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50 years ago — July 19, 1968
An undergraduate research program in biological sciences aimed at tying in theory with practice and providing the experimental means by which the student can apply concepts, techniques and general “know how” to actual research projects, will be introduced at Chaminade College this fall.
25 years ago — July 30, 1993
Kalaupapa remembrance
On Monday, Aug. 9, 40 devotees of Mother Marianne Cope, the valiant pioneer foundress of the Franciscan Mission in the Hawaii Islands, will travel to Kalaupapa for a special memorial celebration in her honor.
Mother Marianne died at Bishop Home, Kalaupapa, on the evening of Aug. 9, 1918, in her 80th year. …
Representative of the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse, New York, from Oahu, Maui and the Big Island will join their companion sisters working at Kalaupapa Hospital for the tribute to their foundress.
HCH Photo: Anna Weaver
10 years ago — July 25, 2008
Close-up with arriving pope
Hawaii [World Youth Day] pilgrims had a close encounter with Pope Benedict XVI when he passed within feet of them in his popemobile during his arrival at Barangaroo alongside Sydney Harbor on Thursday, July 17.
Many group members had thought that their assigned spot far to the left of the altar wouldn’t allow them a view of the pope. But God provided when the lead boat in the 11-vessel Papal Boat-a-cade, the Captain Cook Cruises boat “Sydney 2000” carrying the pope and 530 others, pulled up to the dock just in front of the Hawaii group. …
Pope Benedict disembarked and got into his specially-modified Mercedes Benz vehicle and drove right toward where many of the Hawaii group were standing or sitting on shoulders next to a barricade. They were some of the first pilgrims to wave at and photograph the pontiff as he headed to the Barangaroo altar to hear welcoming speeches, lead a prayer service and deliver his first message to all World Youth Day pilgrims.
St. Michael pilgrim Nick Pascal said he’d waited 37 years to see a pope in person. He greeted Pope Benedict with his son, Derin, 7 on his shoulders.
