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50 years ago — March 31, 1967
Pope Paul VI, announcing April 9 as World Day of Prayer for Vocations, asks parents and pastors whether they are watchful for the signs of a religious vocation among those entrusted to their care. Here the shepherd talks with some of his worldwide flock, for whose future he is always concerned.
25 years ago — March 27, 1992
‘Damien of Molokai, Servant of Humanity’
It is virtually certain now that Father Damien de Veuster, the Belgian Sacred Hearts missionary who gave the last 16 years of his life to the Hansen’s disease patients of Molokai more than 100 years ago, will be beatified. The ceremony will probably take place next year in Rome.
The possibility of beatification, the final major step before being named a saint, became a reality with the surprise Vatican approval last Dec. 5 of a century-old case of a physical healing attributed to the intercession of Father Damien.
An international commission created to prepare for the beatification met earlier this month and plans to issue its report in the first part of April.
10 years ago — March 23, 2007
Sister Celeste Cabral to make final vows as a Benedictine
She is Benedictine Sister Celeste Mahealani Lucille Cabral. But call her Sister “CC.” Everyone else does.
On March 25, at the Benedictine Monastery in Waialua, wearing a haku lei and a pink floral Princess Kaiulani muumuu, Sister CC will profess her final vows, her permanent commitment to God to a life of poverty, chastity and obedience as a religious sister. …
She is joyfully embracing religious life at age 45, the product of a past filled with both turmoil and grace, happily anticipating God’s unfolding plan.
“I know in my heart God is preparing me for something mighty,” she said. …
Celeste was raised in Kailua, Oahu, with brothers Brian and Jeff, and sisters Jeannine, Michele and Kimberly.
