HAWAII MY FAITH REPRINT In homes, schools, parks Kathleen T. Choi examines The Hawaii Catholic Herald and mini-pilgrimages, the servanthood in her latest is celebrating its 75th Catholics’ favorite devotion is column, “While we’re anniversary. Here’s what we as popular as ever in Hawaii. downstairs.” looked like back then. Page 7 Page 21 Page 24 HawaiiVOLUME 74, NUMBER 22 CatholicFRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011 Herald$1 A good priest Msgr. Daniel J. Dever, who served as superintendent of Hawaii Catholic schools for 42 years, dies By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald sgr. Daniel J. Dever, Hawaii’s former superintendent of MCatholic schools who held the job for a record-breaking 42 years serving under four bishops and five popes, died on Oct. 19 at Pohai Nani Care Center in Kaneohe after a lengthy illness. He was 14 days shy of his 86th birthday and a priest of the Diocese of Honolulu for 59 years. More than a school system administrator, Msgr. De- ver served Hawaii as a philosopher, an ethicist, a vision- ary, a lover of art, an advocate for justice and a spokes- man for peace. He was also a spiritual director, a pastor, a Newman Club director, and chaplain and gardener for Oahu’s community of Carmelite nuns. His tenure rode the tide of major transitions in the church, through the momentous changes brought by the Second Vatican Council and the transformation of Hawaii’s Catholic School system from the responsibility of religious congregations to mostly that of lay educa- tors. In 1994, Hawaii’s Buddhists named him a “Living Treasure of Hawaii.” Daniel Joseph Dever was born on Nov. 2, 1925, in Sea Isle, N.J., the son of a boat builder. He had five Continued on page 3 HCH file photo 2 HAWAII HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • OCTOBER 28, 2011 Official Notices Getting themselves oriented Hawaii Bishop’s schedule Catholic October 28, 8:30 am, Mass for Maryknoll Herald Class of 1953, St. Ann Parish, Kaneohe Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu October 28-29, Diocesan Pastoral Council, St. Founded in 1936 Stephen Diocesan Center (SSDC), Kaneohe. Published every other Friday October 29, 5:00 pm, Mass and Celebration PUBLISHER Bishop Larry Silva for 85th Anniversary of Holy Rosary Parish, Paia. (808) 585-3356 October 30, 7:30 am, Mass and Celebration [email protected] for 85th Anniversary of Holy Rosary Parish, Paia; EDITOR 1:00 pm, Mass at Neocatechumenate Retreat, Patrick Downes Royal Lahaina Resort, Kaanapali. (808) 585-3317 [email protected] November 1, 9:30 am, Bishop’s Administrative REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER Advisory Council, Chancery, downtown Honolulu; Darlene J.M. 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Please correct my name. 10 years ago: Oct. 26, 2001 Please correct my ad- Co-cathedral Forever Young group brings together the dress. We are receiving two spry in spirit copies. Please cancel this “Forgetfulness!” one. That was the quick answer one woman gave to the question, “What Please cancel this sub- 50 years ago: Oct. 20, 1961 are you worried about now-a-days?” posed by the parish nurse during scription. the late morning gathering of the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa’s Forever MAIL TO His Excellency John Joseph Mitty (left), Archbishop of San Francis- Young group Oct. 18. Donna Aquino Hawaii Catholic Herald co, who died last Sunday, is shown on a 1946 visit to Hawaii. Pictured Everybody laughed. Heartily. Knowingly. with him are His Eminence, Amleto Cardinal Cicognani, former Apos- 1184 Bishop Street You must be at least 55-years-old to join Forever Young, the brain- Honolulu, HI 96813 tolic Delegate to the United States and now Papal Secretary of State, child of Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Kathleen Marie Shields. and His Excellency Most Rev. James J. Sweeney, Bishop of Honolulu. QUESTIONS? It’s a social group, a support group, with light education, a light Call Donna, 585-3321 The late Archbishop and the Apostolic Delegate visited here on the lunch, and fun and games thrown in. And it’s free. dual occasion of a special Damien celebration and the Centennial of “It’s about time we give back to the folks who built our parish,” Sis- the Church on Maui. ter Kathleen explains. OCTOBER 28, 2011 • HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD LOCAL 3 Msgr. Dever served as superintendent of Hawaii Catholic schools for 42 years Continued from page 1 brothers and three sisters. Because his town did not have a Catholic school, he received a public grade school education be- fore enrolling at the Pontifical Jo- sephinum Seminary in Worthing- ton, Ohio. Josephinum was a Vatican- run U.S. seminary that trained its graduates to serve in dio- ceses across America that needed priests. A recruiting visit to the semi- nary by Honolulu Bishop James J. Sweeney while Dever was a stu- dent there convinced him to sign up for Hawaii. He joked in a 1965 interview that he chose Honolulu “because I thought it was less likely to mean an office assignment.” Before that he was considering Salt Lake City. Father Dever was ordained on June 7, 1952, by Archbishop Am- leto G. Cigcongnani, the apostolic delegate to the United States who would later become the Vatican Secretary of State.