By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Most parishes in Hawaii get their hosts from the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts who buy them from a mainland wholesaler and distribute them from a little building at St. Anthony Retreat Center in Kalihi Valley. Sacred Hearts Sister Ivy Yim, who does the distribution, said she has 80 […]
Cardinal Mafi thanks God, early missionaries for foundation of faith
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Pondering and praying on the beach before dawn July 2 on tiny Tongan island of Pangaimotu, Cardinal Soane Patita Paini Mafi thought of the courageous souls that had gone before him. As he watched, boats began to arrive with people coming for the Mass he was there to celebrate […]
SISTER MARY DOLORINE PIRES, SS.CC. | 1920-2017: Teaching and writing were the passions of Maui-born sister
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Sacred Hearts Sister Mary Dolorine Pires, scholar, teacher and writer, died April 30 at her congregation’s Malia O Ka Malu Convent in Kaimuki after a lingering illness. She was 96 and 73 years a religious sister. Her funeral is May 20 in Sacred Hearts Academy’s St. Margaret Mary Chapel. […]
Photo: Committed to the congregation
At a commitment ceremony held at Regina Pacis Convent Chapel in Kaimuki, April 9, Sacred Hearts Sister Anne Marie Tamanaha, front right, religious mentor of her congregation’s Secular Branch Community of Associates, testified to their zeal in living the spirituality of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts. The Community of Associates was the first group […]
Liturgies and fellowship to mark ‘St. Damien Day’
May 10 is the feast day of St. Damien de Veuster, an obligatory memorial to be celebrated in the Diocese of Honolulu. Island parishes and the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary — St. Damien’s religious order — have organized upcoming liturgies and activities to honor the Molokai saint. Bishop Larry Silva […]
Fundraiser supports growing roster of Sacred Hearts seminarians
By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald The Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary invites everyone to a very special April 29 event highlighted by music, Mass and ministry. “Fund our Future,” the first annual fundraiser for seminarians of the religious order, will take place that day at St. Ann Church […]
Photo: Father to Father
Sacred Hearts Father Thomas Choo, left, greets his successor at St. Patrick Parish, Kaimuki, Sacred Hearts Father Santhosh Thottankara at the priest’s 75th birthday party, Feb. 19. “The space in front of the altar is the most sacred place,” the Kaimuki-born Father Choo told his replacement who is 30 years his junior. “It is there […]
Congregation hosting seminarian fundraiser
The Congregation of the Sacred Hearts, U. S. Province, will host its first annual fundraiser for Sacred Hearts seminarians called “Funding Our Future.” Two events will support the fundraising efforts. Dinner with the Provincial Council, April 27, 6-9 p.m., Sacred Hearts Center, Kaneohe. Attendees include Province Advancement Council, honorary PAC member Cardinal Soane Patita […]
Deacon ordination leads wave of Sacred Hearts vocations
Story and photos by Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald A local brother of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary will soon take his final major step toward becoming a priest of the religious order. Waialua native Jeremy Sabugo, 28, will be ordained a “transitional deacon” Dec. 8 at 7 […]
Sacred Hearts Secular Branch leaders meet here for their annual conference
With blessings from Sacred Hearts Congregation provincials Father Johnathan Hurrell and Sister Regina Mary Jenkins, the Secular Branch of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary convened its annual leadership conference at St. Anthony’s Retreat Center Sept. 25-27. The U.S. Sectors — East (Massachusetts), West (California, Idaho and Florida) and Hawaii (Kauai, […]