Hawaii’s Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians at their convent in Waimalu, from left, Sister Marykutty Kottuppallil, Sister Meristella Umdor and Sister Ruth Zonunthari. (HCH photo | Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP) The Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians, an India-based congregation that has served in Hawaii since 2008, have established themselves […]
Relatives, friends gather to bid Carmelites a fond, final aloha
The bodies of the two Carmelite sisters lay in peace on beds of pink and white roses in the small monastery alcove on Oct. 27 as more than 100 people crowded in the adjoining public chapel and lanai for their funeral. Bishop Larry Silva celebrated the morning Mass for the repose of the souls of […]
Viriditas: Father Harold Meyer, Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)
It must be God’s way I joined the Army when I was 18, during the Korean War. After about a year and a half later, I asked myself, “What am I going to be doing after the Army? I will be free and not committed to anything.” In the military chapels there were always magazines […]
Two of Hawaii’s original Carmelites die on the same day
Carmelite Sister Agnella Iu helps Sister Mary Caroline Chow fasten her cape as Mother Agnes Marie Wong looks on during the celebration of first vows for Sister Mary Elizabeth de Jesus, July 16, 2013. Sister Caroline and Mother Agnes Marie both died on Oct. 13. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) The passing of Mother […]
Sister Rose Annette Ahuna, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: Through saintly parents
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING My mother is from Kohala and my father is from Kona. I spent 17 years at St. Joseph, Hilo, going to school there until the eighth grade. The Hawaiian culture that I grew up in really enriched my background and parallels the Franciscan spirit that I embraced when I became a religious […]
Obituary | Father James Anguay, SSCC: Hawaii priest was pastor, novice master, missionary, chaplain
Sacred Hearts Father James C.P. Anguay, whose service to his religious community included parish work, the formation of novices and the pioneering of a mission in the Cook Islands, died unexpectedly on Sept. 20 in Honolulu. He was a priest for 42 years and 70 years old. Father Anguay’s final assignment was as chaplain of […]
Father Richard McNally | Congregation of the Sacred Hearts: Choosing adoration
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING A retreat master once said that if you come to the point someday where you are so busy that you need to make a choice between saying the Divine Office and making adoration, choose adoration. Others will uphold you as they say the prayer of the church. But in adoration, you are […]
Obituary | Sister Anne Bryan Smollin, CSJ: BILAC speaker’s quips revealed the joy of being called Christian
Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Anne Bryan Smollin, a popular counselor, author and humorist from Albany, New York, who delighted Hawaii audiences with her talks at a couple of recent Marianist BILAC conferences on the Saint Louis-Chaminade campus in Honolulu, died Sept. 25. She was 71. “Sister had the ability to communicate the joy […]
Photo: That’s cold
Sister Joan of Arc Souza of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities took the popular “Ice Bucket Challenge” Sept. 23 to raise money for the ALS Association, which promotes research for a cure to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Sister Joan of Arc, head of school at St. […]
Book signing at Na Mea for St. Marianne authors
Franciscan Sister M. Davilyn Ah Chick, right, and Dominican Sister Malia Dominica Wong will be signing their book, “A Walk with Saint Marianne Cope of Molokai: Reflections and inspirations from her life for our living,” 3-5 p.m., Sept. 28, at Native Books/Na Mea Hawaii at the Ward Warehouse in Honolulu. The public is invited. The […]
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