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This week, for the first time, the USA Eastern Province had the pleasure of welcoming a brother from the Indonesia Province. Fr. Benny Kosasih, ss.cc., who grew up outside Bandung, Indonesia, was ordained in 2005.  For the past six months, Father has been the assistant pastor of St. Ann Church in Kaneohe, Hawaii, where he has been assigned to serve for two years.  Last week, he attended a pastoral workshop in Steubenville, Ohio. He returns to Hawaii Province on Friday.

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