Hawaii Catholic Herald

Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu

Heralding back: Sept. 23, 2016

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Sept. 30, 1966 St. Joseph’s graduate Mrs. Rosebella Kealoha (third from left) eagerly points out the banner of her alma mater held by Sister M. Ancilla, as Craig Carvalho of this year’s class, Sister M. Thomasine of ’51 and Alfred R. Moniz of ’29 look on with […]

Heralding back; Sept. 9, 2016

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Sept. 16, 1966 Compassionate words from the Holy Father will undoubtedly live long in the memory of this father and his little daughter afflicted with polio. (NC Photo) 25 years ago — Sept. 13, 1991 ‘How good it is’ “Ecce quam bonum … How good it is […]

Heralding back; Aug. 26, 2016

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Aug. 26, 1966 Three Sisters of the Marist Missionary Sisters community arrived this week to lay the groundwork for the new Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ewa Beach. Meeting the sisters upon their arrival were Father Bernard Eikmeier, pastor of Ewa Beach, and Sister Mary […]

Heralding back: Aug. 12, 2016

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Aug. 12, 1966 Six Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, all island-born, made their final profession in ceremonies at St. Theresa’s Church last Saturday. Presiding at the profession was the Most Reverend John J. Scanlan, Auxiliary Bishop of Honolulu. Also present were Sister Regina Catherine, C.S.J. (fourth […]

Heralding back: July 29, 2016

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — July 29, 1966 The Sisters of the Sacred Hearts, the first religious community of nuns to enter Hawaii, have modified their religious habit effective this weekend. The new habit will be without the present cape and the headpiece with veil has been simplified. Also the embroidered emblem […]

Heralding back: July 15, 2016

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  NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — July 22, 1966 Miss Suzanne Nitta, a junior of Maryknoll High School, is conducting research as an apprentice to Dr. Thomas C. Cheng of the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii. Suzanne was selected to participate in the Hawaii Junior Science Apprenticeship Program on […]

Heralding back: July 1. 2016

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  NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — July 1, 1966 Donald W. C. Won of Waipahu, a former Army Communications supervisor has been accepted as a full-time student and prospective candidate for a degree. A career Army man who retired with the rank of sergeant first class last December, Won is the first […]

Heralding back: Meeting the champ

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Sister Therese, a Sister of St. Francis of Christian Charity and seventh grade teacher of Cathedral School, grasps one of the most powerful hands in the world when Muhammad Ali greeted her class in downtown Honolulu in February of 1980. The meeting took place on the corner of King and Punchbowl Streets outside Honolulu Hale, […]

Heralding back: June 17. 2016

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50 years ago — June 17, 1966 Madonna, child to appear on Christmas postage stamp For the first time in the history of the U.S. Post Office Department, a postage stamp will depict the Madonna and Child. In announcing the design of the 1966 Christmas postage stamp, Postmaster General Lawrence F. O’Brien said the five-cent […]

Heralding back: April 22, 2016

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NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — April 29, 1966 Maryknoll Grade School students Daniel Druecker and Diantha Goo receive Governor Burns’ congratulations as the Building Fund Drive for the new school at Maryknoll gets under way. The children are selling the World’s Finest Chocolate. (Craig Stevens Photo) 25 years ago — April 26, […]