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Ciriaco de Espiritu Santo
Father Don Ciriaco de Espiritu Santo (abt 1780 – 1849), a Filipino, spent 34 years in the Marianas, particularly Guam, from 1815 to 1849. Del Espiritu Santo arrived in Guam from the Philippines along with Father don Ygnacio Ladilao de Mojica in 1819.
Surfing: Early History on Guam
People first started riding the waves on Guam in the early 1960s. Guam surfers from that era remember high school industrial arts teacher John Bylander, Australian Cable Company employee Jim Keenan, and Rick Value, son of a local businessman, as among those on the vanguard of serious surfing across the dangerously shallow reefs of Guam’s surf spots.
Running: History of the Sport on Guam
Running on Guam has evolved over the years from a handful of hardcore, dedicated runners who would meet several times a year for races, to the large crowds of today that show up for races just about every weekend of the year.
Capuchins
In 1889, when the unified Spanish Province was divided, a separate jurisdiction was created specifically for the Capuchin missionaries in the Carolines called the District Nullius, headquartered in Madrid and under the direct supervision of the supreme Capuchin superior in Rome.
Runner Profile: Fred Schumann
Fred Schumann has been one of Guam’s top runners since the late 1970s. Along with Guam runner Joe Taitano, Schumann is known as a fierce competitor and one of the best marathoners on Guam, representing Guam in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.
Baseball: Youth League
Youth baseball on Guam developed as an organized sport after World War II and enjoyed several decades as the predominant youth sport on the island. Guam’s top youth baseball teams have represented Guam well in international competitions such as the Little League World Series and the Babe Ruth World Series.
Baseball: History of the Sport in Guam
Baseball arrived in Guam with the Americans, and seems to have been played almost as soon as the Americans took over the administration of Guam at the turn of the 20th century. For the first half of the 1900s, it was the only sport played in any widespread form, and until about 20 or 30 years ago it was still the most popular sport in Guam.
Baseball: Guam Major League
The Guam Major League was formed in 1974 and has been Guam’s premier baseball league ever since, although it changed its name to the Budweiser Baseball League in 2003. Except for one season at the LeoPalace Hotel, the GML has played nearly all its games at Paseo Stadium in Hagatna and watching GML games has become a tradition for baseball fans on Guam.
Bishop Joaquín Felipe Oláiz
Contributed to the Guam mission’s growth Bishop Joaquín Felipe Oláiz y Zabalza (1872 – 1945) was the third Apostolic Vicar of Guam. He was born in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain on 6 June 1872 and was baptized with the name Felipe. When Oláiz joined the Capuchins in 1887, he was given the names Joaquín María. Oláiz […]
Bishop Agustín José Bernaus
Bishop Agustín José Bernaus y Serra, or Bishop Bernaus, was the second Apostolic Vicar of Guam. When Bishop Francisco Javier Vilá died in 1913, Bernaus was appointed to succeed him, and was given the titular diocese of Milopotamus.