By the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet Special to the Herald Wilhelmina Jeanette Niaulani Joseph was born May 27, 1928, in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, to Duncan K. and Emma Helm Joseph. Her brother, Duncan Jr., arrived five years later. Growing up, Joseph attended Lincoln School and Kapalama School in Honolulu, both of which […]
Isle sister joins national leadership team
By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Special to the Herald The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet gathered at their motherhouse in St. Louis, Missouri, on Jan. 10 for a celebration of affirmation marking the transition of their Congregational Leadership teams. Rooted in prayer, ritual and gratitude, the gathering honored faithful service while calling forth […]
Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Joan Henehan / 1937-2024: California native was a passionate leader during time in Hawaii
Special to the Herald Sister Joan Henehan, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 68 years, died in Los Angeles on Aug. 11. She was born in Chicago but moved to California with her family in 1939. The youngest of four surviving girls, she began to attend parochial school in the third grade. She […]
SISTER ANITA MARIE ROSCO, CSJ | 1928-2023
Carondelet sister loved teaching, sports, playing Hawaiian music Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Anita Marie Rosco who spent a lifetime teaching kindergarten through grade four in schools in California and Hawaii, died unexpectedly in Honolulu on April 10, three weeks shy of her 95th birthday. She was a religious sister for 73 years. For […]
SISTER MARIAN THERESE MUEHLBAUER, CSJ | 1935-2022
Sister of St. Joseph served two long Hawaii teaching assignments Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Janet Louise Muehlbauer, who served for 32 years in Hawaii as a teacher over the span of two missions, died Nov. 15 at Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis, Missouri. She was 87 and a religious sister for 68 […]
SISTER ROSEMARIE MONTOYA, CSJ | 1956-2022
Carondelet sister taught at St. Anthony, Kailua, for 24 years Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Rosemarie Montoya, who taught for 24 years at St. Anthony School in Kailua, the last of her community to be on the faculty, died April 28 in Los Angeles. She was 66 and a religious sister for 44 years. […]
SISTER GIOVANNA MARIE MARCOCCIA, CSJ | 1934-2021
She told her students they were ‘wonderful, loveable and capable’ Lifelong educator Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Giovanna Marie Marcoccia, fondly remembered for telling her students that they were “wonderful, loveable and capable,” died peacefully in Honolulu July 13 after a short illness. She was 87 and had served in Hawaii for 43 years. […]
A religious with ties to Hawaii takes temporary vows in St. Louis as a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet
‘Enveloped and embraced’ By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald While only 75 people were able to attend the temporary vows of Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Kristina DeNeve on June 15 at the Holy Family Chapel in St. Louis, Missouri, due to COVID-19 and distance, another 150 or so people logged on to the […]
St. Joseph: a discreet and hidden presence
This is the Year of St. Joseph. To mark the 150th anniversary of the foster father of Jesus being declared patron of the universal church, Pope Francis proclaimed the yearlong celebration in a Dec. 8, 2020, apostolic letter, “Patris Corde” (“With a Father’s Heart”). The pope wrote that Christians can discover in St. Joseph “the […]
SISTER TOMASA MARCOS, CSJ | 1930-2019
Island-born Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet was a religious for 69 years Honolulu-born Sister Tomasa Marcos, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet who served for many years as a teacher and vice-principal at Holy Trinity School in Kuliouou, died April 29 in Honolulu. She was 88 and in religious life for 69 years. […]