Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii, after serving in other executive roles with St. Francis for more than 50 years, currently serves as Chief Sponsorship Officer for St. it is in meeting those needs that we can see the compassion and creativity of God at work." Sister Agnelle Ching, who has been a Sister of St. "When we see the needs of people through God's eyes, He always provides a way for us to meet those needs. Marianne Cope who came to the Islands to serve those who were afflicted with Hansen's disease nearly 130 years ago, we simply bring a heart that hungers to serve God," said Sister Agnelle Ching in her acceptance speech.
Sister Agnelle Ching is the first one from Hawaii to receive this award. The award has been presented to a leader in Catholic health care who has demonstrated creativity and breakthrough thinking that advances the ministry. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii, has received the prestigious Sister Mary Concilia Moran Award for innovative leadership at the 2012 Catholic Health Assembly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA (HawaiiNewsNow) - Sister Agnelle Ching, Chief Sponsorship Officer and former Chief Executive Officer of St. tomorrow at the Community Church of Honolulu call after 2:30 p.m.Īloha attire and no flowers are requested.Sister Agnelle Ching receives award at the Catholic Health Assembly in Philadelphia. He is survived by wife Elsie, sons King Lit and Sai Lit, daughter Su Sun, sister Bessie Loo and nine grandchildren. He was a member of the board of governors of McInerny, the Hawaii apparel chain, and president of Hawaii Motors. Francis Hospital and held trusteeships with Honolulu Academy of Arts, Leahi Hospital, Hawaii Veterans Memorial Fund, United Church of Christ Foundation and the University of Hawaii Foundation. He was on the board while his brother, Hung Wo Ching, was board chairman, and was elected a director emeritus when he retired from it in 1971 at age 65.Ĭhing was president of the advisory board of St. Soon after becoming a real estate broker in 1945, Ching helped found Aloha Airlines, serving as a director for 25 years. Yukimura, who was Kauais mayor from 1988 to 1992, with 15,857 votes out of 40,323 registered voters in the County of Kauai. Derek Kawakami was elected on November 6, 2018, as the mayor of Kauai over JoAnn A. He graduated from UH in 1928 with a degree in civil engineering and earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary and a master's degree from Yale Divinity School in 1932. The Mayor of Kauai is the chief executive officer of the County of Kauai in the state of Hawaii.The mayor has municipal jurisdiction over the islands of Kauai and Ni’ihau. Among his classmates was the former Elsie Tong, whom he married in 1934. That is why Ching was one of the first to become an honorary member of the 442nd Veterans Club, he added.Įddie Yamasaki, a 442nd veteran who is collecting memoirs for a book to be released, said, "He made a difference in how the military and the FBI looked at us."Ĭhing graduated in 1924 from McKinley High School. He persuaded Army intelligence not to fill its daily quota of indiscriminate arrests, he added.Ĭhing also worked tirelessly for their orderly return to civilian life after the war, Tsukiyama said. "Who knows if we would've had a 442nd if it wasn't for all the things Hung Wai did."Ĭhing was known as the "father of the Varsity Victory Volunteers," a group of UH ROTC students who were discharged from the Hawaii Territorial Guard in 1942 because they were Japanese, an event that sowed the seeds for the formation of the 442nd.Ĭhing was appointed to the Council on Interracial Unity's Morale Division, a liaison group of civilians and the military, and used his position to prevent the detention of Japanese in Hawaii or have them released, Tsukiyama said. He needed no convincing whether these guys (the Japanese) were loyal Americans or not," Tsukiyama said. Francis Residential Care Community Board, welcomed about 250 guests to the event. Francis Healthcare System, and Sister William Marie Eleniki, OSF, President of the St. He went to school and played with people of different races and ran programs at the YMCA in his neighborhood. Agnelle Ching, OSF, Chief Executive Officer of St. Tsukiyama, who will deliver a eulogy tomorrow at his funeral, said Ching "grew up in the slums" around the Nuuanu YMCA as one of six children born of Chinese immigrants. and was a general partner in Pacific Land Hui and Oahu Homes.īut Ching's greatest contribution was "his outspoken affirmation of the loyalty" of Japanese Americans during World War II, says Ted Tsukiyama, veteran and historian of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.Ĭhing died of cancer Saturday at St.
He was also a University of Hawaii regent and held directorships with Liberty Bank, Pacific Insurance Co. The pinnacle of business Hung Wai Ching / Aloha Airlines founder SEE ALSO: OBITUARIESīy Pat his 96 years, businessman Hung Wai Ching, along with his brother Hung Wo Ching, helped found Aloha Airlines. Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News " + "") // ->
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