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50 years ago — Aug. 17, 1973
HONOLULU—Four young men will be leaving next month for St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, California, for their final years of theology. The graduates from St. Stephen’s Seminary are (left to right): Richard Taylor, Chicago; Gary Secor, Kailua; Terry Watanabe and James Capili, Maui. All are studying for the Diocese of Honolulu.
St. Stephen’s Seminary is a college residence seminary for the Diocese of Honolulu on the Pali Highway and serves the growing needs of the Catholics of the State of Hawaii.
Editor’s Note: Gary Secor is now the vicar general for the Diocese of Honolulu and Terence Watanabe the pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Wailuku, Maui. Both have received the honorary title of Monsignor for their service in the diocese.
25 years ago — Aug. 21, 1998
On location in Kalawao
Despite its isolation and remoteness, the makers of the movie Father Damien knew that the only place to film it would be where the story actually took place
Things are different when you choose to shoot a film in Kalaupapa, especially when the story you aim to tell is the very one which made this isolated spit of Hawaiian soil one of the islands’ most extraordinary places.
Here, an international cast and crew of 135 have spent the last four months among Kalaupapa’s 124 residents making “Father Damien,” a full-length feature movie about Blessed Damien de Veuster’s 16-year ministry to the Hansen’s disease patients of Kalawao.
10 years ago — Aug. 2, 2013
A system seeking success
The quality of Catholic education gets better, as those who can afford it are fewer
With two years under his belt as superintendent for Hawaii Catholic schools, Michael Rockers has been getting a clearer view of the highlight and hardships in local Catholic education.
On the bright side, professional development for teachers and principals is progressing well with skills and leadership training. New technology is creating more dynamic curriculums. Catholic values are being fostered in students.
On the rough end, fewer students are benefiting from these good things. Enrollment is declining significantly.
