← History
We started this document to gather facts about MSS. If anyone has any information please let us know. The hope is that this document will aggregate a lot of information and eventually be finalized into an authoritative record for the community.
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1935 - Sacred Heart Church Completed with Fr. Elias (1926), Fr. Marino (1921), Br. Emilio (1921)
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1944 - Fr. Elias, Fr. Marino, Br. Emilio taken by Japanese military to Ngatpang. Indalecio Rudimch, who used to bring food to them, could not locate them and all he got from the Japanese was "the matter of the priests is ended".
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1946 - Fr. Juan Bizkarra (Padre Huan) and Br. Juan Ariceta arrived to rebuild.
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1947 - Church is repaired.
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1947 - Quonset hut (currently the auditorium) erected. Catechism classes started there.
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1947 - A young Palauan woman (? Sr. Johanna or Sr. Elena ?) soon to enter the Mercedarians started teaching kindergarten and first grade to children in the quonset hut.
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1948 - Maryknoll sisters arrived and begun formal classes in the quonset hut. This marked the revival of catholic schools after 33 years (since 1915).
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1950 - School is now called Mindszenty School and is in full operation with grades 1-6 in the quonset hut.
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1951 May - First graduates from Mindszenty School at 6th grade.
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1957 - Maris Stella School established to cover elementary (grades 1-6), allowing Mindszenty to cover intermediate (grades 7-9). A Maryknoll sister was the first principal and 6 lay teachers.
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1958 - First graduating class of MSS at 6th grade.
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1958/59 - Four Mercedarian sisters (includes Sr. Johanna and Sr. Elena) took over from the Maryknoll sisters, continuing to run the school in the church facilities.
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1959 - New Mindszenty building was completed (lower Maris Stell now) and the school moved there. Maris Stella moved into the quonset hut (auditorium). Total enrollment, Mindszenty and MSS was around 550.
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1965 - After years of work overseen by Fr. Roszel (1955) Fr. Hoar (1958), new Mindszenty buildings and the new two story MSS building (upper Maris Stella) were completed. Minszenty moved and MSS took over lower Maris Stella and the new upper Maris Stella.
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To Do:
- list of graduates each year since start in 1957
- list of saff each year since 1957
- find pictures
- verify and complete the narrative