2021 in review: A look back at the events and images from another year marked by the coronavirus pandemic

by Mari Ebersole | Jan 5, 2022 | Affordable Housing, Blog, COVID-19, In the News, Kūpuna, Puna, Sacred Heart Shelter

View Content Direct from Source 01/05/2022  BY HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD Compiled by Anna WeaverHawaii Catholic Herald Here is a month-by-month review of the Catholic news in Hawaii in 2021 as reported in the Hawaii Catholic Herald. January A Jan. 8 memo from the Diocese...

HOPE Services’ senior affordable housing units installed in Pahoa

by Mari Ebersole | Jan 5, 2022 | Affordable Housing, Blog, In the News, Kūpuna, Puna, Sacred Heart Shelter

View Content Direct from Source 01/05/2022 BY HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD   Modular home installation at the Sacred Heart Affordable Housing Project in Pahoa, Dec. 27. (Photo courtesy of HOPE Services Hawaii) During the week after Christmas, HOPE Services of Hawaii...

East Big Island parishes deliver hot Christmas lunches to homeless shelters

by Mari Ebersole | Jan 5, 2022 | Blog, Families, In the News, Stories of Hope

View Content Direct from Source 01/05/2022 BY HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD By Gwen DeCoitoSpecial to the Herald For a second year, east Hawaii island parishes donated the ingredients to make Christmas Day lunches for more than 100 residents of HOPE Services shelters in...

Six HOPE Services Affordable Housing Units Move to Pāhoa

by Mari Ebersole | Dec 29, 2021 | Affordable Housing, Blog, In the News, Puna, Sacred Heart Shelter

View Content Direct from Source By Big Island Now | December 29, 2021, 2:00 PM HST* Updated December 29, 1:06 PM Six of HOPE Services’ permanent affordable housing units for homeless seniors were recently moved to their new home in Pāhoa. The units, which were...

Commentary: Landlords needed — Help house our community

by Mari Ebersole | Dec 8, 2021 | Affordable Housing, Blog, In the News

View Content Direct from Source 12/08/2021 BY HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD Photo by RODNAE Productions from Pexels This article represents a joint message from the diocesan Office for Social Ministry, HOPE Services Hawaii, Catholic Charities Hawaii and the Hawaii Catholic...

County Launches ‘Change of Heart’ Campaign in Kailua Village

by Mari Ebersole | Nov 17, 2021 | Blog, In the News

View Content Direct from Source By Big Island Now | November 17, 2021, 12:06 PM HST* Updated November 17, 12:16 PM Hawaiʻi County has begun a new campaign in an effort to provide alternative support for panhandlers throughout Kailua Village. On Wednesday, Nov. 17,...