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50 years ago — Dec. 9, 1966
Construction of a new convent and new boarding school at St. Francis Convent School in Manoa Valley were underway this week when Pacific Construction Company began actual work on the site. Explaining the plans to Attorney Francis Wong and Sister Antoinette, O.S.F., regional superior, (left to right) are Stan Hattie and Kenso Takaki of Pacific Construction Company (Camera Hawaii).
25 years ago — Dec. 6, 1991
Bishop to ordain two to diaconate
Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario will ordain two deacons at noon on Dec. 21 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace as their final major step before ordination to the priesthood.
Seminarians Scott R. Bush and Konelio Faletoi are being ordained mid-way through their final academic year at St. Patrick Graduate Seminary. They will be ordained priests on the eve of Pentecost, June 6. …
Bush, 39, was born in Honolulu of Hawaiian, English and Portuguese ancestry. He managed a moving company in Hilo for nearly five years before entering St. Patrick Seminary in 1987.
Faletoi, 24, is Samoan-German. After graduating from high school in 1983, he entered St. Joseph College Seminary in Mountain View, moving on to St. Patrick’s in 1987. …
The public is invited to the ordinations of Bush and Faletoi. A reception will follow on the Fort Street Mall.
10 years ago — Dec. 1, 2006
Chaminade earns place on community service honor roll
Chaminade University of Honolulu’s extraordinary outpouring of community service during its golden anniversary year has earned it a place on President George W. Bush’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
To mark its 50th anniversary year, September 2005 to September 2006, Chaminade’s staff, faculty, alumni and friends set out to accumulate more than 90,000 hours of community service, nearly doubling its anniversary project’s goal to 50,000 hours.
As a result, the Corporation for National and Community Service selected the university as a president’s Higher Education Community Service Award finalist for excellence in general community service. Chaminade was recognized for its outstanding work in exemplary volunteer opportunities, efforts specific to Hurricane Katrina, and its commitment to service and volunteerism.