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Brother William J. Farrell, S.M. | 1944-2019

10/03/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Marianist taught at Saint Louis in the 1960s Marianist Brother William J. Farrell, a member of the Society of Mary who taught at Saint Louis School in Honolulu in the late 1960s, died Sept. 12, four days before his 75th birthday. He entered religious life 60 years ago. Brother Farrell was born on Sept. 16, […]

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NANCY CHANG TALINO | 1925-2019

08/22/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Kalaupapa resident the last living patient-member of Siloama Church By Valerie Monson Special to the Herald The death of Nancy Chang Talino earlier this year at the age of 93 not only draped a veil of sadness over her family and many friends, it marked a solemn juncture for the Protestant churches of Kalaupapa. “Nancy […]

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CARMELITE SISTER MARY VERONICA OF JESUS | 1928-2019

08/22/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Maui plantation-born nun lived the contemplative life for 64 years By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Sister Mary Veronica of Jesus, a Carmelite nun, the daughter of Okinawan immigrants to Hawaii, died on July 6 at Carmel of St. Teresa, a Carmelite monastery in Alhambra, California. She was 91, and in religious life for 64 […]

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Sister Judith Abique, SPC | 1972-2019

08/07/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Sister of St. Paul of Chartres was vice principal of St. Joseph School By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Sister Judith Abique, a Sister of St. Paul of Chartres who served in Hawaii for seven years, died in the Philippines early on the morning of July 20. Her community said the cause was breast cancer. […]

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SISTER TOMASA MARCOS, CSJ | 1930-2019

05/15/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Island-born Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet was a religious for 69 years Honolulu-born Sister Tomasa Marcos, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet who served for many years as a teacher and vice-principal at Holy Trinity School in Kuliouou, died April 29 in Honolulu. She was 88 and in religious life for 69 years. […]

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MARIANIST BROTHER ROBERT HOPPE | 1940-2019

05/01/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Religious served his community with a talent for ‘temporalities’ Society of Mary Brother Robert Hoppe, who served for 20 years in administrative positions for his Marianist community in Hawaii, died April 11 in Cupertino, California. He was 78 and a religious brother for 58 years. Father Patrick McDaid remembered his fellow Marianist as a person […]

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ADELAIDA ‘IDA’ BARBOZA FREITAS | 1912-2019

04/17/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Centenarian served the church in humble ways all her long life Hawaii Catholic Herald Adelaida “Ida” Barboza Freitas, companion and helper for Hawaii’s Carmelite Sisters for more than 30 years, caretaker at the CYO Camp Hauula in its heyday, and next door neighbor to three bishops at St. Stephen Diocesan Center, died at her home […]

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SISTER JOAN CHATFIELD, MM | 1932-2019: Maryknoller served here 63 years in education, interfaith pursuits

03/20/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

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 […]

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SISTER BERNADETTE HIGA, MM | 1925-2019: Maui-born missionary served in Taiwan, Bangladesh, Hawaii

03/20/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

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 […]

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DEACON MICHAEL DAVID ROSS | 1940-2019: Retired deacon, scholar, theologian, was a convert from Judaism

03/20/2019 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

  Deacon Michael David Ross, a former professor and academic dean at the Pontifical College Josephinum who retired in Hawaii five years ago, died March 3 while hospitalized in Honolulu of kidney failure and complications from severe pancreatitis. A sign in his room asked that he be addressed as “Deacon Mike,” reflecting his commitment to […]

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