Sister Marie Agnese Arsenault, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet who served in Hawaii for 45 years as a teacher, catechist and college campus minister, died at Carondelet Village in St. Paul, Minn., on March 21, a month shy of her 90th birthday and two days after the 70th anniversary of her vows. She […]
Viriditas: Sister Eva Joseph Mesina, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
Coming to see God face-to-face I love teaching. It is really an energizer for me to prepare parents for their children’s reception of the sacraments. In the required classes I give them the theology and spirituality of that sacrament. The content focuses on not only what they are supposed to do when those events take […]
Viriditas: Father David Lupo, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
The mystery of God When I was a child I was attracted to the trappings of church. There were the stained glass windows and the life-sized crucifix that the old Italian ladies would go up to and while rubbing the toe of Jesus, bless themselves by. There was also the incense, and the darkness. These […]
Local Sacred Hearts priest to help start new Tongan mission
Hawaii-born Sacred Hearts Father Clyde Guerreiro, recent pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows in Wahiawa and St. Damien Parish on Molokai, will travel to Tonga later this month to help start a new mission for the Sacred Hearts Fathers and Brothers. Over the next few months, Father Guerreiro and three other Sacred Hearts priests from […]
Two Maryknoll Sisters, former Hawaii teachers, mark 75th anniversaries
Two Maryknoll Sisters who served for decades in Hawaii marked their 75th anniversaries of religious life last month at the Maryknoll Sisters Center, near Ossining, N.Y. Sister Eugenie Therese Courtright and Sister Leona Michiels, both of whom taught in Hawaii schools in the Islands’ pre- and post-statehood days, celebrated their milestones at a Mass in […]
Viriditas: Sister Frances Therese Souza, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: Faithfulness to God makes us who we are
As I was reading an article in preparation for general chapter last year, the thought came to me that religious life and religion do not define who we are. We define what it is. I define what Franciscanism is, what the Catholic faith is, by who I am. Isn’t that cool? As you think of […]
Obituary: Sister Richard Marie Toal followed 40 years in saint’s footsteps
A Franciscan nun who lived out her youthful goal to follow in the footsteps of Mother Marianne Cope by serving as a nurse in Kalaupapa for 40 years died in Honolulu Feb. 3. She was 96. Sister Richard Marie Toal was remembered at a Feb. 8 funeral Mass at St. Francis Convent chapel in Manoa. […]
Photo: Celebrating the consecrated life
Dozens of Hawaii’s religious order women and men pose for a group photo with Bishop Larry Silva at the World Day for Consecrated Life celebration Feb. 2 at the Newman Center at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. The bishop gave a special blessing to Sacred Hearts Sister Josephine Araki who celebrated the 50th anniversary of her […]
Hawaii hermit is accepting email prayer requests
Sister Bernadette Marie Meno, Hawaii’s only diocesan hermit, is accepting requests for prayers by email at hawaiicatholichermit@aol.com. Or write to her at 1450 Kaupakalua Road, Apt. A, Haiku, HI 96708. Anyone in need of prayers for any intention may write to her. Sister Bernadette made her public profession as a diocesan hermit last September on […]
Hawaii Benedictines plan to stay as their Olivetan sponsorship ends
The Benedictine Monastery of Hawaii on the hills overlooking Waialua on Oahu. The Italy-based Olivetan Benedictine Congregation has decided to close the Benedictine Monastery of Hawaii, one of its 25 monasteries around the world, resulting in the local members exploring ways to retain their presence and ministry in Hawaii. Bishop Larry Silva is supporting […]