Advocate of preborn personified Hawaii’s respect life effort By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Retired deacon George W. Thorp Jr., a member of the diocese’s first class of permanent deacons and long identified for his passionate allegiance to the pro-life cause, died peacefully in his home in Kailua on Jan. 10. He was 84 and […]
DEACON STEPHEN KULA | 1949-2024
A man known for his love of helping others, and his radiant humor By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Deacon Stephen Kula, a man known for his joyful embrace of life and his generous spirit, died on Jan. 1 after decades of service as the head of health-related nonprofit organizations in Hawaii. He was 74 […]
SISTER MARGARET LEONARD PERREIRA, CJS | 1938-2023
Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet an educator for more than 50 years By Sister Mary Dugar, CSJ Special to the Herald Oahu-born Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Margaret Leonard Perreira, a life-long grade school teacher and administrator in California and on Maui and Oahu who had a “soft heart for all her […]
SISTER FRANCES CONSUELO IBARLEY, OP | 1937-2023
Honolulu-born Dominican Sister was a teacher on the mainland for 34 years Hawaii-born Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa, Wisconsin, Frances Consuelo Ibarley, a teacher and pastoral minister, died Oct. 28 at St. Elizabeth Manor, Footville, Wis. She was 86 and a religious for 61 years. Her religious name was Sister Maria Consuelo. Her burial was Oct. […]
SISTER MARIA CARIDAD PINUELA, OP | 1927-2023
Lifelong educator was St. Elizabeth principal for 7 years Adrian Dominican Sister Maria Caridad Pinuela, who served as principal of St. Elizabeth School in Aiea for seven years, died on Nov. 6 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Michigan. She was 86 and in the 67th year of her religious profession: 17 years as […]
SISTER FRANCIS REGIS HADANO, OSF | 1929-2023
Kalihi-born Sister of St. Francis remembered for her compassion Honolulu-born Sister of St Francis of the Neumann Communities Francis Regis Hadano, an educator and congregational leader known for her compassion and sensitivity, died on Oct. 6 in Kaneohe. She was 94 and a religious sister for 76 years. In 2018, on her 70th anniversary of […]
Sister Mary Louise (Hideko) Higa | 1927-2023
Maui-born Maryknoll sister small of stature, great of heart This “Letter of appreciation” was read Aug. 18 at the funeral of Sister Mary Louise Higa, a Maui-born Maryknoll Sister who died at Maryknoll, New York, on July 24. It was edited for length and clarity. In the life of Sister Mary Louise (Hideko) Higa and […]
FATHER HAROLD KIHEIPUA MEYER, OCSO | 1931-2023
Sacred Hearts provincial turned Trappist was Molokai’s first native priest By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Trappist Father Harold Kiheipua Meyer, a former provincial of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts who joined the monastic life 50 years ago, died at age 91 on June 26 at the Abbey of Our Lady of New Clairvaux […]
SISTER LOURDES FERNANDEZ, MM | 1943-2023
Missioner helped bring the faith back to post-communist Albania By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Maryknoll Sister Lourdes Fernandez, who recently served in Hawaii and was a member of the community’s Central Pacific Region, died July 7 in the city of Moundou, in the north central African country of Chad, her latest missionary assignment. She […]
SISTER ANNE KAREN BRANNICK, MM | 1921-2023
Maryknoller gave 19 years of social work to Hawaii Maryknoll Sister Anne Karen Brannick who spent 19 years in the 1950s and 1960s as a social worker in Hawaii, died April 19 at age 101. She was a Maryknoll missionary for 80 years. Mary Catherine Brannick was born in Freeport, Illinois, on May 18, 1921, […]
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