Old Church Maui Hawaii
by Edward Fielding
Title
Old Church Maui Hawaii
Artist
Edward Fielding
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
St. Joseph’s is an historic Catholic church built in 1862 and restored in the 1990′s. Now it is falling into disrepair, the roof leaks, and if something isn’t done soon it will probably become a ruin to sit alongside the remnants of the crumbling walls of the original church. The church reportedly holds services on the fifth Sunday of the month, but I couldn’t verify that as fact. The grassy lawn here is a great place to view the Kaupo Gap, as the church stands smack in the middle of the lava flow that poured out of it.
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Photography by Edward M. Fielding
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St. Joseph Catholic Church at Kaupo, Maui, Hawai’i was established in 1862 by the missionary Catholic priests who evangelized on Maui beginning in the mid 1800s. It was Bishop Louis Maigret who blessed the Church on June 29, 1862. St. Joseph Church served a thriving community of ranchers, fishermen, farmers, etc. for nearly 100 years, providing the spiritual needs of the Catholic faithful in Kaupo. They attended Masses, Religious Education classes, sang in the Hawaiian language Choirs, became members of the Holy Name Society, celebrated the Sacraments (Baptism, Penance, First Holy Communion, Confirmation, Marriage), attended funerals, etc.
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Donate to the restoration: http://www.friendsofstjoseph-kaupo.org/
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December 30th, 2013
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