VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING These are excerpts from a conversation recorded by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP, with Nena Bargamento at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Papaikou I was born and raised on a Pepeekeo plantation (just north of Hilo on the Big Island). We had our own Catholic church, then called St. Joseph by the […]
Tommy and Rosanna Figuera, parishioners at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Papaikou: When you do things for Jesus
VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING This conversation was recorded by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP, for the Hawaii Catholic Herald Rosanna: This has been my church long before kindergarten. I am now 73 years old. Tommy and I have been married 54 years. Tommy: I was born and raised here. This church was my playground. I remember […]
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 […]