The Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities elected a new leadership team at their July general chapter gathering in Syracuse, New York. The team members are, pictured from left, Sister Donna Zwigart, general councilor, Sister Jeanne Weisbeck, general councilor, Sister Barbara Jean Donovan, general minister, Sister Pamela Conte, general councilor, Sister Patricia Larkin, […]
Congregational conflict
The Hawaii public learned something about Catholic religious life in the furor over the decision to move 24 Sisters of St. Francis from their convent in Manoa to a private, secular assisted living facility — that the sisters answer to a higher authority beyond Hawaii (besides God).
Sister Marion Kikukawa: The power of prayer
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Sister Marion Kikukawa, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald One of the things I really appreciate at St. Francis Convent in Manoa is the regularity of our community prayer and daily Mass schedule. For our morning and evening praise we use […]
Third-class relics of St. Marianne being distributed on prayer cards
Sisters of St. Francis, forensic anthropologist Vincent Sava, and others prepare to touch bags containing the remains to St. Marianne to white cloth. (Photo courtesy of Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP) Five hands slowly swept small gossamer bags containing remains of St. Marianne Cope across every inch of several yards of white cloth being […]
St. Francis Healthcare opens phase one of its Kupuna Village
Franciscan Sisters Helen Agnes Ignacio (seated), Francis Regis Hadano and Rose Annette Ahuna look at a mural of St. Marianne Cope in the Sullivan Building lobby, April 24. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii celebrated April 24 the completion of “Phase I” of its new St. Francis Kupuna […]
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 […]
Remembrance | Sister Rosanne LaManche, OSF: She left her heart in Kalaupapa
Sister Rosanne LaManche served as a Franciscan nun for more than 75 years and a nurse for 53, but she needed only an instant to name the most cherished days of her long career. “I’m most grateful for my time at Kalaupapa,” she said during an interview 12 years ago at her motherhouse in Syracuse, […]
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 […]