By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii Island has a brand-new neighborhood in Pahoa named after the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It’s small, just 12 houses — studios for seniors experiencing homelessness. But it is breaking new ground. The project is the first permanent affordable rental housing community for seniors in the island’s Puna district, […]
Sacred Heart Parish in Pahoa marks 125th anniversary of its founding
By Janan Malinowski Special to the Herald Throughout June, Sacred Heart Parish in Pahoa on the Big Island is celebrating the 125th anniversary of its founding and the 94th anniversary of the dedication of its current church. The Puna area around Pahoa was first proselytized by missionaries of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of […]
Mary or Marianne? Hilo or Pahoa? The tale of the mysterious statue
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald That is not an apparition glowing above the Sacred Heart Church cemetery in Pahoa on the Big Island. But the sudden Oct. 5 appearance of the larger-than-life white image of Our Blessed Mother does have a bit of mystery about it. According to Deacon Jim Dougherty of St. Theresa […]
It took a village to raise a village
Sacred Heart Shelter, the mini-neighborhood of micro-homes for volcano evacuees, will be blessed June 30 By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The donation of land by the Diocese of Honolulu has motivated the creation of a neighborhood of micro-houses for families left homeless by Kilauea volcano. Under the leadership of HOPE Services Hawaii, an affiliate […]
