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50 years ago — Jan. 14, 1972
AFTER NOON MASS ON UH CAMPUS—University of Hawaii students rap with Father Frank Parker, S.J., (left) of the Newman Center, and Father Thomas C. Kuriacose, S.J., Ceylonese Student Association chaplain (center), who is visiting the East-West Center and Newman Center following a tour of Mainland university student groups. (Photo Newman Center)
25 years ago — Jan. 24, 1997
Early learning success story
The numbers are in and the news is good. Hawaii Catholic pre-schools enjoyed a growth spurt last year with an enrollment increase of 14 percent.
Paralleling mainland trend, Hawaii Catholic pre-schools is the only segment of Catholic education that saw a significant increase over the past several years. By comparison, Catholic elementary and high school enrollment on average — some have done very well, others poorly — has been slowly sliding downward.
10 years ago — Jan. 20, 2012
Waikiki parishioner leaves a quarter million to isle priests, religious
A quiet, unassuming parishioner of St. Augustine Church in Waikiki who died in 20210 has given hundreds of priests, brothers and sisters in Hawaii each a sizable monetary gift from his trust fund.
The late Hugh Brown, a native of New York who relocated to Hawaii in the 1970s, left more than a quarter of a million dollars which was distributed in December equally among 293 priest and religious who were serving in Hawaii at the time he died. Each received an individual check for $993.18.