All’s ready for the iconic event to be called the Hawaii Islands Liturgy and Arts Conference After 40 years as the Big Island Liturgy and Arts Conference, BILAC is now the Hawaii Islands Liturgy and Arts Conference. Although BILAC moved to Oahu several years ago, now seems the right time to update the name to […]
Bye, BILAC. Hi, HILAC
Iconic festival of liturgical music and art celebrates 40th year with an announcement By Brother Dennis Schmitz, SM Special to the Herald BILAC, Hawaii’s iconic festival of liturgical music and art, this year celebrated its past and stepped confidently into the future. At the event at Chaminade University and Saint Louis School, Nov. 5-7, the […]
BILAC’s 40th anniversary promises a parade of past musical luminaries
Marianist BILAC (Big Island Liturgy and Arts Conference) began on the Big Island nearly 40 years ago. With its roots in the Hawaiian culture and the Catholic Marianist tradition, BILAC is an event committed to providing communitarian-based experiences of prayer, spiritual growth and formation in the liturgical arts. Its early home was Malia Puka O […]
A conference inspired by the sacred rhythms of prayer and worship
Some call Marianist BILAC a mini-Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. Others consider it a weekend retreat, while others see it as a “shot in the arm.” In a way, this nearly 40-year-old conference is all of these things. This year’s event, Nov. 6-8 at The St. Louis-Chaminade campus in Honolulu, carries on that reputation. In […]