Religion Briefs
Support group for Mideast peace meets on Tuesday
A local church-based support group for the cause of peace in the Mideast will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at First Christian Church, 1516 Kewalo St. in Makiki.The Friends of Sabeel in Hawaii was organized after speaking appearances here last month by the Rev. Naim Ateek, an Episcopal priest from Palestine. Ateek is the founder of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem. The center works to unify religious leaders in efforts for justice and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
Marianist restructuring brings $1 million in grants
Three local Catholic schools will receive $1 million endowments as an effect of the reorganization of their founding religious order.Chaminade University, St. Louis School and St. Anthony Junior and Senior High School on Maui will be given the funds earmarked for students' financial aid.
The endowments were made as the Society of Mary announced the unification of the four Marianist provinces in the United States. The merger on July 1 will end the independent operation of the Marianist Province of the Pacific, which is establishing the scholarship funds.
Marianist missionaries came to Hawaii in 1883 from Dayton, Ohio. They undertook administration of the former College of St. Louis, which eventually was separated into the all-boys middle and high school, which retains the name, and Chaminade University.
Marianist priests and brothers also assumed administration of St. Anthony school in Wailuku in 1883.
Chaminade President Sue Wesselkamper said, "The Marianists, through their schools, have given Hawaii a significant educational resource and this gift will provide opportunities for many students to have access to this education."
Campus fairs scheduled in Manoa and Kailua
Tis the season for churches and schools to combine fun and fund-raising. Kailua and Manoa are the scenes of next weekend's fairs.A pony ride, a petting zoo and a rock-climbing wall are among the features planned for the St. Francis School Ohana Fair. It will be open from noon to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday on the school grounds at 2707 Pamoa Road. Hawaiian plate lunches will be on sale, as well as crafts, country store and white elephant items.
Bungee jumping and rock climbing are among the attractions that will be open at St. John Vianney School, 940 Keolu Drive, from 5 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Kamalamalama Brothers, Na Kane Nui, Ilona Irvine and other local entertainers will perform.
Survivors of '21 race riot get money from churches
TULSA, Okla. >> A Tulsa ministry has mailed reparation checks to 131 survivors of a 1921 race riot, most of whom were children when whites laid waste to black neighborhoods with guns and torches.The Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry Reparations Gift Fund this month disbursed $28,000 to the survivors of the 14-hour conflict. At least 38 people were killed, most of them black.
The ministry is supported by Unitarian Universalists, Conservative Jews, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Islamic Society of North America, the Roman Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church in America and other religious groups.
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