St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii has selected Anita Pangan, an office clerk at St. Francis Hospice-The Sister Maureen Keleher Center in Nuuanu, as its first recipient of the Employee of the Quarter award.

Pangan, a Kuliouou Valley resident, started at St. Francis in 1988 as a certified nurse aide. She has also worked as a home health aide and nurse technician. Devoted to St. Francis Hospice, Pangan says working at hospice has been her calling.

“There is no greater reward than having a dying person, try with all the strength they have left to squeeze your hand to say ‘thank you.’ That’s when I know I‘ve made someone’s last days very peaceful,” she said.

“She is the heart of hospice,” said outgoing business services manager Debby Theis, who nominated Pangan for the award.

St. Anthony High to honor alums

St. Anthony Jr./Sr. High School in Wailuku will induct five graduates into its 2007 Alumni Hall of Fame during the school’s June 30 Hoolaulea celebration. The alumni will be celebrated the following day at the 7 a.m. Mass, July 1, in St. Anthony Church.

The inductees are Edwina Wilson-Snyder, Class of 1958, Distinguished Alumnus; Keith Moniz, Class of 1976, Community Service Award; Patrick Carvalho, Class of 1985, St. Anthony Service Award; Allen Duarte, Class of 1981, Outstanding Athlete Award; and James Takamiya, Guardian Angel Award.

After Mass, the new principal Father James Orsini, who is also a former St. Anthony teacher, will be welcomed at a buffet breakfast in the Trojan Café (Marian Hall). Call Janice Pruett or Miriam Kahalekai at 244-4975 for more information.

Chaminade joins Alliance

Chaminade University of Honolulu has been accepted into the Leadership Alliance, a prestigious national consortium of 33 institutions of higher learning, including Brown, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and Yale Universities, that develops underrepresented students into leaders in academia, business and the public sector.

“The Leadership Alliance will help our university to network with leading research institutions across the country,” said Patricia Lee-Robinson, Chaminade’s Alliance coordinator, giving students the opportunity to conduct research at more than 20 mainland institutions.

Gurian Institute postponed

The two Gurian Institute events sponsored by St. Louis School scheduled for July 17-19, have been postponed until further notice. Those already registered for the “Nurture the Nature” presentation or the “Boys and Girls Learn Differently” two-day training will have first priority once they are rescheduled. Call St. Louis School at 739-7777 for more information.

Videos now on Herald website

If you want “moving” visual and audible accounts of recent stories and events in the life of the Catholic Church in Hawaii, be sure to check out the videos on the Hawaii Catholic Herald website, www.hawaiicatholicherald.com.

The Herald has been adding videos — most around five minutes long and recorded by veteran Hawaii television producers Venny and Jessica Villapando — to its website over the past several months.

The titles include: “Vigil to Save Darfur,” “Jesuit Ministry in Hawaii,” “Chrism Mass,” “Final Profession of Sister Celeste Cabral,” “Ordination of Oahu Permanent Deacons,” “Funeral of Father James Berry,” “Parish Outreach at Kakaako Homeless Shelter,” “Hale Kau Kau at St Theresa, Kihei,” “Office for Social Ministry in Hilo,” “Historic Catholic Churches in Ilocos, Philippines,” and “The Hymn: Damien the Blessed.”

Soon to be added will be videos on the June 8 priestly ordinations of Fathers Paul Li, Peter Miti and Cletus Mooya, and the June 10 Corpus Christi procession.

To view the videos, go to www.hawaiicatholicherald.com and click on “Video Galleries” listed under “Media Galleries.”

The Villapandos are parishioners of the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa Parish in Honolulu. For many years they independently produced the local cultural television show Island Beat.