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50 years ago — Aug. 22, 1969
Visiting Asian expert has great hope for S. Vietnam
Daily, knowledgeable and important persons pass through Honolulu, truly the crossroads of the Pacific. Many travel so fast that their presence is not known. Fortunately one such knowledgeable person paused briefly on his trip … Father Raymond de Jaegher.
Father de Jaegher was born in Belgium and is sixty-four years of age. … He was ordained a priest in China and lived under the Communists there from 1937…
In the middle of World War II, the Japanese overthrew the Communists and Father de Jaegher spent two years in a concentration camp. Upon his release he stayed in China and worked against the Communists until 1949.
He wrote of his experiences in “The Enemy Within” which has been translated into eight languages. …
When asked to comment upon the present Asian policy of the U.S., he had these comments to make. “It is the hope of the American government that the South Vietnamese will be able to conduct their own war within their own country against the enemy. This is a valid hope and for Saigon it is a reality.”
25 years ago — Aug. 12, 1994
The pastor’s new associates
There was a time when parishes didn’t need lay people, so to speak.
The pastor always had one or two associate pastors to help him handle all the spiritual, sacramental and administrative chores. …
Today, parishes are growing in population and responsibilities while rectories with more than one priest have become rarities. The diocese already has its first “priestless” parish, St. Anthony in Papaaloa on the Big Island.
Pastors in Hawaii are beginning to rely more and more on the laity to help run their parishes…
According to last year’s diocesan directory, there are at least 17 pastoral associates and administrators serving in the diocese.
10 years ago — Aug. 7, 2009
Coming from afar to proclaim the Good News
Even in Hawaii’s longstanding cultural melting pot, this is a first. A community of Indian nuns has made its home in Hilo.
The four sisters, members of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians, were invited last year to work in St. Joseph Parish by the previous pastor, Father Thomas Purayidathil.