Missioner helped bring the faith back to post-communist Albania By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Maryknoll Sister Lourdes Fernandez, who recently served in Hawaii and was a member of the community’s Central Pacific Region, died July 7 in the city of Moundou, in the north central African country of Chad, her latest missionary assignment. She […]
SISTER ANNE KAREN BRANNICK, MM | 1921-2023
Maryknoller gave 19 years of social work to Hawaii Maryknoll Sister Anne Karen Brannick who spent 19 years in the 1950s and 1960s as a social worker in Hawaii, died April 19 at age 101. She was a Maryknoll missionary for 80 years. Mary Catherine Brannick was born in Freeport, Illinois, on May 18, 1921, […]
MARYKNOLL SISTER MARIE MAY | 1928-2023
Missioner, teacher, social worker served island communities with love Maryknoll Sister Marie Anne May, who served in Hawaii for 15 years as a teacher and a social worker before spending the balance of her life’s mission on the Micronesian island of Yap, died at Maryknoll Sisters Center in New York on April 6. She was […]
SISTER ANITA MARIE ROSCO, CSJ | 1928-2023
Carondelet sister loved teaching, sports, playing Hawaiian music Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Anita Marie Rosco who spent a lifetime teaching kindergarten through grade four in schools in California and Hawaii, died unexpectedly in Honolulu on April 10, three weeks shy of her 95th birthday. She was a religious sister for 73 years. For […]
SISTER MARY THECLA MUTSUYE TSURUDA, MM | 1924-2023
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 […]
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