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Mele Kalikimaka me ka hauʻoli makahiki hou!!! Merry Christmas and happy New Year!! God Bless you all!

Week one of Advent is here. God Bless!

Well, preparations for the construction for our Damien Museum has commenced. As you can see even though parking and walk ways are limited, our doors remain open. May God Bless you all!!

Have a blessed week everyone!

Māhalo Parish ohana for all of your well wishes. God is with us all. Masses this weekend are on as usual. The parish is monitoring the hurricane situation closely. Please be safe and keep Hawaii in your prayers. Aloha and God Bless!

Breathe in the Holy Spirit and Rejoice!!! Nothing can separate you from the Love of God!! Have a Blessed Pentecost Sunday. Aloha and may God Bless you and your ohana always!

John 4:13-14 13 “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.” God Bless you all!! ALOHA!

What a blessed day today!! We broke ground for our new Saint Damien and Saint Marianne Educational Center. Our Parish community is so blessed to be able to share with everyone our two Hawaii Saints through this facility. The special occasion wouldn’t be complete without a Paina afterwards! 😋. Big Māhalo to our Tongan community for providing all the delicious food and refreshments! Aloha and God Bless always!!

Praise Jesus! Our Lord has risen!! Happy Easter to our parish Ohana!

What a beautiful day praising our Lord and Savior. We were especially blessed to have Keali'i Ka'a Punihonua hula halau present a beautiful dance of worship at our Mass today. Have a beautiful Sunday! God Bless you all!!

Another blessed day! Māhalo again to the ladies of the Alter Rosary Society for this months Hospitality Sunday. Coffee and pastries are always special especially when paired with great fellowship. Praise Jesus!!

Hauʻoli lā hoʻomanaʻo Fr. Lane!! Happy 37th Anniversary of Priesthood to our own, Father Lane Aiona. Our Parish community is blessed to have Fr. Lane as our Pastor, who has unselfishly given himself to spreading the Word of our Lord. Fr. Lane has touched many hearts of people from all over the world and continues to do so with his soft kind words, infectious smile, and joyous laugh. Here’s to you Fr. Lane to many, many, more years to come! Aloha!

You have made us for yourself, Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you. - St. Augustine of Hippo Give thanks for our blessings. God Bless you all! Aloha!

Today is a beautiful day for worship. We wish you and yours a blessed day. Aloha!

Today, our very own Kamiano Council of the Knights of Columbus did a great job cleaning the church grounds as well as surrounding areas. They do this every other Saturday as part of their service to the Church. Not pictured is fellow brother Bob Allen who also painstakingly cut back some of the plants and removed the weeds. And yes that’s Father Lane, a proud member of the council partaking in the fun. Terrific job gentlemen!

Another blessed day of worship. Today at the 10 am Mass, our Hula Halau graced us with their beautiful dance. Also, present were members of Hawaiian royalty societies who worshiped with us and paid tribute to their princess. They received blessings from Fr. Lane Akiona and were recognized by him for remaining steadfast in perpetuating their lineage and the Hawaiian culture. Last but not least, our smiling Alter Rosary Society ladies worked hard to bring fellowship after mass by providing delicious refreshments. Have a blessed and wonderful week everyone! Aloha!!

Māhalo to the Alter Rosary Society for hosting this year’s St. Augustine Christmas Pa’ina. The theme was Hawaiian Country and everyone dressed the part. The day was full of laughter, good food, and celebration! Praise the Lord for bringing us all together. Aloha and God Bless!

Aloha!!! Have you all seen our newly “revamped” website? Check it out, it had lots of great information that will keep you up to date with our parish and our parish community. Let us know what you think! 😊 http://www.staugustinebythesea.com/

Mele Kalikimaka to you all! May God Bless you always!

Today, visiting us from our Mother of Perpetual Help in Poland, Fr. Robert Fory's Czestochowo joined Father Lane at Mass. Below are our Kamiano Council members of the Knights of Columbus posing with them along with a brother Knight from Tampa, Florida. Aloha and God Bless!!

What a beautiful day praising our Lord and Savior. We were especially blessed to have Keali'i Ka'a Punihonua hula halau present a beautiful dance of worship at our Mass today. Have a beautiful Sunday! God Bless you all!!

Aunty Leimomii Ho's Halau's special thank you to St. Augustine Church By-the-Sea for the support for helping them participate on the 2015 Merrie Monarch Festival. The Halau traveled to Belgium and Italy (Vatican City) on a pilgrimage for the canonization of Blessed Damien. It is rare to capture a hula performance inside a Catholic church. The Honolulu diocese was permitted to adopt this practice from the late 1990s.