Pioneering Capuchin Franciscan worked 30 years in Hawaii parishes By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Capuchin Franciscan Father Paul Minchak, one of the first two of his order to come in Hawaii where he served as a parish priest for three decades, died at age 73 on Jan. 15 in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He […]
Marianist Father Lawrence Mann | 1916-2016
Pastor, teacher served Isles more than 30 years Society of Mary Father Lawrence Mann, who served several assignments as a parish priest and teacher on Oahu totaling more than three decades, died Sept. 1 in Cupertino, California, at age 100. He was a Marianist for 83 years and a priest for 71 years. Over the […]
Maui’s first Carondelet was a teacher, housing service provider, ‘wisdom figure’
SISTER ROSE DAMIEN MALABON, CSJ | 1932-2016 By Sister Sara Sanders, CSJ Special to the Herald Maui-born Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Rose Damien Malabon, a life-long elementary school teacher who also worked as a live-in volunteer service provider at Kalihi Valley Homes and Punchbowl Homes in Honolulu, died June 29 at age 84 […]
SISTER CATHERINE PELLETIER, SND | 1923-2016
Notre Dame nun taught 10 years at Holy Family Sister Catherine (Agnes St. Jude) Pelletier, a Sister of Notre Dame for 73 years, who served 10 of those years in Hawaii, died peacefully on June 6 at the age of 93 at Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland. “She had a wonderful life!” said […]
Known to all as Father ‘Jojo,’ La Salette priest was much loved
Everyone called him Father “Jojo.” It was easier to say than his formal name, Father Joven Toledo Junio, and it fit his effervescent personality and boyish looks. So it was a surprise to many who knew the La Salette missionary from his 17 years of service in Hawaii to learn that he died March 6 in the Philippines. He was 57.
MARYKNOLL SISTER CECILE THERESE BURTON | 1924-2016
Maryknoll, N.Y. — Maryknoll Sister Cecile Therese Burton, who served as an educator and social worker in Hawaii for more than 40 years, died Feb. 17 after a long illness at Maryknoll Sisters Home Care, N.Y. She was 91.
Obituary: Deacon Sidney J. Townsley | 1924-2016
Sidney Joseph Townsley, who once said his “main joy” as a deacon was bringing people into the Catholic faith through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, died in Honolulu on Jan. 26 at the age of 91. He was a deacon for 29 years.
Obituary: Deacon Luciano ‘Shiano’ Pius | 1949-2016
Chuukese Deacon Luciano “Shiano” Pius, one of a group of Micronesian permanent deacons welcomed by Bishop Larry Silva over the past decade to serve in Hawaii, died on Jan. 14 at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. He was 67 and a deacon for 13 years.
Obituary: Sister Julie Louise Thevenin, SS.CC. | 1918-2016
Educator and artist Sister Julie Louise Thevenin of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary died peacefully in her sleep Jan. 26 at Malia O Ka Malu convent in Kaimuki. She was 97 and a religious sister for 76 years.
Obituary: Sister Noreen (Catherine) Cain, SND | 1925- 2015
Sister Noreen (Catherine) Cain, a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur for 63 years, who taught at Holy Family School in Honolulu for five years, died at Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland on Dec. 14. She was 90.