Kauai Churches

 

(created Sun. July 29, 2018; updated Sun. Aug. 19, 2018)





Photos of two Kauai churches


Immaculate Conception Catholic Church


Saint Rapheal the Archangel Catholic Church






We celebrated Mass on Sunday morning at Immaculate Conception Church in Lihue, where they also greet visitors with leis made from seashells. 




After Mass, Abby and I looked at the mosaics on the wall, which are similar to St. Michael the Archangel in Kona...


...these mosaics celebrate Saint Fr. Damian and Saint Marianne Cope. 


While Fr. Damian eventually succumbed to leprosy, neither Marianne Cope nor any of her sisters who also help the lepers of Molokai have ever contracted leprosy / Hansen’s disease, not even to this day (they arrived in 1883). 









As we looked, a lady offered to take our photos.  As we talked, she shared that she had visited St. Louis and celebrated Mass at the Old Cathedral, by the Arch, and that she likes St. Louis quite a bit.



She also recommended that we try to visit St. Rapheal, the first Church on Kauai.  We weren’t sure we could do that, but then, after lunch we saw a sign pointing us 3/4 of a mile down the road to St. Rapheal.



“Raphael is sometimes shown as standing atop a large fish or holding a caught fish at the end of a line.  This is a reference to Book of Tobit, where he told Tobias to catch a fish, and then uses the gallbladder to heal Tobit's eyes, and to drive away Asmodeus by burning the heart and liver.”


source:  https://st-raphael-kauai.org/12





















Links to the rest of this travel journal:


  1. 1)Highlights

  2. 2)Highlights - Big Island

  3. 3)Highlights - Oahu

  4. 4)Highlights - Kauai


  5. 5)Hawaii Geography


  6. 6)Flights - STL / St. Louis to KOA / Kona


  1. 7)Kona - Kailua

  2. 8)Kona - Painted Church and Place of Refuge

  3. 9)Kona - Coffee


  1. 10)Ka Lae / South Point and Punalu’u / Black Beach

  2. 11)Kona - Outrigger Canoe and Snorkeling

  3. 12)Moku Nui Lava Boat Tour

  4. 13)Lava Boat Videos

  5. 14)Drive, Hilo to Kona on Hw 19



  6. 15)Flight - KOA / Kona to HNL / Honolulu

  7. 16)Oahu - Chinatown and Diamond Head

  8. 17)Oahu - Dole Plantation Maze and Polynesian Cultural Center

  9. 18)Oahu - Hanauma Bay

  10. 19)Oahu - Hanauma Bay Videos



  11. 20)Flight - HNL / Honolulu to LIH / Lihue, Kauai

  12. 21)Kauai Churches

  13. 22)Kauai - Na Pali Catamaran

  14. 23)Kauai - Na Pali Videos

  15. 24)Kauai - fun in the resort and at Kalapaki Beach

  16. 25)Flight - LIH / Lihue, Kauai to STL / St. Louis



  17. 26)SLUH in HI



  18. 27)Hawaii Revealed

  19. 28)Postcards

  20. 29)Reviews



  21. 30)Hawaii 2000

  22. 31)Hawaii 2000 - Maui

  23. 32)Hawaii 2000 - Oahu












 

Summer Vacation 2018 - Hawaii