NEWS FROM PAGES PAST
50 years ago — Nov. 8, 1968
First Time in Hawaii
Left, the Most Reverend Terence J. Cooke, Military Vicar for the Armed Forces of the United States and Archbishop of New York, arrived Friday. On Saturday he celebrated the Memorial Mass at Hickam Air Force Base for the war-dead of the South East Asia conflict. He was accompanied by Monsignor Joseph Murphy (right) and Monsignor Edward Head (left). Archbishop Cooke was welcomed by Bishop John J. Scanlan (second from right). (Photo by Pan Am)
25 years ago — Nov. 19, 1993
Neighbor island welcome
A Kalaupapa resident greets Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo, new apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Honolulu, at the Kalaupapa airport during his visit to Molokai, Oct. 18; the bishop poses with Kauai clergy, Oct. 22; Bishop DiLorenzo on the Hana, Maui, shuttle, Oct. 17. The bishop also visited Lanai on Oct. 19. He has yet to visit the Big Island. Pope John Paul II named Bishop DiLorenzo as apostolic administrator of the diocese on Oct. 12 when Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario retired.
10 years ago — Nov. 14, 2008
St. Anthony proud of its champ
What an honor for a local boy graduate of an island high school!
No, not Barack Obama. Shane Victorino, 1999 graduate of St. Anthony Jr./Sr. School on Maui, centerfielder and power slugger for the Philadelphia Phillies – 2008 World Series Champs!
The Wailuku Catholic school celebrated “Shane Victorino Day” on Oct. 24, five days before his team won the series, in honor of their latest favorite son.
Victorino, after learning that Philly T-shirts were a rare commodity on Maui, had shipped 300 of the shirts to the school for the special event.
