VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald A lot of my life as a Maryknoll missionary in Hawaii centered around working with the people in the area of Kalihi on Oahu. I loved the cultural diversity there and easily made friends wherever I was. My first three years were […]
Sister Elizabeth V. Roach, Maryknoll Sisters: Seeing the face of Christ in others
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Following 30 years of mission work in Latin America, my next stop was to Hawaii where I was expecting to assume a job in communications. However, that plan did not work out. Through the graciousness of Honolulu Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario, who […]
Photo: Hawaii veterans
Maryknoll Sisters, who at one time were assigned to Hawaii, pose for a photo Aug. 2 at the Maryknoll motherhouse in Ossining, New York, where they now reside. Seated, from left, are Sister Louise Bullis, Sister Elizabeth Roach and Sister Rita Kane. Standing, from left, are Sister Gloria Tamayo, Sister Su Chen Wu and Sister […]
SISTER JOAN CHATFIELD, MM | 1932-2019: Maryknoller served here 63 years in education, interfaith pursuits
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Maryknoll Sister Joan Chatfield, who served 63 years in Hawaii as a leader in the sprawling mission fields of education, social justice and interreligious affairs, died on March 1 in Honolulu. She was 86 and in religious life for 68 years. Her death was unexpected, the result of striking […]
SISTER BERNADETTE HIGA, MM | 1925-2019: Maui-born missionary served in Taiwan, Bangladesh, Hawaii
Maui-born Maryknoll Sister Bernadette Higa, who served in Taiwan, Bangladesh and Hawaii, died March 12 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll, New York, with her sister Mary Louise Higa, also a Maryknoll Sister, by her side. She was 93, and a Maryknoll Sister for 68 years. Sister Bernadette’s birth name was Shigeko. She was […]
Obituary: Maryknoll Sister Irene E. Solzbacher | 1934-2016
Missioner for 65 years served as a psychiatrist on the Waianae Coast Maryknoll Sister Irene E. Solzbacher, a medical doctor and psychiatrist who spent nearly four decades serving in Hawaii, mostly as a psychiatrist on the Waianae coast in the 1980s and 1990s, died Nov. 29 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll, New York. […]
MARYKNOLL SISTER MARIA ROSARIO DALEY | 1923-2018
Much-loved teacher, last wearer of the old habit, the end of an era By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Maryknoll Sister Maria Rosario Daley, who served more than 50 years in Hawaii as a teacher, high school counselor and diocesan personnel director, among other ministries, died Oct. 18 at the Maryknoll Sisters residence in Manoa. […]
Sister Shu Chen Wu, Maryknoll Sisters: Stepping beyond fear
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald One day I was reading the Hawaii Catholic Herald looking for a ministry to get involved in. I was new to Hawaii and did not know anyone yet. There was one article looking for volunteers, but the list of requirements was quite […]
Sister Marie Rosso, Maryknoll Sisters: We all have a light within us
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald It is a missionary thing to accept people for who they are. To ask the questions that may help them to think differently. Or to give them something to ‘up the ante’ in realizing that everyone has goodness within them. In my […]
The Maryknoll connection: sisters and friends count nine decades in the Islands
Story and photos by Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “We are the Maryknoll connection,” Sister Joan Chatfield told the diverse crowd gathered in the Maryknoll Community Center Oct. 7 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Maryknoll Sisters in Hawaii. The 200-or-so people all knew what the Maryknoll veteran meant. Each had been touched, […]