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50 years ago — Aug. 26, 1966
Three Sisters of the Marist Missionary Sisters community arrived this week to lay the groundwork for the new Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ewa Beach. Meeting the sisters upon their arrival were Father Bernard Eikmeier, pastor of Ewa Beach, and Sister Mary Gerarda, s.m.s.m., present superior at St. Stephen’s Convent in Kaneohe. Newly arrived are (left to right) Sister Mary Francine, Father Eikmeier, Sister Mary John Regis, Sister Gerarda and Sister Mary Josanne.
25 years ago — Aug. 30, 1991
Faith in action: A convocation
If writing by committee is difficult, try a committee of 400. That’s how many responded to an invitation by the Diocese of Honolulu to assist in drafting a clear, comprehensive and prophetic guide for the future of Catholic social action in Hawaii. That’s how many attended the Faith in Action Convocation on Catholic Social Teaching, Aug. 16-17 at Star of the Sea Church and the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel.
Helping draft Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario’s new social action pastoral letter, intended as a major teaching document, was one of the two primary activities of the convocation. The other was listening to one of the foremost authorities on Catholic social teaching in the United States.
The participants did not have to start writing from scratch. A 12,000 word working draft had already been composed by a team of writers and distributed. …
The convocation participants were mostly lay men and women with approximately 75 nuns and religious brothers and 25 priests.
10 years ago — Aug. 25, 2006
Ewa Beach celebrates isles’ first local-born Capuchin
For Brother Marvin Bearis, making his final solemn profession as a Capuchin Franciscan Aug. 12 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Ewa Beach was a life-changing moment. Forever he will stand with his brothers from Hawaii and Guam wearing the brown habit of St. Francis that symbolizes chastity, poverty and obedience.
The event was also a milestone for Hawaii’s Capuchin friars. Born and raised in a big family in Ewa Beach, the 28-year-old Brother Marvin is their first Hawaii “recruit” after 22 years in the islands. …
More than 400 people packed the west Oahu church to celebrate the catch. Many knew Brother Marvin when he was part of Life Teen, a young adult ministry in the parish.