By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald There is a small but significant subset of people born and raised in Hawaii who move to the mainland where they enter the religious life as priests, sisters and brothers, living a life of service of which folks back home are mostly unaware. One such person was Sister Susan […]
SISTER HELEN AGNES IGNACIO, OSF | 1929-2021
Hilo-born Sister of St. Francis was a woman of many gifts Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities Helen Agnes Ignacio, a woman of many talents and a quick wit, went home to God on Jan. 25, at the Plaza in Kaneohe after a lengthy illness. She was 91 and a Franciscan for 72 […]
SISTER BEATRICE CARVALHO | 1924-2021
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 RAYMOND E. MALLEY, SM | 1940-2021
Marianist served 20 years in Hawaii as a dedicated teacher, pastor Father Raymond Malley, who spent a third of his years as a Marianist priest as a teacher and pastor in Hawaii, died Jan. 7 in Cupertino at the age of 80 in the 61st year of his religious profession. He was ordained 58 years. […]
FATHER SCOTT BUSH | 1950-2021
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
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 […]
FATHER ANTONIO ‘TONY’ ABUAN, MS | 1954-2020
Beloved La Salette priest served on Kauai Father Antonio “Tony” Abuan, a missionary priest of La Salette who served in the Philippines, California and four years as a pastor on Kauai, died in California Oct. 3. He was 65 and ordained for 36 years. He was much loved for the care and empathy he held […]
Robert Pearson, pro-life hero who got his start in Hawaii, dies
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
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
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 […]
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