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50 years ago — Aug. 2, 1968
Before Father Comes
Left, Emmett Devin as Valere enjoys a stolen moment with the miser’s daughter, Elise (right), played by Andrea Anderson, while her trusted maid, Brindavoine, starring Stephanie Hall, tries to separate the couple before Elise’s father arrives on the scene in the Chaminade College production of Moliere’s The Miser which opened last night at the Sacred Hearts Academy Auditorium on Waialae and Sixth Avenues. Part of the College’s 1968 Summer Theatre Workshop Comedy Festival, The Miser, rewritten by director Dr. John Hurd, is offered in a new American version. (Photo by Blanche Kort)
25 years ago — Aug. 13, 1993
Big Island, Big Hearts
By Patricia Tossey
Carol Ignacio is the backbone of Hawaii Island Social Ministry or HISM. She’s a tireless dynamo with a neighbor island state of mind, juggling dozens of projects and programs with an easygoing warmth and grace. …
One thing about the Big Island – it’s BIG. Carol has already clocked an amazing 35,000 miles on a one-year-old car. That’s nearly 100 a day, weekends included. My day and a half with Carol added a few hundred more.
10 years ago — Aug. 22, 2008
Four deacons emerge from the Micronesian community
Four Chuukese permanent deacons who have been living and working in Hawaii have recently been assigned by Bishop Larry Silva to serve the rising number of Micronesian Catholics living in Hawaii.
Deacons Julio Akapito, Misa Sewen, Peter Soumwei and Chitaro William have begun to look into and help with parish ministries such as marriage and baptism preparation, assisting at Masses said in the Chuukese language, and collecting census data from Micronesian Catholics in the hope of incorporating them into full parish life.