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Holy Rosary Church, Kalaoa, 1874. Courtesy of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts Archives.

Holy Rosary Church, Kalaoa, 1874. Courtesy of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts Archives.

One of the four mission churches of St. Michael’s Parish, Holy Rosary was built in 1874 on Mamalahoa Highway in Kalaoa. The A-frame church sits high off the road, standing sentinel over the Kona Coast.

When there wasn’t a priest available to give Mass, parishioners gathered at Holy Rosary to say the rosary and sing hymns. In the 1940s, Mitchell Mahi built the church’s social hall of native ‘ohi’a wood. It hosted movies and wedding lu‘au. Generations of families who attended the tiny church are buried behind it.

After the new millennium, weekly Mass was suspended at Holy Rosary due to waning attendance. The church was still used for weddings; however, and religious education classes and community meetings continued in the hall. The Kaloko landmark received a major facelift in 2006 and reopened for weekly Mass.

Find more info on St. Michael’s mission churches in the 2009 book, “North Kona’s Catholic Heritage….remembered.” It’s for sale in the parish office and bookstore on the grounds of St. Michael’s Church in Kailua-Kona, 326-7771.

Location:  73-4179 Mamalahoa Hwy. - Kailua-Kona, HI  96740

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The Ascension of the Lord

Reading I - Acts 1:1-11 | Psalm – Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9

Reading II – Ephesians 1:17-23 or Ephesians 4:1-13 or Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13

Gospel – Mark 16:15-20

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The most recent revision of the Lectionary altered the order of readings for the Ascension of the Lord, changing the Gospels from a one-year to a three-year cycle. The first reading, psalm and the first option for the second reading are constant across the years. Additional options for the second reading are given in year B (two additional options from Ephesians) and C (and additional option from Hebrews).

The Gospel accounts all deal with the Ascension of Jesus into heaven and the mission of the apostles to bring Christ to the whole world. The account in Luke includes the period of waiting that the apostles are to do before the descent of the Holy Spirit. The first reading today from the Acts of the Apostles describes this same event.

The Psalm today matches the Gospel and first reading well, as it is a 'psalm of ascent' one of the royal psalms which celebrate the king taking his throne. Christ in his ascent is seen as taking his place in the heavenly hierarchy. All of these readings, then place the ascension as a foundational event in the history of salvation, for Christ, having destroyed the gates of death now leads all who follow him to the heavenly realm. That is the point of the second reading: all who hear the call of Christ and respond with love will share in the inheritance that is his from the Father.

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