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FATHER MICHAEL SAWYER, OSB | 1925-2022

04/27/2022 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Wisconsin priest established Hawaii’s Benedictine monastery By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Benedictine Father Michael Sawyer, the leader of the group that in 1984 founded Hawaii’s only Benedictine monastery, died at Hale O Meleana in Honolulu on Easter morning April 17. He had just turned 97 and had been in religious life 74 years. He […]

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