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50 years ago — Feb. 12, 1965
Cub scout Lawrence Lopes of Star of the Sea pack explains to his brother, Christopher, what happened in the Cathedral during the presentation of the many awards to leaders, scouts and cubs on Scout Sunday. Someday little Chris will be wearing the dark blue of a cub scout too.
25 years ago — Feb. 16, 1990
Wake up!
Do the words “parish renewal” excite you? Perhaps not. Maybe the phrase has been used so often to refer to so many things that one is not always sure what it means anymore. Like a television commercial, it is either ignored or, worse, has become annoying.
Not that the idea of parish renewal is a bad one. On the contrary, a parish that is not busy renewing itself is busy dying. …
The “Parish Renewal Experience” or PRE, is a specific program, developed by pastors which is used to shake a dozing parish by the spiritual shoulders through a weekend marathon of talks and “sharing” among parishioners. …
The diocese is now offering the program to everyone, in every parish, through the expertise of Father Alan Nagai, vicar general and pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Pearl City.