Fr. Leonard Hacker Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

Bible now in Marshallese

By Journal on July 30, 2026 abua Kabua, Ajidrik Bien, Alfred Capelle, and Moses Samuel. Rev. Harold Hanlin, Atlan Anien, Billy Sawej, Birash Joash, Cecilia deBrum, Conrad Anni, Dreball Jelke, Eliu Jibambam, Elliot Lang, Ferdinand Emiz, Fr. Leonard Hacker, Fr. Thomas Donohoe, Helles Ritok, I-jin Loh, Isaac Lanwi, Jonnadrik Jelke, Julian Riklon, Kanet Zedekiah, Kunio Lemari, Maas Hoone, Marshallese Bible, Mary Matthew, Morris Jetnil, Namu Hermius, Rev. Bourn Heine, Rev. Chutaro Gushi, Rev. Erakrik Samuel, Rev. Hansen Lalimo, Rev. James Milne, Rev. Jori Lokboj, Rev. Jude Samson, Rev. Pijja Matauto, Rhine Brain, Robert William, Russell Edwards, Togo Langrine, Tom Jetnil Back In The Day

Journal 7/26/1983 P1 Bible translation celebration heldThe Marshallese people on July 25 became the second group in Micronesia (Kosraeans were the first) who now can read the world’s best seller — the Bible — in its entirety in their own language. Copies of the Bible were presented to members of the Translation Review Committee and […]

Floyd keeps a promise

By Journal on August 28, 2020 Clarence E. Takeuchi, Eleanor Wilson, Floyd K. Takeuchi, Fr. Leonard Hacker, Sachiko Takeuchi Feature Articles

A special publication, “By the Grace of God: Life in a Marshall Islands Church,” by writer-photographer Floyd K. Takeuchi of Honolulu is now available at an online bookseller. Floyd’s self-published 20-page magazine, also known as a ‘zine, features photographs he made in 2018 while attending a Sunday service at the Rairok Protestant Church. The magazine […]

Hacker marched things along

By Journal on July 5, 2019 Assumption Schools, Clarence E. Takeuchi, Fr. Leonard Hacker, Majuro, Rita, SJ Feature Articles

One of the great cultural achievements on Majuro in the 1950s was Fr. Hacker’s Marching Band. Fr. Leonard Hacker, SJ, was the Jesuit who built up Assumption Church and School after the war. And the native of Buffalo, NY, who almost always wore khaki pants and shirt with sensible black brogues, somehow managed to get […]