Sister Patricia Schofield of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, left, with family members at the Marianne Cope Convent in Liliha May 12. Sister Patricia’s son Joe, his wife Amy and stepdaughter Alyssa spent Mother’s Day in the Islands. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) Sister Patricia Schofield is a Sister of […]
Benedictine nuns make their home on the range
Sister Maria Walburga Schortemeyer, ranch manger at the Abbey of St. Walburga, reaches out to a calf in late March in a pasture near the abbey in Virginia Dale, Colo. Along with running the ranch, the community of 24 Benedictine nuns also maintain a retreat house for individuals and groups who wish to spend one […]
Jubilant ceremony marks anniversaries of religious life
The Mass in the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa on the bright, warm morning of April 25 was appropriately jubilant. The music-saturated liturgy celebrated the jubilees — significant anniversaries of religious commitment ranging from 25 to 75 years — of 11 priests, seven sisters and one brother. Bishop Larry Silva presided over the ceremony joined […]
Sister Merle Lebaquin, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING In the beginning, when Mother (my superior general) asked me to take up studies in elementary education at St. Augustine College, I disobeyed her and enrolled in high school education instead. I was only a temporary professed sister then. When I got home, I told her that I was sorry, and that […]
Hawaii’s 2015 Jubilarians: Celebrating Lives of Discipleship
The Catholic Church in Hawaii honors those men and women who have given themselves to God and humanity, in vow and in sacrament, as they celebrate the anniversaries of their discipleship. Please join Bishop Larry Silva and Hawaii’s jubilarians in a Mass of gratitude, 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 25, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. […]
Memorial Mass scheduled here for Sister Jeanne Anne Collis
A memorial Mass for Sister Jeanne Anne Collis, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet who served Hawaii for 32 years, will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m., May 9, in the Mystical Rose Chapel on the Chaminade-St. Louis Campus in Honolulu. She was assigned to Hawaii from the 1960s to the 1990s, working as an […]
Sister Aurora dela Cruz, Maryknoll Sisters: Making God’s love visible
When I was on the Majuro atoll in the Marshall Islands, I really experienced God’s love and providence in the midst of many challenges. Basic resources were so limited there. When it rained, it was like a miracle and a blessing that God provided fresh water to drink. Because otherwise, being on a coral island […]
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 […]
Obituary | Brother James Mary Dunn: 1929-2015
Sacred Hearts brother gave 63 years to the care of his religious community Hawaii-born Sacred Hearts Brother James Mary Dunn died at Leahi Hospital March 18, one day before the 63rd anniversary of his first profession of vows. He was 85. Brother Dunn was a lay brother of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of […]
Sacred Hearts Sisters discuss the future, elect councilors at provincial gathering
The Sisters of the Pacific-U.S. Province of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary discussed “bold and forward looking proposals” and elected three provincial councilors at their provincial chapter, March 7-9, at the St. Anthony Retreat Center in Kalihi Valley. The theme of the chapter, or general meeting, was “We are ready […]
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