Choosing to be buried at one’s home parish invites prayer and remembrance for years to come By Lisa Dahm Hawaii Catholic Herald As faithful who believe in the resurrection of the body, Catholics in Hawaii have been entrusting their burial after death to the hallowed ground of their parish home for the past 200 years […]
King Street Cemetery: A resting place for the isles’ first missionaries
By Ryan K. Brown Special to the Herald At the corner of King Street and Ward Avenue, a few steps from Thomas Square, lies one of the most sacred and least visited places in the Catholic history of these islands. The King Street Catholic Cemetery in Honolulu holds the remains of four of Hawaii’s early […]
King Street Catholic Cemetery needs community’s support
By Caroline WrightSpecial to the Herald Most of us are familiar with King Street Catholic Cemetery. Many of us have driven or walked by the old graveyard countless times. Some of us have even noticed the sign on its closed and weathered gate: “Private property/no trespassing.” Not many years ago, the sign on the gate […]
Giant banyan blown over in King Street Cemetery
One of four giant banyan trees on the King Street Catholic Cemetery keeled over Aug. 7, just before 6 p.m., a victim of the gusty weather that hit Oahu last week. Deacon Keith Cabiles, who oversees the diocese’s cemeteries, said he was alerted around 6:05 p.m. by the general manager of One Archer Lane, the […]
King St. cemetery open Saturdays
The historic King Street Catholic Cemetery has reopened on Saturdays for visitors. The historic cemetery had mostly been closed since issues with vandalism and people camping out on the property worsened during the COVID-19 shutdown. Deacon Keith Cabiles, chancellor and columbarium liaison for the Diocese of Honolulu, said the cemetery reopened on Saturdays as of […]
Photo: Cemetery blessing
Bishop Larry Silva reads a prayer over the graves in the historic King Street Catholic Cemetery in Honolulu on Nov. 2, All Souls Day. A handful of people joined the bishop for the prayers and blessing. Deacon Keith Cabiles, diocesan chancellor, said he hopes the blessing will be an annual event. The cemetery is the […]