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Aloha & Welcome!

Thank you for visiting the Diocese of Hawai'i's dedicated news website to keep you informed with the latest news, happenings, events, and announcements taking place in the Diocese and the broader Episcopal Church!  To go to the Diocese's main website, click HERE.

LATEST HIGHLIGHTS & SPECIAL MESSAGES:

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PRAYER FOR THE BISHOP SEARCH: Throughout the duration of the bishop search process, the Search Committee urges the use of a special prayer in all of our congregations as the concluding collect of the Prayers of the People, and to share in church news and websites. View the prayer on the Bishop Search & Transition webpage HERE.

Bishop's Thanksgiving Message

I write my Thanksgiving message from a Fiji Airlines flight to Tonga. This year I will spend my holiday with our extended Church family in Oceania. With representatives from St. Andrew’s Schools and ‘Iolani School, I am representing our Diocese at the 120th anniversary celebration of the founding of St. Andrew School, Nuku’alofa.  READ MORE

Diocesan Profile Published

[November 1, 2025] The Search Committee for the sixth bishop of The Episcopal Church in Hawai‘i, now including Guam and Saipan, is pleased to announce the publication of our Diocesan Profile. We are grateful for all of those who participated in our listening sessions, filled out our surveys, and those who advised us and guided us. READ MORE

Message from the Bishop: Ceasefire in Gaza, Ahli Hospital Needs You Now

[October 15, 2025] We must give thanks for the ceasefire in Gaza, for the release of the hostages, for the renewal of food aid, and the glimmer of hope for peace.  It is just the very beginning of a long, long road to recovery and the hope for lasting peace. READ MORE

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Bishop's Thanksgiving Message 2025
Ceasefire in Gaza, Ahli Hospital Needs You Now (10/15/25)
For Christ's Sake (9/24/25)
​Diocesan Response to President Trump's Executive Order on Homelessness (7/29/25)
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COMING UP IN THE DIOCESE:


COMING UP!

Clergy Retreat: January 26-28, 2026, Camp Mokulē'ia (Info coming soon)
​Chrism Mass & Spring Training: ​Saturday, February 28, 2026, The Cathedral of St. Andrew (Info coming)
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Status & Upcoming:
Diocesan Profile Published 11/01/2025 - Applications have now been closed
Visit the Bishop Transition webpage HERE.

LATEST NEWS & HEADLINE LINKS:


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THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF HAWAI'I:
  • Special: Important Diocesan Support Center Notice (12/2/25)
  • Hawaiian Church Chronicle: Bishop's visits with Retired Clergy, Good Sam, All Saints' Celebrates 100 Years, ECWK Giving Thanks, Remembering "Tutu" DuTeil (11/27/25)
  • Bishop's Thanksgiving Message 2025 (11/24/25)
  • Hawaiian Church Chronicle: Festivities, Celebrations, Visitations; Hālau Waʻa Receives $15K Harvest Grant, Aloha the Rev. Giovan King, EYE with Aloha (11/13/25)
  • Chronicle Supplement: RIP James Crowe, Message from the Executive Council, Update on Gia Pacheco (11/6/25)​
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 ​THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH & BEYOND:
  • Indigenous boarding school research groups merge as Truth, Justice and Healing Commission (11/26/25)
  • Diocese of New Jersey’s $1 million gift will support Diocese of Jerusalem medical ministries (11/24/25)
  • South Carolina honors first Black priest in the diocese, celebrates diversity (11/24/25)
  • Former Vice President Dick Cheney memorialized at Washington National Cathedral funeral (11/20/25)
  • US veterans’ service lauded during first churchwide Veterans Day service (11/11/25)

LATEST FEATURE STORIES FROM THE CHRONICLE:

For links to more articles, visit the Article Archives webpage HERE​, or full issues HERE.
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All Saints' Celebrates 100 Years
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ECWK: Giving Thanks
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Hālau Waʻa Receives $15K Harvest Grant
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O'ahu Island Youth Event
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​Kaua'i Island Youth Day
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Young Adult Retreat: Beautiful Connections

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Large Donation for Holy Innocents
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​Congratulations Catherine McPherson-Tampos!
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From the Ashes Canon Sandy in South Dakota
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Canon Myra Garnes Visits Hawai'i
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Talk Story at Trinity By-the-Sea
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Returning to the Moungtain (EfM)
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​Click on the Pray for Maui button to go to our dedicated disaster relief page on our main website, with all the latest developments following the August 2023 Maui wildfires and Holy Innocents Church.

NEWS SPOTLIGHT:
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MAUI: Hope, Healing & Mixed Emotions on the Second Anniversary of the Wildfires

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Friday, August 8, 2025, marked the second anniversary of the deadly wildfires that ravaged Maui, decimating the town of Lahaina, and wreaking havoc in Kula and Kīhei. Like last year's one-year anniversary, special remembrance events were planned this year including another morning paddleout at Hanaka‘ō‘ō Beach Park, a noon gathering at the County building in Wailuku, and a Memorial Tribute at the Lahaina Civic Center in the evening. 
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