VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING The motivating force behind all that I do stems from my firm belief in God’s call. This is the vocation I have, to be a religious woman for God in the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians. Wherever God wants me to work to spread His good news, […]
St. Catherine School welcomes religious sisters from India
By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Special to the Herald For 22 years, the parishioners and parents of St. Catherine School in Kapaa, Kauai, had been praying for the return of nuns to their school. On Oct. 7 their prayers were answered. Three Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians (MSMHC) arrived at Lihue airport […]
Sister Philisita Jyrwa, Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians: To the farthest mission
VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald India is a diverse country with different castes, cultures and clans. I am from a tribal culture. In my family’s clan system, which is matrilineal, our title is inherited. Our language, food, dress, lifestyle, ceremonial rites and even burial systems are different […]
Photo: All the way from India
Wearing leis, Mother Philomena Mathew, superior general of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians of Guwahati, Assam, in northeast India, is greeted at the convent of her sisters in Aiea July 26. Hawaii has four Missionary Sisters of Mary working in parishes on Oahu. Mother Philomena also visited her Hawaii community’s first lay […]
Women Apostles for Catechesis want to spread the Good News
By the Respect Life Office Special to the Herald The Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians were invited to Hawaii in 2008 by their fellow India native, Father Thomas Purayidathil Joseph. Today, four sisters serve Oahu in social ministry, religious education, pastoral work, hospice care and homebound ministry. Missionary Sister Meristella Umdor, director of […]
Sisters of Mary Help of Christians celebrate patron’s feast, ministry
By Deacon Gary and Valerie Streff Special to the Herald Hawaii’s four Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians celebrated their feast day with a special Mass May 24 at St. Elizabeth Church in Aiea. Presiding at the liturgy for the feast of Mary Help of Christians were Sacred Hearts Father Santhosh Thottankara, pastor of […]
Hawaii members of Indian missionary order mark 75th anniversary of founding
Story and photos by Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii’s four Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians commemorated the 75th anniversary of the founding of their order with hundreds of their closest friends with a Mass and dinner at St. Elizabeth Church in Aiea Oct. 5. Bishop Larry Silva and 10 priests celebrated the […]