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 […]
Photo: Feast of Our Lady of La Salette
St. Theresa Parish, Kekaha, Kauai, celebrated the feast day of Our Lady of La Salette beginning with a rosary and novena Sept. 10-18. The feast itself, Sept. 19, was celebrated with a special flower offering at Mass followed by a potluck featuring a hula choreographed and danced by the pastor La Salette Father Edwin D. […]
Known to all as Father ‘Jojo,’ La Salette priest was much loved
Everyone called him Father “Jojo.” It was easier to say than his formal name, Father Joven Toledo Junio, and it fit his effervescent personality and boyish looks. So it was a surprise to many who knew the La Salette missionary from his 17 years of service in Hawaii to learn that he died March 6 in the Philippines. He was 57.