Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

SISTER MILLA DERBY, OP | 1926-2015: Teacher and artist captured isle beauty with dye on silk

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Honolulu-born Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Milla Derby, who taught music and art in schools across the country before becoming an artist-in-residence in Hawaii, died Sept. 26, at Oahu Care Facility in Honolulu. She was 89 and a religious sister for 62 years. She is Hawaii’s last Sinsinawa Dominican. The funeral Mass will be held at Holy […]

SISTER M. RUTH FAISCA, SHF | 1933-2015: Kohala-born sister served parishes in California, Nevada and Hawaii

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Big Island-born Sister M. Ruth Faisca, a Sister of the Holy Family who worked in catechetical, child care and parish ministry in California, Hawaii and Nevada, died peacefully in Fremont, Calif., on Sept. 17. She was 82 and a religious sister for 64 years. Sister Ruth was born on May 13, 1933, in Kohala. She […]

MARYKNOLL SISTER SANDRA ANNE GALAZIN | 1944-2015: Missioner served more than four decades in Hawaii as social worker, counselor

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Maryknoll Sister Sandra Anne Galazin, who served most of her 47 years of religious life as a counselor and social worker in Hawaii, died Sept. 26, at Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining, N.Y. She was 71. Sister Sandy, as she was known in the Islands, recalled her religious calling in a 2011 Hawaii Catholic Herald […]

Two newly professed Sacred Hearts brothers joining others in seminary community in Fiji

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Seven seminarians and two priests are commissioned Aug. 1 in St. Patrick Church in Kaimuki for a new mission in Fiji. (Photos courtesy of Steve Tagupa)   The United States Province of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts on Aug. 1 witnessed the first vows of its two newest members, one who is from the […]

Sister Christine Marie Plateros, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary: The fullness of life and adoration

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VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING One day, I bumped into Maryknoll Sister Anastasia Marie when I was out working in a village. She asked me what I was doing. Later, she said, “When do you play?” She continued, “If you want to be your best and to give the best of yourself to your students in religious […]

Photo: Oh say can they sing

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The Daughters of St. Paul singing group, nearly half with Hawaii ties, pose in Boston’s Fenway Park with Boston Red Sox mascot Wally the Green Monster Aug. 23. The sisters sang the national anthem to open the Red Sox game against the Kansas City Royals and “God Bless America” during the 7th-inning stretch. Pictured from […]

SISTER TERESITA OF THE CHILD JESUS TAM | 1920-2015: Nun brought artistry to Isle’s first cloistered community

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Sister Teresita of the Child Jesus Tam, one of the seven original founders of Hawaii’s Carmelite monastery, whose artistic and gardening talents brightened the contemplative community for four decades, died Aug. 19 in a Kaneohe care home. She was 95 and a Carmelite for 80 years. Her superior Sister Agnella Iu described her fellow Carmelite […]

Photo: New Marianist

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Marianist Brother Allen Pacquing, right, joins his friends, family and colleagues in a special Mass of thanksgiving, Aug. 15 at Mystical Rose Oratory at Chaminade University. Brother Allen professed his first vows for the Marianists at Queen of Apostles Chapel in Dayton, Ohio, May 23. The Kalihi native and former pastoral associate of the Co-Cathedral […]

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