First Hawaii Catholics

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

" Different flowers 

look good 

to different people. "

                                  Chinese Proverb

  Our Lady of Peace 

Malia O Ka Malu

[ lHawn. lit:' Maria of the Calm ] 

 Oldest cathedral in continuous use

 in the United States.

 Saint Damien of 

Molokaʻi was ordained here

on May 21, 1864.

Placed on the 

National Register of Historic Places 

in 1972. 

" After some years of persecution 

of Roman Catholicism in the 

Hawaiian Islands (partly instigated by 

Congregationalist and 

Presbyterian missionaries 

who had befriended the 

Kamehameha dynasty)

the Royal Hawaiian government 

issued an Edict of Toleration 

creating freedom of religious 

expression June 17, 1839

Link

 As an act 

of reconciliation, 

Kamehameha III gave the 

first Roman Catholic missionaries

a piece of the royal estate on 

which to build the first 

Roman Catholic church in the kingdom. 

Ground was broken on July 9, 1840, 

coinciding with the 

Feast of Our Lady of Peace.  

Mass was celebrated on that day,

and 280 native Hawaiians 

received the sacraments of baptism, 

confirmation, and first 

Eucharist. 

The cornerstone of the building 

was ceremonially laid on 

August 6, 1840. 

Native Hawaiian volunteers harvested

 blocks of coral from the 

shores of Ala Moana, 

Kakaʻako, and Waikīkī. 

Dedicated August 15, 1843 "

Link

Linking to

InSpired Sunday

" That's the way 

things come clear. 

All of a sudden.

 And then you 

realize how obvious 

they've been all along. "

Madeleine L'Engle

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Thank You!

                   Fondly, cloudia