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Joaquin Flores Sablan
Wartime Protestant Minister. Joaquin Flores Sablan (1912 – 1993) lived a long life and cherished his career as a school teacher before and after World
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Mary Essie Underwood
Mary Essie Underwood (1906-1998), also known as Sister Mary Inez, was one of the first three Sisters of Mercy from North Carolina who came to
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Father Callistus Lopinot
Father Callistus Lopinot (1876 – 1996) was a German Capuchin missionary in the Marianas at the beginning of the 20th century.
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Monsignor Oscar Calvo
CHamoru patriot priest. On 10 January 1942, all foreign Catholic missionaries in Guam were sent by the Japanese occupying forces to prisoner of war camps
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Origin of the CHamoru Protestant Congregation in Guam
The first Protestant missionaries in Guam were two Chamorro brothers, Jose and Luis Custino, who came to the island from` in 1899. The Custino brothers’
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Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart
Although their tenure was but a brief one, the Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart have the distinction of being the first community of Catholic
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Father Roman de Vera
Pioneer promoter of the CHamoru language. Father Roman Maria de Vera (1878 – 1959), a Catholic missionary on Guam from 1915 until 1941, was one
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Father Marcian Pellet
Father Marcian Pellet (1909 – 1996), OFM Cap. was a Capuchin missionary, artist, sculptor, and amateur archaeologist. He spent 57 years dedicated to the Catholic
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Father Jesus Baza Duenas
Father Jesus Baza Duenas (1911 – 1944) was the second CHamoru to be ordained a priest. He led the Catholic Church during the Japanese occupation