Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Maryknoll Sisters celebrate 100 years of ministry in China

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 Ardis Kramer, Maryknoll Sisters: Mississippi to Molokai

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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

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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 […]