Hawaii Catholic Herald St. Jude Parish last month celebrated the 25th anniversary of its church in Kapolei, the community’s physical presence in Hawaii after existing for decades in Leeward eOahu. More than 500 people attended the event on Feb. 25, including past and present clergy, family, friends and visitors eager to witness the milestone. St. […]
Photo: She sells sea shells
Meet Zaya Moylan Ayson, one of the newest students of the children’s sacramental preparation class at St. Jude Parish, Kapolei. The parish religious education program is so very proud of 8-year-old Zaya, who raised $500 for the Maui Wildfire Victims by selling these Maui-themed hand-decorated seashells (background). Moved by her selfless gesture, the parish wishes […]
Photo: Celebrating 500 years
Members of the St. Jude Filipino Catholic Club in Kapolei pose with the statue of Santo Nino at the March 19 Mass celebrating 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa. (Photo courtesy of Tere Hunt)
At Kapolei parish, ‘missionaries’ venture into unfamiliar territory
By Jayne Ragasa-Mondoy Special to the Herald The brain likes familiarity. Familiarity is safe, effortless, easy. Unfamiliarity takes effort, is cognitively demanding, and can be stressful. Yet in their commitment to evangelize and catechize parents and children of their parish during the pandemic, the catechists of St. Jude Church in Kapolei, Oahu, are courageous missionaries […]
Photo: Compassion in Kapolei
Kapolei’s St. Jude Parish outreach ministry twice-weekly serves as many as 600 adults and children who are homeless, sheltered, veterans from as far away as Aiea, Pearl City, Waipahu, Ewa Beach and Waianae. The ministry has been busy even before the pandemic. Under the leadership of outreach ministry director Carolyn Won, pictured, and her dynamic […]