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50 years ago — Sept. 30, 1966
St. Joseph’s graduate Mrs. Rosebella Kealoha (third from left) eagerly points out the banner of her alma mater held by Sister M. Ancilla, as Craig Carvalho of this year’s class, Sister M. Thomasine of ’51 and Alfred R. Moniz of ’29 look on with anticipation of the school’s first homecoming scheduled for October 14 to 16. This three day event includes an open house, fun night, dinner and dance, Mass, and promises to be a grand time for all alumni of St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s Schools. (Modern Camera Center)
25 years ago — Sept. 27, 1991
A traditional festival with a modern approach
Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario will celebrate the Mass honoring Our Lady of Peace to culminate a unique musical and meditative rosary and a procession honoring Our Lady, 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Star of the Sea Church in Waialae-Kahala.
The event is the First Annual Celebration of Mary and the Rosary, sponsored by numerous island Marian and rosary groups and the Daughters of St. Paul with their lay affiliate, the Hawaii St. Paul Cooperators.
The celebration will be ecumenical and “filled with magnificent music to Our Blessed Mother,” said attorney and Pauline cooperator Robert K. Matsumoto, who conceived the idea and helped plan it with Sacred Hearts Father Thomas Choo, associate pastor of St. Augustine Church and former St. Louis High School classmate of Matsumoto’s. …
The rosary, which starts at 1 p.m., will be proceeded with a half hour of music and an introduction by permanent deacon Andy Gerakas, author of the book The Rosary and Devotion to Mary.
10 years ago — Sept. 22, 2006
Maui church honors sacrifices, contributions of sakadas
A cane knife, a pair of canvas pants, a pineapple planting iron, a water can and kaukau tin were a few of the items displayed around the altar during a special Sept. 3 Mass at Christ the King Church in Kahului honoring the legacy of Maui’s sakadas – Filipino immigrant workers.
The objects were simple reminders of a century of grueling work by determined men in the Valley Isle’s sugar cane and pineapple plantations.
Workers both living and deceased were honored. This year is the 100th anniversary of the first Filipino immigrants to Hawaii.
The guests of honor, dressed in white shirts and adorned with kukui nut leis, took their places in the front pews, while the standing-room-only crowd filled every seat and aisle and spilled out each door.
