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50 years ago — Nov. 29, 1963
Since mid-morning Friday (Nov. 22, 1963), when citizens of Hawaii heard of the assassination of the President of the United States (John F. Kennedy), Catholic and other Christian churches have been crowded with Americans praying for the Nation and its slain head. Friday’s noon-day Mass in downtown Honolulu was so crowded that Fort Street itself became blocked with mourners and worshippers.
25 years ago — Nov. 25, 1988
Cause for Mother Marianne moves to next phase – Rome
This Saturday, Nov. 26, the cause for the canonization of Mother Marianne Cope will take an important step forward at the same place, which a century ago, called her to heroic deeds of sanctity.
In a brief ceremony at St. Francis Church in Kalaupapa, Molokai, Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario will present 27 bound volumes of documents on the valiant missionary to Fr. Ernesto Piacentini, OFM Conv., Rome’s official representative for her cause.
The ceremony will take place during events marking the 100th anniversary of the arrival of Mother Marianne and two Franciscan Sisters of Syracuse, N.Y., to serve among the Hansen’s disease patients on Molokai’s desolate north shore peninsula.
10 years ago — Nov. 21, 2003
Mobile Care Health expands
The Mobile Care Health Project will expand its Big Island services to Hamakua and north Hawaii, thanks to additional community support and cooperation.
The project, a program of the diocesan Office for Social Ministry, delivers dental services to low-income uninsured and Medicaid insured patients on the Big Island through two 37-foot Winnebago vans fully equipped with state of the art medical and dental equipment. …
In collaboration with the Hamakua Health Center and Hale Hoola in Honokaa and Kohala Hospital in Hawi, the program will expand dental clinics in those areas.
The Bank of Hawaii Charitable Foundation recently awarded the project $10,000 for general support.