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50 years ago — Jan. 22, 1965
Right, Mr. John Savage, president of St. Francis Convent School Parent Teacher Guild presents a check for two thousand dollars to the principal, Sister M. Bonaventure, O.S.F. The money was raised by the parents and it is earmarked for the building fund.
25 years ago — Jan. 19, 1990
Bishop to ordain new priest for Hawaii and Sacred Hearts Order
Brother Edward Popish said he has been scrambling all week “caught up” in trying to cover every little detail of the ordination to the priesthood tomorrow. “I guess that’s what happens when you used to be an accountant,” he joked.
Brother Joseph A. Ferrario will ordain the Aspen, Colorado, native a priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts at St. Patrick Church in Kaimuki on Jan. 20 at 10 a.m.
Popish, 36, is one of an increasing number of men who have said goodbye to early professional careers to follow the call to the priesthood. To describe himself as a former accountant, however, is a bit of self-depreciation. With a masters degree in international management his former professional life involved big league international and domestic finance and marketing for a major Colorado computer firm.
10 years ago — Jan. 14, 2005
Hawaii parishes, schools join global relief effort
With a special second collection at Masses this past weekend, parishes throughout the Diocese of Honolulu joined the massive global effort to aid the millions of victims of the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami in Asia and Africa.
The money collected will be sent to the region through Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the U.S. Catholic international aid organization.
According to Carol Ignacio, CRS’s local representative, all parishes were asked to insert CRS emergency fact sheets and donation instructions in their Sunday bulletins.
“It is such a terrible disaster,” said Ignacio, who is also the director of the diocesan Office for Social Ministry. “We have nothing to compare it to in our particular lifetime.”