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50 years ago — Oct. 17, 1969
Bishop Scanlan Addresses Knights of Columbus
SERIOUS SUBJECT—Most Reverend John J. Scanlan, Bishop of Honolulu, pictured left, was the principal speaker at the annual Columbus Day banquet of the Knights of Columbus at the Willows Restaurant. He spoke on ecumenism and most major religions were represented in the audience. (Photo by Ted Wexler)
25 years ago — Oct. 7, 1994
Door-to-door Faith
Despite the burning sun and threatening dogs faithfully guarding their properties, the Maryknoll pastor Thomas Killackey and three parish women spent more than two hours knocking on the doors of 20 homes, spreading aloha, and listening to the stories and questions of the people they met. …
As pastor at Sacred Heart Waianae, he realized the need for evangelization when he was locating and helping inactive Catholics and the unchurched in the community. Two years ago he decided to gather a team of parishioners to join him.
10 years ago — Oct. 16, 2009
Hawaii Has A Saint!
Pope Benedict XVI placed Father Damien de Veuster in the company of the canonized saints on Oct. 11 in a glorious liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica attended by thousands of pilgrims from around the world.
Eleven patient-residents of Kalaupapa, and hundreds of other Hawaii travelers, were on hand to witness the event that had been longed for ever since the famed Belgian missionary to Hawaii’s Hansen’s disease patients died on Molokai 120 years ago.
