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HAWAII HAWAII HAWAII NATION The church responds to the Big Pentecost is here: Kids answer: Why do you Speaker Paul Ryan gives needs of those displaced by confirmation to be given to want to be confirmed? What House chaplain the volcanic eruption second graders does it mean to you? his job back Page 3 Pages 9 Page 10-11 Page 15 HVOLUME 81,awaii NUMBER 10 CatholicFRIDAY, MAY 18, 2018 Herald$1 HCH photo | Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP The students, faculty and staff of St. Anthony School in Kalihi pose on campus for a group photo. After educating children in the heart of Kalihi for 90 years, the school is closing on June 1. After 90 years, St. Anthony School in Kalihi is closing By Sister Malia Dominica economic realities have forced it Profita Espiritu’s son attended Wong, OP, and Patrick Downes to close. St. Anthony from kindergarten Hawaii Catholic Herald The present number of stu- through eighth grade. She called dents is 76. the school “the best” for elemen- After 90 years, a hush will fall Nevertheless, “the family spir- tary education. The religious de- over St. Anthony School in Ka- it is very strong,” said Principal velopment of the students “really lihi. Sister Victoria Lavente, a Sister stands out,” she said. “The noise and laughter of the of St. Paul of Chartres, and the For Espiritu, who has lived children will be missed,” said Fa- students prepared to move for- across from the school since ther Arnel Soriano, pastor of St. ward. 1996, St. Anthony was her “sec- Anthony Church in Kalihi, when “We know everybody from ond home.” the parish school shuts its doors their dogs and cats to their Blythe Gascon, the school’s for the last time on June 1. grandmothers and uncles,” she athletic director, coach, physical Sadly for the urban neighbor- said. “We breathe in and out the education teacher and computer hood school on Puuhale Road, family. If we see one child, we teacher, was born and raised in whose students, parents, teach- know who the parents are. If we the parish. She has worked at ers and staff had grown into a see parents, we know who their the school for 26 years. Her old- HCH photo | Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP tight-knit family even as its en- child is. Everyone is known by est son graduated from there. The Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres of St. Anthony School, Sister Jennifer rollment continued to shrink, name.” “News of the closing broke my Dayday, Sister Victoria Lavente and Sister Ana De La Cruz. The students are smart, she heart,” Gascon said. “It is hard to said. understand progress at times. “Because we have prepared But the decision was made and built an eight-room school build- Family School near the airport our children very well, they will God must have a reason.” ing and converted another struc- and St. John the Baptist School excel academically in their new ture into a convent for seven in Kalihi Uka helped relieve it of schools,” she said. Ninety years ago Maryknoll sisters. some of its enrollment. It even- And courteous, she added. Ninety years ago, on Sept. 4, When it became evident the tually returned to single grades “Our children know how to 1928, Sacred Hearts Father Hu- convent was too small, a bigger and its original function, to care say, ‘Please.’ ‘Thank you.’ ‘You are bert Nijs, then pastor of St. An- one was erected and blessed in for the children of St. Anthony welcome.’ ‘I am sorry.’ ‘And for- thony Parish, opened the doors 1931, followed by a new school Parish. give me.’ Our children remember of the parish school to 130 first cafeteria. The early success of the school that God is always with them, no and second graders. The teach- The school’s tremendous was attributed to the enthusiasm matter what happens in life.” ers, Maryknoll Sister Tarcisius growth in its early years neces- of the first pastor, Father Nijs, Seventh- and eighth-grade and Maryknoll Sister Callista, sitated the constant addition of considered a pioneer of Hawaii teacher Sister Jennifer Dayday, taught classes in a converted new classrooms. In 1947, work parochial schools, his successors, also a Sister of St. Paul of Char- parish hall, the parish’s only began on the present three- and the family spirit of parishio- tres, agrees about the family available building. story concrete building with its ners. spirit. There was no convent. The nine classrooms, library, refer- The Maryknoll Sisters left in “You can really see that every- sisters commuted daily from ence and visual aid supply room, 1971, replaced by the Congrega- one is ready to support each oth- their home at Maryknoll School, meeting room, auditorium and tion of the Religious of the Virgin er,” she said. “If a student needs Punahou. two offices. Mary from the Philippines. The help, even if it is not their own The following September, St. Anthony School was burst- RVM sisters, as they were called, classmate, students will run to thanks to the energies of the ing at the seams in the mid- offer assistance.” Holy Name Society, the parish 1950s when the opening of Holy Continued on page 5 2 HAWAII HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • MAY 18, 2018 Hawaii Catholic Herald Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu Founded in 1936 Published every other Friday PUBLISHER Bishop Larry Silva (808) 585-3356 Bishop’s page [email protected] EDITOR Patrick Downes (808) 585-3317 [email protected] ADVERTISING Shaina Caporoz (808) 585-3328 Bishop [email protected] CIRCULATION Larry Silva Donna Aquino WITNESS TO JESUS | SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (808) 585-3321 [email protected] HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD (ISSN-10453636) Periodical postage Fire and knives paid at Honolulu, Hawaii. Published ev- ery other week, 26 issues a year, by the This is the text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily write letters to me. Some of you mentioned virtue, so you need to learn ways to protect Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii, 1184 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI for the feast of the Ascension of the Lord, given in your letters that it is a struggle to go to yourselves or to get rid of the fruits of your 96813. May 12 and 13 at St. Ann Church, Kaneohe, Mass sometimes. There are a couple of de- “mistakes.” With faith you will be able to han- ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION RATES and St. Philomena Church, Salt Lake, parishes mons called “laziness” and “boredom” that dle these wily serpents and to dedicate your Hawaii: $28 where he also administered the sacrament of convince us that we do not really need to go. sexuality to the healthy way God meant it to Mainland: $32 confirmation. 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You can heal them with Hawaii Catholic Herald 1184 Bishop St. be dangerous to life and property, and playing to do his saving work. We celebrate today his your loving and caring touch by letting them Honolulu, HI 96813 with sharp knives is not usually good for our ascension into heaven, but he is the living know that, even though life can sometimes PHONE health either. However, I notice signs around bread come down from heaven, who is physi- be difficult, there is always joy in living it, be- (808) 585-3300 town for a fire-knife competition that will be cally present so that he can come into us in an cause God’s love is always there for us and it FAX taking place soon and that will provide quite intimate way to show us his love. If we have is made concrete in our love for one another. (808) 585-3381 a spectacle to those who attend. Of course, faith, we can drive out the demons that cover Those fire-knife dancers do a dangerous WEBSITE those who compete know what they are do- our eyes to see only the outward realities, so thing, and after their teachers and coaches www.hawaiicatholicherald.com ing. They have had years of training and prac- that we can see that here, in a special way, we have helped them develop all the skills they E-MAIL tice that has made what is dangerous to the who are still on earth can be united to heaven. need, they give them sharp knives and light [email protected] rest of us an art that is not so dangerous to Some of you mentioned that you would not them up, and then let them go at it on their NEWS DEADLINES Nine days before publication date.

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