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50 years ago — Oct. 8, 1971
Youth of St. Patrick’s Observe Marian Rally
About 500 parents and friends united with the youth of St. Patrick School and parish in response to our Bishop’s request for the observance of International Youth and Children’s Day. Everyone joined in the public recitation of the rosary as they marched in procession to the Church for the Liturgy. All sang with heartfelt fervor favorite old-time hymns honoring our Lady, such as, “Hymn to Our Lady of the Rosary Of Fatima,” “Sing Of Mary,” “The Angel’s Prayer,” and “Mother Beloved.”
25 years ago — Oct. 4, 1996
Bishop creates team to address future of Maui Catholic schools
The team that Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo established last month to address problems in Maui Catholic Schools has already received “very helpful and very encouraging” responses from the community, its chairman said. …
Dropping enrollment and escalating debt for certain Maui Catholic schools prompted the bishop to form a study team to examine the situation and recommend solutions. …
Maui has four Catholic elementary schools and one Catholic junior-senior high school.
Editor’s Note: St. Joseph School in Makawao, Maui, downsized from a grade school to an early learning center. In 2011, Christ the King School in Kahului, Maui, did the same.
10 years ago —Sept. 30, 2011
Officials told post office is vital for Kalaupapa residents
When United States Postal Service (USPS) representatives asked Kalaupapa residents for a show of hands of those who use their tiny post office every day, almost every hand in McVeigh Hall rose in support. …
Over 50 of Kalaupapa’s 100 residents showed up to defend their post office — one of four in the state selected in July for possible closure due to a national USPS financial crisis. Jodi Nascimento, USPS Honolulu district manager of operations, said the settlement’s turnout spoke volumes about just how important the post office is to residents of the isolated peninsula where St. Damien once labored. …
Residents were alarmed when they recently received letters from the USPS explaining that in the event of post-office closure, they could use one of the four post offices on topside Molokai just a “short” distance away.
In reality, explained Mark Miller, Department of Health Kalaupapa administrator, the nearest post office topside is a 2,000-foot pali hike or $500 air ticket away.
Editor’s Note: The Kalaupapa post office remains open to this day.
