John and I went to Mass this week at the closest Catholic church to us, Saint Benedict's Painted Church, in Honaunau, about 10 miles away. They have a 7:00am Sunday mass so we got up with the sun. St. Benedict's is an amazing church founded in 1899 and the interior was painted by a self-taught priest after the fashion of a gothic cathedral in Burgos, Spain. With the windows open, the birds singing and the beautiful views out the windows it is a restful, peaceful place. The congregation is small but friendly and as newcomers we were welcomed with handmade leis and asked to introduce ourselves at the end of Mass.
If you want to learn more this is their website:
www.thepaintedchurch.org.
A quote from the newsletter, beautiful in Hawaiian:
O ke kea hemolele kou malamalama. Aole o Satana kou alakai.
May the holy
cross be my light. Let not the dragon be my guide.
If you want to learn more this is their website: www.thepaintedchurch.org.
A quote from the newsletter, beautiful in Hawaiian:
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