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50 years ago — Nov. 7, 1969
CMSM OFFICERS – Region Five of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men met this week at St. Patrick’s Monastery. Region Five embraces the western states and Hawaii. Host for this November meeting was Very Rev. Harold Meyer, SS.CC. … This meeting covered a great number of topics, such as seminary education, religious training in spirituality, priesthood in crisis, celibacy and poverty. Most Reverend John J. Scanlan, (left) Bishop of Honolulu, addressed the group Tuesday afternoon.
25 years ago — Nov. 4, 1994
Mary Jane Center staff changing but its mission to help young girls in trouble remains the same
Mary Jane Center is a place of caring and hope for young women who face pregnancy alone.
Thanks to dedicated staff of Catholic Charities Catholic Services to Families division, the residents find far more than a residential facility. They find a place of refuge and a home full of enduring love that nourishes the spirit and strengthens the body.
Until this past week, the center had been run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. On Oct. 31, they handed over the impressive 17-year legacy of administration to a totally lay staff.
10 years ago — Nov. 13, 2009
St. Damien’s relic is carried down the Kalaupapa trail for a final Molokai visit
In a symbolic journey recalling the countless treks made by Father Damien de Veuster up and down the sea cliffs two centuries before this time it was the Damien students and three Molokai youth who took turns carrying Damien on their backs, stopping every few switchbacks to hand off the brown backpack containing the wooden relic box in which St. Damien’s foot bone was tucked. …
Relic bearer and the backpack’s owner, Kamalani Bicoy, 16, found his early morning experience oddly dreamlike.
“It was pretty weird to just put Damien in my bag and walk around with him on my back,” he said.
