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50 years ago — Oct. 3, 1969
Bishop Offers First Mass in Sts. Peter and Paul Church
FIRST MASS – The faithful filled the new Sts. Peter and Paul Church on the day of dedication and assisted at the Mass. This is the view of some of the people in a prayerful moment, the consecration.
25 years ago — Oct. 7, 1994
It’s official, he’s here to stay
Pope John Paul II named Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu. Bishop DiLorenzo has been apostolic administrator for the diocese for the past year.
The announcement was made in Washington on Oct. 4 by Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan, the papal pro-nuncio to the United States.
10 years ago — Oct. 2, 2009
A little overwhelming
Life has changed for the retired teacher whose cancer cure led to Father Damien’s canonization
In her 44 years as a teacher, Audrey Toguchi, now retired, doled out a lot of advice to her students. Since she was publicly identified in April 2008 as the woman whose cancer cure the Vatican declared as a second miracle needed to make Father Damien a saint, she finds herself in the role of advisor again.
This time she is counseling people who find her unlisted telephone number, who approach her in stores, who write her letters, or who contact her through others. …
“You have people who have problems and they just need to be reassured that God is there for them,” she said in a phone conversation Sept. 16.