Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

SISTER BEATRICE CARVALHO | 1924-2021

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Isle-born Maryknoller worked among the poor in Central America This article is based on a Jan. 15 letter by Maryknoll Sister Janet S. Hockman “to sisters, family and friends.” Big Island-born, Maui-raised Maryknoll Sister Beatrice Carvalho, who spent decades as a missioner in Central America and who also, for a while, brought her radiant smile […]

FATHER SCOTT BUSH | 1950-2021

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Priesthood was second, much richer, career for island-born vocation By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Scott Bush, an Oahu-born, part-Hawaiian former moving company manager who left a business career to embrace God’s call to priesthood, serving more than 25 years in parishes on the Big Island and Oahu, died Jan. 2 at Island Hospice […]

FATHER JACK RYAN | 1950-2020

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Former Paulist, Hispanic minister, radio host joined diocese in 1991 By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Father Jack Ryan, a former Paulist priest engaged in communications and Hispanic ministry who joined the Diocese on Honolulu in 1991, died Dec. 7 at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu where he once served as a chaplain. He was […]

Robert Pearson, pro-life hero who got his start in Hawaii, dies

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By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Starting in Hawaii 50 years ago, Robert J. Pearson dedicated his life to helping women with crisis pregnancies through supportive residential homes and a national string of counseling centers, thus saving the lives of an untold number of unborn babies from abortion. He died Aug. 23 in Arkansas surrounded […]

Sister Anne Marie Callahan, MM | 1935-2020

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Missionary nun was principal of Maryknoll Hawaii Catholic Herald Maryknoll Sister Anne Marie Callahan, former principal of Maryknoll High School, Honolulu, died July 30 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll, New York. She was 85 and a Maryknoll Sister for 65 years. Hawaii, where she was sent in 1967, was her first “mission” assignment. […]

DEACON ERNEST D. LIBARIOS | 1939-2020

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Deacon was a popular college counselor who empowered many By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Her1ald Deacon Ernest “Ernie” D. Libarios Sr., a gracious man of God who rose from plantation poverty to a career as a college professor and counselor, empowering the lives of many disadvantaged students, died June 21 after a long illness. He […]

FATHER THOMAS YOUNG BOK CHOO, SSCC | 1942-2020

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Humble, cheerful priest of 51 years remembered for his pastoral ways By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Sacred Hearts Father Thomas Young Bok Choo, a lifelong Hawaii parish priest, died June 18 at age 78 in a care home in Kalihi. His last priestly assignment was as a parochial vicar at St. Patrick Church in […]

FATHER DAVID O. TRAVERS, SJ | 1934-2020

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Former Navy chaplain served 16 years as pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Jesuit Father David O. Travers, who served as pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Honolulu’s Ala Moana district for 16 years, died June 14 in the Jesuits’ Campion Health and Wellness center in Weston, […]