50 years ago – Feb. 15, 1963
These Cub Scouters received the Parvuli Dei Medal Sunday in ceremonies presided over by the Most Reverend John Scanlan, Auxiliary Bishop of Honolulu. Pictured with their leaders are: (Left to Right) Row 1: John Robello, Joseph Garcia, Lanford Sayson, Nick Pavia, Frederick Lau; Row 2: Claudio Casupang, Richard Gabatino, Michael Choy, Nelson Lee, Lawrence Stevens; Row 3: Aldon Arquette, Richard Akau, Garrett Wong, Terry Mullen, Thomas Yen.
25 years ago – Feb. 12, 1988
New parish community to hold town meeting to discuss future
The newly formed St. Jude Church in Makakilo is already showing that its parishioners have the strength and enthusiasm to stand on their own. The parish community, which was a mission of Immaculate Conception Church in Ewa since 1985, will hold a town meeting on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, at the Makakilo Recreation Center, following the Distribution of Ashes at 7 p.m.
The purpose of the town meeting, sponsored by the parish’s ad hoc committee for planning and renewal, is to provide a forum for the community’s concerns, visions and needs to plan for the parish’s future.
10 years ago – Feb. 14, 2003
Social ministry lies at heart of church’s mission, bishop tells parish workers
“The social mission is one of the best kept secrets in the Catholic Church,” one of the few bishops still alive who attended the Second Vatican Council sessions in Rome told a group of parish social ministry coordinators, Jan. 15.
Bishop Remi De Roo, bishop emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, spoke at a daylong seminar for the Office of Social Ministry at St. Stephen Diocesan Center, Kaneohe … Bishop De Roo was one of the youngest bishops to have attended Vatican II, the ecumenical council convened by Pope John XXIII 40 years ago …
Bishop De Roo was in Hawaii to give a weeklong retreat to the Carmelite Sisters at their monastery at the St. Stephen Diocesan Center.
