It’s been 30 years but Worldwide Marriage Encounter is back on the west side of the Big Island! The marriage enrichment movement just completed a Holy Spirit-filled weekend in Waimea at Annunciation Church on Sept. 20-22. Marriage Encounter organizers thank the West Hawaii vicariate parishioners, whose three-year dream to bring a weekend to their communities […]
Celebrating a century in Hilo
Hilo’s landmark St. Joseph Church marks 100 years with Mass, a salute to marriages, and a party By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald HILO — While St. Joseph Parish in Hilo is more than a century old, its striking pale pink and cream Spanish baroque-style church was dedicated in 1919. To mark that milestone, parishioners […]
Pilgrim postcards from Panama
Big Island Catholics reflect on their experience at World Youth Day 2019 A small Big Island group of four teens and nine adults, including Father Stephen Macedo, pastor of Annunciation Parish in Waimea, and Father Konelio Faletoi, the pastor of St. Michael Parish in Kailua-Kona, traveled to Panama City, Panama, for World Youth Day, Jan. […]
13 Big Isle pilgrims headed for World Youth Day in Panama City
This story is adapted from an article in the January 2019 newsletter for Annunciation Church and Ascension Mission. Special to the Herald In January, 13 Big Island pilgrims will travel to Panama City, Panama, to see Pope Francis and hundreds of thousands of other spirit-filled Catholics. They are headed for the 2019 World Youth Day, […]
Photo: Shelter blessing
Father Paul Li, vicar of the east Hawaii Island vicariate, says a prayer in the new pavilion of Sacred Heart Shelter, the 20-unit complex of mini-houses erected on Catholic Church land, on June 30, the day of the shelter’s blessing and dedication. The shelter, for elderly and family evacuees of the ongoing Kilauea eruption on […]
Parishioners displaced by lava ask for prayers
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald Sacred Heart, Pahoa, parishioners Paul and Rose Utes had to leave their home when lava from the Kilauea eruptions moved into their section of the Leilani Estates subdivision in Puna on the Big Island. At the time they heard the mandatory evacuation order, the couple, who own Black Rock […]
‘Pray for Puna’: Church responds to the needs of those displaced by the volcanic eruption on the Big Island
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “Pray for Puna.” That’s the message coming from the Big Island of Hawaii as a fierce and unpredictable volcanic eruption displaces hundreds of residents. In addition to offering prayers, the Catholic Church is stepping into action. Parishioners of Sacred Heart Parish in the town of Pahoa in the island’s […]