By Anthony Selvanathan Special to the Herald As a local boy born and raised in the hustle and bustle of urban Honolulu, I must admit that I sometimes yearn for the “old Hawaii” that our kupuna often reminisce about. In search of a taste of what life as a Catholic in rural Hawaii was like, […]
Photo: Thanksgiving preparation
The youth, young adults and parishioners of St. Theresa Church in Mountain View and its mission Holy Rosary Church in Keaau, on the Big Island, were on the move on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23, feeding their less fortunate brothers and sisters, captured in this collage created by the parish. Three hundred plates were prepared at […]
Bishop merges two neighboring Hamakua Coast parishes
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva is merging two neighboring small parishes on the Hamakua Coast on the Big Island, effective Jan. 1. The bishop on Nov. 28 issued a decree combining into a single parish Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Papaikou, (which includes Good Shepherd Church in Honomu), and St. Anthony […]
Volunteers help 20 homeless locals move into shelters
Hawaii Catholic Herald KAILUA-KONA — Twenty longtime Hawaii residents moved into HOPE Services shelters last month, receiving a reprieve from life without a roof, running water or safety. The residents had pitched 11 tents outside the Kona Community Aquatic Center. They told outreach workers they had previously taken refuge in the bushes at the Old […]
At 90 and 100, they are living stewards of the Hamakua Coast
By Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Special to the Herald There are a number of good people who are pillars of the community. Many have served dozens of years in the parishes along the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island. On the coast in Papaaloa is St. Anthony, a very small parish with 20-25 people […]
East Big Island parishes deliver hot Christmas lunches to homeless shelters
By Gwen DeCoito Special to the Herald For a second year, east Hawaii island parishes donated the ingredients to make Christmas Day lunches for more than 100 residents of HOPE Services shelters in Pahoa and Hilo. HOPE Services is the non-profit social ministry affiliate of the Diocese of Honolulu that serves the Big Island […]
HOPE Services breaks ground for kupuna housing project in Puna
Diocese of Honolulu-affiliate HOPE Services Hawaii broke ground April 16 for the Sacred Heart Affordable Housing Project, the first affordable housing development dedicated to kupuna in the Big Island’s Puna district. The project is on land adjacent to Sacred Heart Shelter, the micro-shelter village next to Sacred Heart Church in Pahoa built for people displaced […]
3 Hawaii island deacons ordained
Bishop Larry Silva ordained three Big Islanders, members of the Cohort Nine diocesan permanent deacon class, Jan. 30 at St. Michael Church in Kailua-Kona. Raised to the diaconate at the mid-morning Mass were Sandor Hernandez Morales of St. Michael Parish, Charles W. Mapa of St. Theresa Parish, Mountain View, and George G. Wood of Our […]
A meal, a message, a prayer
East Hawaii Island parishes extend Christmas greetings to HOPE Services Hawaii shelter guests By Gwen DeCoito Special to the Herald This Christmas, East Hawaii Island parishes delivered 120 hot lunches “to go” to six homeless shelters managed by HOPE Services Hawaii in Pahoa and Hilo. By noon on Christmas Day, each shelter guest had received […]
HOPE Services micro-shelters open doors for Kona homeless
https://www.facebook.com/HOPEServicesHawaii/posts/3244909045573720 Diocese of Honolulu Big Island social ministry affiliate, HOPE Services Hawaii, on July 1 welcomed 15 residents who have become homeless during the coronavirus epidemic into a new village of micro-shelters at the Old Kona Airport Park. The village, called Ka Lamaku, is a joint project of the County of Hawaii and HOPE Services, […]