Educator and chaplain, Sister of St. Francis served with a joyful spirit Sister Mary Candida Oroc, a Kauai-born Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities who, as a Catholic school educator and hospital chaplain, displayed a vivacious outreach to all, especially in her ministry with palliative care patients, died May 29 at the Plaza […]
SISTER MARY ANCILLA (MARGARET MARY) YIM, OSF | 1927-2022
Franciscan generously used her God-given talents, abilities Honolulu-born Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities Mary Ancilla Yim, who had a long and varied career as an educator, administrator, social worker and more, embraced Sister Death on Sunday, May 8, at the Plaza at Kaneohe. She was 95 years old and a religious for […]
SISTER ROSEMARIE MONTOYA, CSJ | 1956-2022
Carondelet sister taught at St. Anthony, Kailua, for 24 years Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Rosemarie Montoya, who taught for 24 years at St. Anthony School in Kailua, the last of her community to be on the faculty, died April 28 in Los Angeles. She was 66 and a religious sister for 44 years. […]
FATHER MICHAEL SAWYER, OSB | 1925-2022
Wisconsin priest established Hawaii’s Benedictine monastery By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Benedictine Father Michael Sawyer, the leader of the group that in 1984 founded Hawaii’s only Benedictine monastery, died at Hale O Meleana in Honolulu on Easter morning April 17. He had just turned 97 and had been in religious life 74 years. He […]
FATHER STEPHEN TUTAS, SM | 1926-2022
Marianist was one of the founders of Chaminade University of Honolulu Marianist Father Stephen Tutas, a giant in the Society of Mary, a man of quiet intelligence, steadfast hope and exceptional leadership abilities and one of the founders of Chaminade University of Honolulu, died April 16, in Cupertino, California, at the age of 95 with […]
BROTHER FRANCIS THEODORE SPAETH | 1923-2022
Marianist’s 50 years of teaching included jobs on Maui and Oahu Marianist Brother Francis (Frank) Theodore Spaeth, a World War II veteran whose 50-plus-year career in education included service on Maui and Oahu, a maker of more than 1,000 rosaries, died March 16 in Cupertino at the age of 98. He served 72 years as […]
SISTER CECILIA ROSE SANTOS, MM | 1929-2022
Maryknoller wanted to be a foreign missionary from grade 1 Sister Cecilia Rose Santos, the Maui-born Maryknoll missionary who served more than 40 years in Chile, died March 18 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in New York. She was 93 and was celebrating her 75th anniversary in religious life this year. She had been a […]
OBITUARY | FATHER THOMAS JOSEPH
Former Salesian educator served 15 years as a parish priest in Hawaii Father Thomas Joseph, a former Salesian priest and educator who served for the last 15 years as a parish priest in Hawaii, died Feb. 9 in India, his home country. He had been battling brain cancer for several years. He was a priest […]
SISTER GRACE MARIE TOM, SSCC |1934-2021
Honolulu-born missionary was a ‘reflection of God’s tenderness’ By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Sister Grace Marie Tom, a soft-spoken Sacred Hearts Academy graduate with a joyful spirit of adventure who served in missions in Asia for 30 years, died Nov. 9 at age 87 at Straub Medical Center in Honolulu. She was a religious […]
Msgr. Etuale, priest of Samoa who had served in Hawaii, dies
Msgr. Etuale Etuale, a priest of the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia who had served several years in Hawaii, died Nov. 8 in Apia, Samoa. He was 72. In Hawaii, Msgr. Etuale worked at St. John the Baptist Parish, Kalihi; Our Lady of the Mount Parish, Kalihi Valley; and Sacred Heart Parish, Pahoa. Originally from Samoa, he […]
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