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50 years ago — Nov. 5, 1971
Every year the Oahu Council of Holy Name Societies sponsors the annual “Meet The Bishop Banquet.” It is a time when Holy Name Members and their families get together to greet their Bishop.
This special event will be held at Paradise Park on Nov. 8, 1971, starting with no host cocktails at 6 p.m. followed by dinner.
Pictured: The Nov. 19, 1971, issue published a photo of Gordon E. Thomas from St. Ann Parish in Kaneohe receiving an award for 44 years of “active participation in the Holy Name Society” at the Meet-the-Bishop banquet mentioned above. (Photo: Jacques Matsumoto Photo)
25 years ago — Nov. 15, 1996
Bishop creates new post: Vicar of Ethnic Ministries
Sister Grace Dorothy Lim will coordinate pastoral plans of Hawaii’s immigrant Catholic communities
Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo has decided that, to “get serious” about the growing negative sentiment regarding immigrations in the country and the state, the diocese must put its own ethnic effort in order.
Toward this task, he has appointed Maryknoll Sister Grace Dorothy Lim to the newly-created post of Vicar of Ethnic Ministries, effective Jan. 15.
10 years ago — Nov. 11, 2011
The missionaries of Kauai
As the landscape of religious men and women on the Garden Isle changes, their generous spirit remains the same
As change is inevitable, many things continue to affect the circle of life and spiritual growth on the Garden island.
No longer are Sacred Hearts Fathers seen treading along unbeaten paths on horseback attending to their mission duties. Nor are there left any American Marist priests who for years manned most of the island’s parishes. No more are the summer catechetical visits of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Nor are there any Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary who replaced the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary at a couple of Kauai’s Catholic grade schools.
Their work has been passed on to others — local vocations, fine lay leaders, missionary women religious and clergy from afar.
