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50 years ago — May 26, 1972
MARIFEST ON MAUI—St. Anthony Intermediate and High School students honored the Mother of God on Maui. The Marian International Festival (MARIFEST) featured students dressed in ethnic clothing. Left to right, pictures feature some of the students. A Hawaiian cowboy (Jeff Alexander), a Portuguese girl (Rosemary Ferreira), Filipino Dancers (Leona Bissen, Charlene Long, and Michelle Meyer), an Indian girl (Emily DeCosta), a Portuguese Rancher (Cyrus Boteilho) and a Hawaiian Dancer (Celine Balthazar). There were costumes of almost every corner of the world worn by the students in honor of Mary.
25 years ago — May 30, 1997
This St. Philomena family foursome stays together by serving the Lord and vice versa
If you’re like most ‘90s families, you probably feel like you don’t have enough quality time with your loved ones. Well, to remedy that problem, the Sauders of St. Philomena decided to do something about it. …
Officially, Roy was the only one listed as a volunteer, but his two children Mical-Ryan and Shaun would often tag along to help. … It wasn’t long until eventually all four Sauders were at the church raking, mowing and sweeping. … From there the spirit of giving grew. Roy and Erin went on to become catechists, decoration committee members, Refoccus leaders, and Helping Hands coordinators. Mical-Ryan and Shaun also got bitten by the volunteer bug and joined the altar servers.
10 years ago — May 25, 2012
Blessed Marianne Parish in Rochester, N.Y., may be the first
A little more than an hour’s drive from the area where Blessed Marianne Cope grew up, a group of three upstate New York churches have recently come together to form what may be the first parish named after the future Franciscan saint.
The Parish of Blessed Marianne Cope in the Diocese of Rochester announced its new name last month.
“The people who suggested Blessed Marianne did so because she was a ‘local saint,’” said parish administrator Barbara Swiecki. “We as a parish seemed to model her charisms.”
