VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Since becoming a professed brother, I have lived in Massachusetts, Hawaii and Fiji, and I have visited other countries and cities as well. The next phase of my life is to return to the seminary to study a few more years and […]
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 […]
Photo: International quarantined choir
Dominican Sister Malia Dominica Wong was interviewing a sister June 17 at the Sacred Hearts Sisters’ Malia o ka Malu convent in Kaimuki when she heard “angelic” singing coming from the chapel. Checking out the source of the beautiful music she found a choir of familiar and unfamiliar faces. The familiar faces belonged to Hawaii’s […]
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 […]
‘What a wonderful gathering’
Bishop Silva ordains Sacred Hearts priest, instructing him ‘to bring healing, peace and love in the name of Jesus’ By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “What a wonderful gathering this is!” Bishop Larry Silva said, beginning his homily at the Mass for the ordination to priesthood of Deacon Esitio Niuliki of the Congregation of the […]
Father Clyde Guerreiro, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary: To be a bridge
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald One of the advantages of being a priest is that you have to preach. My understanding of preaching is that you are not there to give a whole diatribe of church truths, but you are there to be a bridge. So, what […]
There will be dancing: Sacred Hearts Brother Esitio Niuliki prepares for ordination
As Sacred Hearts Brother Esitio Niuliki approaches ordination, he is ready to celebrate the fulfillment of a dream By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald On a bright All Saints Day, Sacred Hearts Brother Esitio Niuliki was busy going between yardwork at his religious orders’ Bethany Center in Kaneohe and leading adoration at nearby St. Ann […]
Photo: Gaudeamus time
Thirty Brothers and Sisters of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary gathered for “gaudeamus” time (“let us rejoice” with cocktails and pupus) Sept. 29 in Mother Alexandrine Hall at St. Anthony Retreat Center in Kalihi Valley. The reason was to celebrate the 110th anniversary of the site which first opened as […]
Sacred Hearts priests’ need for community leads to parish swap
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald With this year’s new clergy appointments, the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts takes over the administration of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish in Pearl City and hands back to the diocese the pastoral care of St. Michael Parish, Waialua, and Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Wahiawa. The moves […]
Sacred Hearts congregation experiencing a boom in vocations
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The U.S. Province of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts is experiencing a seminarian population boom. The congregation, which is headquartered here in Hawaii, has a total of 17 men in formation — eight seminarians and four pre-novices in studies at the Pacific Regional Seminary in Fiji, three undergoing […]