Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Five begin novitiate year in Sacred Hearts Congregation

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The U.S. Province of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts, of which Hawaii is a part, welcomed five men last month into its novitiate program in Hemet, California. Four are from the south Pacific. Arriving at the novitiate last month were Jeremiah Nestor (Nez) Marcelo from Texas, Talilotu Ulupano from Tonga, Kasimero Bule from Fiji, […]

From Hawaii to India for an ordination

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By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald A long and culturally rich Mass, large attendance, and a huge reception with copious amounts of rice. Those elements all stood out to the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary’s U.S. provincial superior when he traveled to India last month for a priestly ordination of a […]

Six Sacred Hearts deacons to be ordained priests

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald An international slate of six deacons belonging to the U.S. Province of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts will be ordained priests over the next four months in five ceremonies from Tonga to Massachusetts, presided over by five bishops. Father Lane Akiona, provincial superior of the U.S. province, said […]

Three Sacred Hearts brothers ordained transitional deacons

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Archbishop Peter Loy Chong of Suva, Fiji, ordained to the transitional diaconate three brothers of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts March 19 in Sacred Heart Cathedral, Suva. They are Michael “Maiki” Kamauoha of Hawaii, Semisi Pulotu of Tonga and John Sawchenko of California. A “transitional” deacon is a […]

SISTER GRACE MARIE TOM, SSCC |1934-2021

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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 […]

FATHER CHRISTOPHER PATRICK KEAHI | 1937-2021

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Sacred Hearts priest’s years of service were vigorous, varied By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Christopher Patrick Keahi, whose long, grateful life as a priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts was vigorous and varied, died in Honolulu on Oct. 17 at age 84. He was a religious for 62 years and a […]

Sister Mary Josephine Araki, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts: There is grace in obedience

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Jesus makes me go. He says, “Do this. Do that.” I sometimes argue with Jesus. But there is grace in obedience. In religious life, we do what we need to do. When I entered the convent, we were told what we were […]

Father Lane Akiona elected provincial of Sacred Hearts

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  By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii Sacred Hearts Father Lane Akiona was elected June 23 by his religious community as the superior of the United States Province of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, overseeing some 90 priests, brothers and seminarians in seven locations in four countries. It is […]