[3][4] Prior to ordination, Lui was the helmsman on the mission lugger the Torres Herald I.
[5] He was also an interpreter for the mission, as he understood all the dialects of the Torres Strait Islands.
[6] He trained for ordination at St Paul's Theological College, Moa.
In 1926 it was reported that Passi and Lui did not wear the western clerical collar, but instead wore a native costume of calico and singlet.
[14][15] He was buried in the Lady Chapel of St Paul's Church, Moa Island.