By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Maryknoll Sister Felista Wanzagi was gently told she was too young when she first expressed her intention to join the Maryknoll Sisters. Sister Wanzagi was just 11 years old, after all, when she approached the Maryknoll religious in her hometown in Tanzania, a country in east Africa. Sister […]
MARYKNOLL SISTER ISABEL RABBON / 1933-2024: Maui-born sister brought God’s love all over the world
Hawaii Catholic Herald Maryknoll Sister Isabel Rabbon, a Maui native, devoted her life to “making God’s love visible” wherever she went, whether it was Chile, the U.S. mainland or back home in Hawaii. She held multiple roles throughout her 67 years as a Maryknoll sister, including teacher, catechist, pastoral associate and hospital volunteer. Sister Rabbon, […]
Sister Anne Correale, MM / 1930-2024: Longtime educator in isles became well-traveled nurse
Hawaii Catholic Herald Maryknoll Sister Anne Correale, who began her mission life in Hawaii and remained here for two decades — first as an educator, then completing a certificate in nursing — died on April 4 in New York at age 94. Sister Anne was recovering from surgery at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll […]
Obituary: SISTER NANCY THOMAS / 1927-2024
Longtime teacher spent decades in Hawaii, California schools Hawaii Catholic Herald Maryknoll Sister Nancy Thomas, who spent her childhood years in Hawaii and later returned to teach at schools across the state for 20 years, died March 3 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll, New York. She was 96. Sister Thomas was born on […]
Sister Mary Louise (Hideko) Higa | 1927-2023
Maui-born Maryknoll sister small of stature, great of heart This “Letter of appreciation” was read Aug. 18 at the funeral of Sister Mary Louise Higa, a Maui-born Maryknoll Sister who died at Maryknoll, New York, on July 24. It was edited for length and clarity. In the life of Sister Mary Louise (Hideko) Higa and […]
SISTER LOURDES FERNANDEZ, MM | 1943-2023
Missioner helped bring the faith back to post-communist Albania By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Maryknoll Sister Lourdes Fernandez, who recently served in Hawaii and was a member of the community’s Central Pacific Region, died July 7 in the city of Moundou, in the north central African country of Chad, her latest missionary assignment. She […]
SISTER ANNE KAREN BRANNICK, MM | 1921-2023
Maryknoller gave 19 years of social work to Hawaii Maryknoll Sister Anne Karen Brannick who spent 19 years in the 1950s and 1960s as a social worker in Hawaii, died April 19 at age 101. She was a Maryknoll missionary for 80 years. Mary Catherine Brannick was born in Freeport, Illinois, on May 18, 1921, […]
MARYKNOLL SISTER MARIE MAY | 1928-2023
Missioner, teacher, social worker served island communities with love Maryknoll Sister Marie Anne May, who served in Hawaii for 15 years as a teacher and a social worker before spending the balance of her life’s mission on the Micronesian island of Yap, died at Maryknoll Sisters Center in New York on April 6. She was […]
SISTER MARY THECLA MUTSUYE TSURUDA, MM | 1924-2023
Maryknoll sister brought joy to the elderly she served in Hawaii Maryknoll Sister Mary Thecla Mutsuye Tsuruda whose gentle spirit brought joy to the lives of the elderly she served at Honolulu’s Catholic Social Services and Catholic Charities Hawaii in the 1980s and 1990s, died April 5 at Maryknoll, New York. She was 98, and […]
Maryknoll Sisters embrace new mission presence
We take a new step in history as climate change leads to worldwide migration, violence, racism, & poverty threatens peace & justice in so many parts of our world, our Sisters see the urgent need to ask how and where they are most needed today? Learn more: https://t.co/nEsMF4dGLR pic.twitter.com/SouDCT1Q93 — Maryknoll Sisters (@MaryknollSister) August 9, […]
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