By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The visit to Maria Lanakila Church started on a warm Saturday morning outside Longs Drugs on Honoapiilani Highway. Father Kuriakose Nadooparambil arrived promptly at 9:30 on Aug. 3 to take a reporter into Lahaina’s burn zone, which remains closed to the public a year after the wildfire disaster […]
Wildfire recovery shows community’s resilience, support
By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The devastation wrought by the wildfires in West Maui last year is unmatched in recent history. The death toll from the blaze that tore through Lahaina on Aug. 8, 2023, stands at 102. Thousands of people continue to struggle to find housing and other resources. Many families have […]
Sacred Hearts School prepares for big move
A new temporary campus in Kaanapali will better serve the needs of students, staff and the community By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Space for children to play. A place for them to grow. And for the many families still facing incredible hardships, a safe place to go. When Sacred Hearts School officially moves […]
Maria Lanakila: a special place in my heart
REFLECTION By Sherry Hayes-Peirce Special to the Herald On Dec. 9, I was given the extraordinary gift of visiting Maria Lanakila Church in Lahaina, the church that miraculously was untouched by the raging fires that swept through the area in August. It was an honor to be the first non-resident to be given access to […]
BONDED BY HOPE: Lahaina, Maui
The Holy Father invokes upon all of Maui, Almighty God’s blessings of strength and peace By Jennifer Rector Hawaii Catholic Herald Lahaina, once the capitol of the Hawaiian Kingdom and later a popular tourist destination, will now forever be known as the town a horrific wildfire razed to the ground Aug. 8-9. The death toll, […]
MAUI MOURNS
Pope Francis promises prayers; Lahaina’s parish church survives; diocese collects relief aid By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald In the days following the fierce Maui wildfire that burned to the ground the town of Lahaina Aug. 8-9 in the deadliest natural disaster in state history, Pope Francis expressed his solidarity with those “suffering from this […]
