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1 day ago
Happy Birthday, Fr. Lio!
Praying as you are celebrated today, you'll sense God's pleasure in you - in your answer to His call, in your commitment to the power of His Word, in your love for His people. Thank you for all you do.
2 days ago
Please stay safe, remain vigilant, and take the necessary precautions to prepare for the storm. Let us keep one another in prayer and look out for our families, friends, and neighbors.
1 week ago
Aloha! 🙏
Bishop Michael’s Mass of Thanksgiving has been postponed due to the anticipated severe weather. The Mass will be rescheduled for a later date, which we will announce once confirmed.
For now, please stay safe, remain vigilant, and take the necessary precautions to prepare for the storm. Let us keep one another in prayer and look out for our families, friends, and neighbors.
As of right now, the 4:00 PM Vigil Mass on Saturday is still scheduled as planned. However, please continue to monitor our social media pages for any updates or changes due to the weather.
Please share this announcement so everyone is informed. Mahalo, and God bless you all. 🙏🌺
1 week ago
We welcome Fr. Arrion back co-celebrating at the 9am Mass this past weekend.
3 weeks ago
In thanksgiving to God for the episcopal ministry of Bishop Larry Silva, who was ordained and installed as the fifth Bishop of Honolulu on July 21, 2005.
For nearly 21 years, Bishop Larry has shepherded the Diocese of Honolulu with faithfulness, humility, and love for the people of Hawaiʻi.
We give thanks for his ministry and continue to pray for him during this time of transition.
Ad multos annos!
1 month ago
Honor | Celebrate | Inspire
We warmly invite you to join us this evening as we prayerfully begin the celebration of the **200th Anniversary of Catholicism in Hawaiʻi**. Together with Catholics across all the islands, we will gather in unity for our Opening Anniversary Mass at **6:00 PM**, giving thanks to God for two centuries of faith, missionary witness, and the enduring presence of the Catholic Church in Hawaiʻi.
This historic celebration honors the arrival of the first Catholic missionaries in 1827 and the countless faithful who have helped build and strengthen our Church through generations. May we come together in gratitude, renew our commitment to Christ, and ask for God's continued blessings upon the Church and the people of Hawaiʻi.
We hope you and your family will join us in this special Eucharistic celebration as we mark the beginning of this historic anniversary year. All are welcome.
2 months ago
Voices of the Bicentennial
Stories of faith from across the islands — a look at two hundred years of Catholic life in Hawaiʻi, in the words of the community.
2 months ago
1840
St. Michael’s Founded
On the way to Kailua-Kona, Fr. Heurtel reportedly asked if a place had been reserved for them to live. According to The Pioneers of the Faith, Fr. Walsh replied, “No, dear confrere. I’ve never been in Hawai‘i myself. But” he added with a hearty laugh, “don’t you worry; I was born under a lucky star!”
With a sense of optimism, the two priests arrived in Kona and were befriended by an American national named Amala. Admiring their “courage and unselfishness,” he invited them to stay in a spare room at his cottage. The priests accepted and soon visited Governor John Adams Kuakini, who “kindly” received them.
When Kuakini later learned the pioneer Palani (French) priests were staying at Amala’s, he “thought it his duty” to provide them with living quarters. They were provided with the late Queen Ka‘ahumanu’s vacant house, just south of today’s Moku‘aikaua Church. A stone hitching post from in front of the house can be found inside the Kona Plaza Shopping Arcade.
The priests built a little chapel in the “native style, with a large white cross above the entrance” and it was ready for worship by July 5, 1840. It was the first Mass celebrated on the Big Island and Fr. Walsh recorded it in his baptismal records as the establishment of St. Michael the Archangel mission. Kuakini, who had recently built Kailua’s Hulihe‘e Palace and Moku‘aikaua Church, subsequently offered the priests a piece of land to build a church and school—the present property of St. Michael’s Church.
According to Hawaii Island Leaders, Catholicism spread slowly in Kailua “where the Protestant chiefs and their people dutifully regarded the newcomers as Palani (French) and papists.” Twenty catechumens were baptized that first year. The priest reportedly found a friendlier welcome in Kaloko, “where they built up a loyal nucleus of converts.”
from the book "North Kona Catholic Community... remembered".
2 months ago