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50 years ago — Nov. 24, 1967
Word has been received from the Apostolic Delegate in Washington, D.C., that His Excellency Bishop John J. Scanlan has been appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Honolulu. The Appointment was made by Pope Paul VI on November 10 …
Bishop James J. Sweeney continues in title as Bishop of Honolulu but the administration of the diocese is transferred temporarily to Bishop Scanlan. The appointment notes that Bishop Sweeney is in poor health. (At left is Bishop James J. Sweeny; right is Bishop John J. Scanlan)
25 years ago — Nov. 20, 1992
Damien beatification delayed, moved
The time and place of Father Damien DeVeuster’s beatification have been changed.
The Sacred Hearts priest who dedicated the last 16 years of his life to the Hansen’s disease patients of Molokai a century ago will receive the “blessed” title from Pope John Paul II in Belgium in May 1994.
The beatification ceremony had originally been scheduled for October 1993 at the Vatican. According to a Nov. 3 memorandum from the Sacred Hearts Congregation in Belgium, Damien’s birthplace, the change was made by the pope himself.
10 years ago — Nov. 16, 2007
St. Michael’s Masses move to big tent
St. Michael Church in Kailua-Kona will hold weekend Masses under a large tent on the parish grounds while plans for the seriously damaged 157-year-old building are made and carried out. …
St. Michael Church was closed on Sept. 24 after the structure was declared unstable due to the deterioration of the sand and coral mortar holding together its walls. The West Hawaii earthquake of Oct. 15, 2006 revealed the walls’ weak condition.
The parish has rented a 4,800-square-foot tent and erected it on part of the parish parking lot next to a shipping container that is now used as the church’s food pantry. Last weekend, was the first time that Masses were held under the more permanent tent. Weekday Masses continue to be held in the parish’s Kamiano Hall.