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50 years ago — May 24, 1968
Left, Father Gary P. Colton (second from right) was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John J. Scanlan on June 1, 1968 at his home parish of Star of the Sea.
Editor’s Note: Father Colton is now retired.
25 years ago — June 4, 1993
California native to be islands’ newest priest
When three young men were ordained priests for the Diocese of Honolulu a year ago, there were no prospects for any future ordinations on the horizon. Hawaii had run out of seminarians.
But the Spirit works in unexpected ways. At 10 a.m. Saturday, June 12, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu, Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario will ordain Stephen Anthony Macedo as Hawaii’s newest priest.
Macedo, 31, is a Manteca, Calif., native with bachelor’s degrees in dairy science and fruit science. …
Macedo’s priesthood ordination for Monterey was scheduled for last September. However, the urge to live and work in the islands kept gnawing at him. “A month and two days” before ordination, he met with his bishop Sylvester D. Ryan to discuss moving dioceses.
Editor’s Note: Father Macedo is pastor at Annunciation Parish in Waimea on Hawaii Island.
10 years ago — May 30, 2008
Kaunakakai still striving for dream church
It’s a small church with big goals. Parishioners at St. Sophia’s Catholic Church in Kaunakakai have outnumbered the seats at Sunday Mass for as long as they’ve been raising money for a new building – 10 years to be exact. But their dream of replacing the termite-infested church with a new and bigger one is nearing fruition.
Sacred Hearts Father Clyde Guerreiro, since July the church’s new pastor, announced to the community that they plan to begin the construction of their new church within a couple of years.
Editor’s Note: In Feb. 2010, St. Sophia burnt down. In Dec. 2011, the new St. Damien Church was dedicated.
