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50 years ago — June 22, 1973
TIT FOR TAT – Father Raymond Churchill, assistant pastor at Ketchikan, Alaska, and formerly of Waianae, Oahu, congratulates Father Keith Kenny (left) pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Sacramento upon receiving his “float rating.” Father Kenny is a commercial pilot, flight instructor, instrument flight instructor and a host of other qualifications, but he did not have a sea rating. Father Churchill, who was helped by Father Kenny in the past, assisted him in getting his sea rating for a single-engine aircraft. Father Churchill flies his own aircraft throughout his area to reach his Catholic flock scattered in small camps and villages.
25 years ago — June 26, 1998
Governor’s panel majority recommends doctor-assisted suicide, euthanasia for Hawaii
But minority says killing the patient is no substitute for proper end of life care
After a year of study, the majority of Gov. Ben Cayetano’s Blue Ribbon Panel of Living and Dying with Dignity have recommended that the state of Hawaii give doctors, under strict controls, the right to kill or assist in killing their terminally ill patients.
Minority panel members who objected to the recommendation said that killing one’s patient should not substitute for proper and adequate medical treatment, pain relief and alleviation of suffering at the end of life.
10 years ago — June 21, 2013
Military archdiocese seeks isle residents who knew saint candidate
The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, is proceeding with the cause for beatification of Maryknoll Father Vincent Robert Capodanno and is asking people who knew the priest during his short stay in the Islands to come forward and provide further information about him for possible beatification.
Father Capodanno was born Feb. 13, 1929, in Richmond County, N.Y. He entered the Maryknoll seminary in 1949 and was ordained on June 14, 1958. His first missionary assignment was Taiwan. After seven years, in March, 1965, he was sent to Hong Kong. In July, he asked his superiors for permission to volunteer as a military chaplain in Vietnam, with the Marine Corps. His request was granted on Aug. 13, 1965.
Father Capodanno served in Hawaii afterward for four months while awaiting the completion of background checks.
