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50 years ago — Dec. 4, 1970
A CHAPTER FROM HAWAII’S CATHOLIC PAST — This church was dedicated in 1899. It was the third church to serve the faithful in this district. It stood until 1933 when a newer and more substantial church replaced this frame building. What is the name of this church, where was it located, who built it? Here is a hint: Father Ulrich added the porch to the church as seen in the above photo.
Answer: St. John the Baptist Church in Kalihi
25 years ago — Dec. 15, 1995
Medical missionaries
Two Lanikai doctors say that, in bringing help to the world’s less fortunate, they gain much more
The Catholic Medical Mission Boards sent [Drs. Roger and Maria Brault] to Haiti, Colombia, Guatemala, Borneo and Calcutta. The experiences changed their perspectives about the issues of life, death, patience and poverty. …
It was while they were on a tour of duty in Haiti that the Braults encountered what they felt was a healthy perspective toward death. A 12- or 13-year-old boy was carried on a litter to their little clinic on a Haiti mountain. … The family didn’t try to escape the boy’s death. … The boy did not fear the death because there was no sense of hysteria surrounding it. …This was a message Maria and Roger wanted to bring home to Hawaii.
When the Braults returned … they worked for two years to found Hospice Hawaii, to spread the word that dying with dignity was a positive alternative to artificially sustain life in the face of a terminal illness.
Editor’s Note: Hospice Hawaii is now known as Navian Hawaii and recently honored Roger Brault as the 2020 Philanthropist of the Year. Maria Brault died in 1999.
10 years ago — Dec. 10, 2010
Diocese adjusts status of Latin Mass community
Bishop Silva names a chaplain on Maui, a pastor on Oahu
The Latin Mass of 1962 is receiving increased recognition from the Diocese of Honolulu. Bishop Larry Silva has named a chaplain on Maui for a community of adherents to the “extraordinary form” of the Mass, commonly called the Tridentine Mass, and a pastor on Oahu. Both are first time positions. …
Father Nguyen said the Tridentine community has 75-100 members from all over Oahu.
