The Kauai Vicariate celebrated 200 years of the Catholic Church in Hawaii, as well as Father EJ Resinto’s 10th anniversary of priestly ordination, on the feast of Our Lady of Peace July 9 at St. Raphael Church in Koloa with a solemn thanksgiving Mass followed by dinner and entertainment. The island of Kauai thanks God for the gift of faith that was sown through the Sacred Hearts missionaries. (Reported by Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians Sister Roselyne Mawpat) (Courtesy Rose Dela Cruz)
More than 50 children and youth participated in this year’s summer Bible camp. (Courtesy Sister Marina Gutierrez, Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena)
Our Lady of Sorrows’ Knights of Columbus Council 6302 presented its annual scholarship of $800 to Kimberly Barit July 19 at the 9 a.m. Mass. Barit will study digital media at Leeward Community College in the fall. The Knights’ leaders and Barit paused for a photo: front, from left, financial secretary Max Velasco; deputy Grand Knight Sonny Hernandez; incoming Grand Knight Alan Kim; Barit; and warden Florence Barit. Standing behind Barit’s right shoulder is outgoing Grand Knight Terence Guzman. (Courtesy John Kampfer)