Maryknoller wanted to be a foreign missionary from grade 1 Sister Cecilia Rose Santos, the Maui-born Maryknoll missionary who served more than 40 years in Chile, died March 18 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in New York. She was 93 and was celebrating her 75th anniversary in religious life this year. She had been a […]
Maryknoll Sisters celebrate 100 years of ministry in China
By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — It was 100 years ago — on Sept. 12, 1921 — when the Maryknoll Sisters assigned its first group of sisters to China, the order’s first mission. One sister has been there nearly half that time, 49 years to be exact. To mark the 100th anniversary, Maryknoll […]
SISTER DOLORES ROSSO, MM | 1924-2021
Maryknoller’s mission a ‘source of awe, wonder, joy and gratitude’ Maryknoll Sister Dolores Rosso, who served more than 45 years in Hawaii, mostly at Maryknoll School, died July 6 at Maryknoll, New York. As a Maryknoll Sister for 78 years, her personal motto, from St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians, was, “I live, now not […]
Book review: In the footsteps of St. Paul
Modern missionaries bring faith back to an ancient post-Communist country stripped of spirit and hope “Light a Candle: A Memoir, A Special Assignment in Albania,” by Sister Lourdes Fernandez, MM, self-published, 2021 Reviewed by Donna Estomago Special to the Herald “Our apostles to Albania, Lourdes Fernandez, Winifred O’Donnell, Vivian Votruba and Gertrude Gallagher, were following […]
SISTER BEATRICE CARVALHO | 1924-2021
Isle-born Maryknoller worked among the poor in Central America This article is based on a Jan. 15 letter by Maryknoll Sister Janet S. Hockman “to sisters, family and friends.” Big Island-born, Maui-raised Maryknoll Sister Beatrice Carvalho, who spent decades as a missioner in Central America and who also, for a while, brought her radiant smile […]
Maryknoll School’s new president is an alumna with a long history with the school
Maryknoll School didn’t have to look far to find its next school president. The K-12 school has chosen Shana Tong, a 1983 alumna and long-time teacher and administrator at the Manoa-Punahou-area school. “Though the world is navigating through a challenging time, we have renewed hope and energy for the leadership Mrs. Tong will bring to […]
Sister Paulette Yeung, Maryknoll Sisters: Led by the Spirit
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald It has been my lifelong dream to be a missionary with the hope to go to China to find my roots and to bring the Gospel to my village. However, the closest I ever got to China was as a tourist. The […]
Sister Ardis Kramer, Maryknoll Sisters: Mississippi to Molokai
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald A sense of mission runs unconsciously deep through my family heritage. My father was Luxembourger, while my mother was French and Spanish. My mom’s mother was Spanish from the de Guzman line in Caleruega. We share the same blood as St. Dominic […]
40 years after killings, Maryknoll Sisters are remembered
By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service CHALATENANGO, El Salvador — On a bright and clear January afternoon, Bishop Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar walked into a cemetery and gently dusted off a white name plate on top of a sky-blue block of tombs. Making plans for the year ahead, he told secretary Violeta Esmeralda Serrano nearby that […]
Molokai without Sister Ardis: hard to imagine
Maryknoll Sister says aloha to Friendly Isle after 45 years By Jim Krupa and Paula Scott Special to the Herald Growing up on the Mississippi coast, the sea and adventure were always a part of Sister Ardis Kremer’s life. As the daughter of an engineer running a boatbuilding business, being outdoors was natural. She loved […]
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