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50 years ago — July 12, 1968
CYO Summer Fun Youngsters Enjoy Use of Y’s Pool
Getting the Word – A group of CYO Summer Fun students listen attentively to Miss Dawn Longham, CYO swimming instructor, as she gives them pointers on water safety. The swimming classes are being held at the Armed Forces “Y” pool.”
25 years ago — July 16, 1993
Aloha, Denver!
Amidst the explosion of youthful enthusiasm greeting Pope John Paul II in Denver’s Mile High Stadium Aug. 12 will be a colorful splash of aloha spirit.
More than 130 Hawaii youth, young adults and chaperones from 16 parishes and military chapels will be among the estimated 150,000 who will gather at the stadium and other Denver locations Aug. 11-15 for World Youth Day 1993. …
Among those groups from around the world invited to perform in Denver at a Youth Day music festival will be Kauai’s “Isaiah,” a contemporary Christian music group of singers and musicians from St. Catherine’s Youth Ministry in Kapaa.
10 years ago — July 11, 2008
Sainthood for Damien: Much to do while waiting for a date
All that’s left to do is to set the date. And a thousand other things.
Blessed Damien will become Saint Damien, probably next year. Pope Benedict XVI approved his canonization on July 3 with the validation of a miraculous healing attributed to the 19th century Belgian priest’s intercession, 199 years after his death. …
Bishop Silva does not want Blessed Damien’s canonization simply to be recognition of a great man, but rather a “great opportunity” to follow his example.
“I really had been hoping and praying for Father Damien’s canonization, not just as an honor for him, but as an opportunity for each of us to reflect on how the Lord calls each one of us to reach out to those in need and to express our faith in very concrete ways,” he said.