Deacon was a popular college counselor who empowered many By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Her1ald Deacon Ernest “Ernie” D. Libarios Sr., a gracious man of God who rose from plantation poverty to a career as a college professor and counselor, empowering the lives of many disadvantaged students, died June 21 after a long illness. He […]
FATHER THOMAS YOUNG BOK CHOO, SSCC | 1942-2020
Humble, cheerful priest of 51 years remembered for his pastoral ways By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Sacred Hearts Father Thomas Young Bok Choo, a lifelong Hawaii parish priest, died June 18 at age 78 in a care home in Kalihi. His last priestly assignment was as a parochial vicar at St. Patrick Church in […]
FATHER DAVID O. TRAVERS, SJ | 1934-2020
Former Navy chaplain served 16 years as pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Jesuit Father David O. Travers, who served as pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Honolulu’s Ala Moana district for 16 years, died June 14 in the Jesuits’ Campion Health and Wellness center in Weston, […]
John “Jack” F. Sullivan Jr. | 1934-2020: There was nobody like him
‘Uncle Jack’ left an endearing mark on the hearts of Hawaii’s women inmates By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “Do you know anybody else like him?” asked Jaqueline Barney, prison minister at St. John Vianney Parish in Kailua. It was more an exclamation than a question. To be sure, there was no one like John […]
SISTER JULIANA COSTA BRUM SSCC | 1922-2020
For Sacred Hearts sister, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament was central Kauai-born Sacred Hearts Sister Juliana Costa Brum, who attributed her long and fruitful vocation to a prayer to the Holy Spirit given to her in her youth by her mother, died March 15 at Malia O Ka Malu Convent in Honolulu. She was 97 […]
FATHER RENE “BIZ” BISAILLON, MS | 1931-2020
La Salette missionary to the Philippines a man of ‘inexhaustible charity’ By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Rene “Biz” Bisaillon, a Missionary of Our Lady of La Salette, who worked among the poor in the Philippines for 32 years before coming to Hawaii in 1991 to serve in parishes on Kauai and Oahu, died […]
SACRED HEARTS FATHER CLARENCE GUERREIRO | 1943-2020
Long-time island pastor saw the building of St. Ann Church By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Sacred Hearts Father Clarence Guerreiro, long-time island pastor and builder of the distinctive St. Ann Church in Kaneohe, former provincial superior of his order, and a priest for 50 years, died on Feb. 4 in Honolulu surrounded by family, […]
‘Ed’ Wall, veteran journalist in Hawaii, Catholic press, dies at 94
By Catholic News Service ORLAND PARK, Ill. — Arthur E. P. “Ed” Wall, a veteran journalist who worked spent many years in the secular press and the Catholic press, died Jan. 18 in Orland Park. He was 94. Wall, who used A. E. P. Wall as his byline, was a former director and editor-in-chief of […]
Brother William J. Farrell, S.M. | 1944-2019
Marianist taught at Saint Louis in the 1960s Marianist Brother William J. Farrell, a member of the Society of Mary who taught at Saint Louis School in Honolulu in the late 1960s, died Sept. 12, four days before his 75th birthday. He entered religious life 60 years ago. Brother Farrell was born on Sept. 16, […]
TERENCE RICHARD KNAPP | 1932-2019
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. […]
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