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50 years ago: April 30, 1971
The Many Men Behind the Chaplains at Hickam Air Force Base
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii—Ever attend church, watch how smoothly the service goes and wonder how it happens?
The Chaplain Services Personnel at Hickam Air Force Base know what keeps the service moving, because it’s their job.
Pictured: Staff Sergeant Robert M. Gibbs prepares the accounts for one of the numerous Chaplain’s Funds at Hickam Air Force. Sergeant Gibbs is responsible for maintaining the Chaplain’s Funds in accordance with Air Force Regulations. (U.S. Air Force Photo)
25 years ago: May 3, 1996
Real nuns on reel nuns
With the recent Academy Award-winning movie “Dead Man Walking” being touted as Hollywood’s most true-to-life portrayal of a nun to come along in a while, the Hawaii Catholic Herald thought it should ask a few local sisters if they would agree. We called Maryknoll Sister Sandra Galazin, Daughter of St. Paul Sister Ancilla Christine Hirsch and Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Patty Chang … Being modern-day nuns, each had already seen the movie.
Catholic Herald writer Tarre Beach had also, so they all went straight to a downtown restaurant and engaged in the conversation below.
10 years ago: April 29, 2011
Mother of missing person returns to Kauai to continue search
Patricia Marks, whose son disappeared on Kauai in November 2005, was back on the island in April after she learned that two unidentified bodies had been found recently by hikers. Neither turned out to be her son, Daniel J. Marks, who was 24 when he went missing.
So Patricia Marks, a parishioner of St. Rose Catholic Church in Girard, Ohio, called the Hawaii Catholic Herald to ask if it would remind its readers that the case remains unsolved and that she continues to search for answers.
Editor’s Note: The fate of Daniel Marks is still unknown.