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50 years ago — Nov. 4, 1966
These three Aloha United Fund volunteers reported their respective sections went “over the top” during Thursday’s final report luncheon at the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. Pictured are (from left to right) Monsignor Charles A. Kekumano, chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu and chairman of the Clergy Section; Dr. Katsumi Kometani, D.D.S., chairman of Dentists Section, and Hung Dow Ching of the City and County Department of Civil Service, coordinator of the City and County Employees Section. Reverend Kekumano announced the clergy had raised $2,040, which is 102 percent of their $2,000 goal; Dr. Kometani’s dentists came up with $8,762, or 116.8 percent of their $7,500 goal; and Ching’s City and County employees produced $94,233, which is 105 percent of their goal of $90,000. (Tiki Cameraman Photo)
25 years ago — Nov. 8, 1991
Good school public relations begins right on campus, expert says
Good Catholic school public relations doesn’t necessarily start with a good public relations director but with the principal and the teachers and the secretaries and the staff. And it can start right now!
That was part of the message of Dominican Sister Maria Ciriello, a professor at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., who gave 50 Hawaii Catholic school personnel a wagon-load of ideas and tips on marketing and public relations during a Oct. 10 workshop at St. Stephen Diocesan Center.
Sister Ciriello is part of the Catholic University team now conducting a study of Hawaii’s Catholic schools. The $150,000 study, which should be completed next year, has already surfaced the desire of island schools to learn how to promote themselves in an increasingly competitive market.
10 years ago — Nov. 3, 2006
Bishop carries Eucharist through downtown malls in prayer for vocations
People waiting to catch a downtown city bus, strolling Fort Street Mall, or just minding their own business on a Sunday afternoon found themselves watching what might have seemed like an odd parade on Oct. 22.
White-robed marchers carrying candles and incense processed past, followed by men in dress uniforms and plumed hats, who surrounded a man in billowing vestments holding a large golden object in front of his face. Nearly 300 people trailed behind singing hymns.
What casual observers saw Oct. 22 was what may have been the first public eucharistic procession in decades emerging from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace and led by a bishop. Bishop Larry Silva had convened the procession and the following adoration and benediction as a demonstrative diocesan prayer for vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
