longtime youth basketball referee and president of a community basketball league. He was also a former Marianist brother. Chu died Nov. 6 after a stabbing attack while on duty as a security guard at Windward City Shopping Center. The […]
SISTER ALICE ROBERTA BENZING, CSJ | 1921-2022
Teacher, parish minister, artist was a Carondelet sister for 83 years Sister Alice Roberta Benzing, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet who served 43 years in Hawaii as a school teacher, parish minister and artist, died at the age of 101 in her community’s provincial house in Albany, New York. She was a religious […]
SISTER MARIAN THERESE MUEHLBAUER, CSJ | 1935-2022
Sister of St. Joseph served two long Hawaii teaching assignments Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Janet Louise Muehlbauer, who served for 32 years in Hawaii as a teacher over the span of two missions, died Nov. 15 at Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis, Missouri. She was 87 and a religious sister for 68 […]
Jerry Correa was St. Francis Healthcare CEO for 10 years
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Jerry J. Correa, the first non-Franciscan to head St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii, who steered the organization through some of its roughest years to see his vision of elder care grow to fruition, died unexpectedly Oct. 27. He was 58. He had worked for St. Francis 24 years, […]
FATHER LOUIS ‘HARRY’ YIM | 1929-2022
Priest historian the first from St. Stephen Seminary to be ordained By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Louis “Harry” Yim, whose singular interest in the history of the Catholic Church in Hawaii left the diocese with many carefully investigated stories of its rich past, died Oct. 13 at Hale O Meleana, the St. Francis […]
FATHER PATRICK H. FREITAS | 1939-2022
Maui-born priest was a dedicated pastor, staunch religious educator By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Maui-born Father Patrick H. Freitas, who felt exceedingly privileged to be in the first generation of priests to implement the Second Vatican Council, a man of spiritual intensity and a self-described “happy learner,” died Oct. 18 in a Waipahu care […]
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