Jesuit Father William F. Breault, an artist, author, archivist and teacher who spent many summers during the 1960s and 1970s assisting at St. John Vianney Parish in Kailua, died June 29, at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, Los Gatos. He was 88. According to vicar general Father Gary Secor, Father Breault came to Hawaii in the […]
DEACON ANDREW GERAKAS | 1928-2015: A life of generous service, shaped by love of the Eucharist
Deacon Andrew Jude Gerakas, whose devotion to daily Eucharist compelled him to leave the Greek Orthodox Church to become a Roman Catholic, and then one of Hawaii’s first permanent deacons, died on May 18 in Honolulu. He was 87 and a deacon at Star of the Sea Parish in Waialae-Kahala for 34 years. Gerakas served […]
Obituary | Sister M. Olivia Gibson, OSF: 1924-2015
Franciscan was a teacher, speech pathologist, Hollywood inspiration Sister M. Olivia Gibson, a Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities for 71 years, peacefully embraced Sister Death at St. Francis Convent in Honolulu on March 19, the solemnity of St. Joseph, patron of a happy death. She was 90. A devoted teacher who specialized […]
DEACON SAMUEL TAYLOR | 1916-2015: Retired Coast Guard captain was a ‘constant presence’ at Holy Trinity Parish
Deacon Samuel Taylor, the retired Coast Guard captain who spent his retirement as a deacon in “constant presence” at his parish of Holy Trinity in Kuliouou, died Feb. 24 at his home in Hawaii Kai. He was 98 and a deacon for 20 years. “It was like one of the family that died,” said Carole […]
SISTER MARY CANDELARIA PINUELA PERANIA, O.P. | 1948-2015: Dominican educator served the Lord ‘unreservedly’ in Hawaii, California
Dominican Sister of the Most Holy Rosary Mary Candelaria Pinuela Perania, who lived a full life as an educator, principal, religious superior, coordinator of Dominican lay associates and more died on March 1, the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, at St. Francis Hospice. She was 67 and a religious sister for 45 years. […]
SISTER JEANNE ANNE COLLIS | 1921-2015: Carondelet Sister was a pioneer for women and religious in Hawaii
Sister Jeanne Anne Collis, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet who paved new paths for women and religious in the Diocese of Honolulu, died March 6 at the congregation’s St. Joseph Provincial House in Latham, N.Y. She was 93 and a Sister of St. Joseph for 68 years. She served the church in Hawaii […]
Maryknoll Sister Mary Camilla Kennedy | 1926-2014
Missioner-educator served in the Marshall Islands, Hawaii Maryknoll Sister Mary Camilla Kennedy, missioner-educator to Hawaii and the Marshall Islands, died on Dec. 14 at the Maryknoll Sisters Home Care, Maryknoll, N.Y. She was 88 years old and celebrated 70 years as a Maryknoll Sister this year. Born in Syracuse, N.Y., on June 20, 1926, Sister […]
Two of Hawaii’s original Carmelites die on the same day
Carmelite Sister Agnella Iu helps Sister Mary Caroline Chow fasten her cape as Mother Agnes Marie Wong looks on during the celebration of first vows for Sister Mary Elizabeth de Jesus, July 16, 2013. Sister Caroline and Mother Agnes Marie both died on Oct. 13. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) The passing of Mother […]
Obituary: Maryknoll Sister Margaret Frances Kulage | 1907-2014
Congregation’s oldest member, 107, served in Hawaii and the Philippines Maryknoll Sister Margaret Frances Kulage, who survived a boat capsizing in shark-infested Philippine waters and teaching assignments in Kalihi to become her congregation’s oldest member, died Aug. 28 at age 107 at the Maryknoll Sisters Home Care IV in Maryknoll, N.Y. She was a Maryknoll […]
Obituary: Sister Florence Remata, OSF | 1939-2014
Educator was head of Hawaii-Southwest Sisters of St. Francis Sister Florence Remata, the minister of the Hawaii-Southwest Region of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, fulfilled one of her favorite quotations, “All things are passing; God alone suffices,” when she passed into eternity on Aug. 3, at Queen’s Medical Center after a […]