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50 years ago — Oct. 15, 1971
St. Louis Re-enters Swimming Competition
A two-sport All-American who was recently inducted into the rather exclusive Loyola University Hall of Fame has been named to direct St. Louis High School’s re-entry into ILH swimming competition.
Chicago-born Ronald Koehler, a former All-American swimmer and water polo player during his undergraduate years at Loyola, will coach the first Crusader swim team to be fielded in five years. St. Louis withdrew from varsity swimming five years ago because of a lack of nearby practice facilities.
25 years ago — Oct. 18, 1996
Baptizing babies
Full-immersion and Sunday Mass celebrations make for a more expressive rite
Baptizing babies in Hawaii is becoming a wetter and more public affair as the meaning of the sacrament is expressed in more visible, tangible ways. …
Baptism used to be routinely administered as a “private” ceremony of family and friends. While this still happens in island parishes, the church’s Rite for Baptism of Children clearly encourages baptism during a Sunday Mass so that “the community may be present and the relationship between baptism and Eucharist may be clearly seen.” …
Less common, but definitely catching on, is baptism by full immersion.
10 years ago — Oct. 14, 2011
Damien going co-ed called ‘right decision, right time’
On the Monday morning after the Friday afternoon announcement that Damien Memorial School is going co-ed next year, admissions director Brent Limos received two requests for applications for girls. By the end of Tuesday, he had 13 inquiries.
The man in charge of bringing girls into the school said he was excited and cautiously optimistic” at the prospect of a “new Damien.”
Damien Memorial president Bernard Ho made the surprise announcement on Sept. 30. The school, in the heart of Kalihi, has been an all-boys institution since its founding as a four-year high school by the Christian Brothers in 1962.
Damien will accept girls in grades six through nine for the fall 2012 semester. The plan is to have all grades through grade 12 integrated by 2015.
“Enrollment was a component of it,” Ho told the Hawaii Catholic Herald. “We were on a downward cycle.”
