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HIGHLIGHTS & LATEST MESSAGES:

​HURRICANE HELENE RESPONSE (9/29/24)
Hurricane Helene has brought devastation across multiple states, with a rising death toll of nearly 100 people and hundreds more missing across six states. Millions are without power from Florida to Ohio. The storm made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region on Thursday night as a Category 4 hurricane, unleashing destructive winds and heavy rainfall. Even after weakening into a post-tropical cyclone, Helene continued to cause "catastrophic, historic" flooding in the southern Appalachian region according to news reports. ​READ FULL ANNOUNCEMENT

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Hurricane Helene Response (9/29/24)
RIP: The Rev. Canon David Kennedy (8/14/24)
Prayer for the Anniversary of the Maui Fires (8/8/24)
Bishop on the Presiding Bishop-Elect Sean Rowe (7/25/24)

COMING UP IN THE DIOCESE:

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E​​piscopal Asiamerica Ministries Young Adult Retreat
October 25-27, 2024
​Camp Sloggett, Kaua'i
​Click HERE for more info & to register

Community Calendar

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THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF HAWAI'I:

• Special Announcement from the Bishop (9/29/24): Hurricane Helene Response
• Hawaiian Church Chronicle (9/26/24): Bishop in Taiwan, RIP Ethel Maxson, UTO Grant Applicatons, Season of Creation
• Hawaiian Church Chronicle (9/12/24): Clergy Conference, Standing Committee Visits Maui, Convention 56 Chaplain, Upcoming classes & workshops
• Chronicle Supplement (8/31/24): Convention 56 Updates & Reminders, Updated announcement for the Rev. Canon David Kennedy
• Hawaiian Church Chronicle (8/22/24): Maui Strong: One-year anniversary events, Welcome Jasmi Regmi, Alcohol & Gambling policy reminders, EAM Young Adult Retreat​

 ​THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH & BEYOND:

• Presiding bishop speaks to 1,000 people during Sacred Ground’s fall online launch event (9/24/24)
• Episcopal summit deeply explores truth-telling and reckoning with eye toward reparations (9/23/24)
• Ministry, art, architecture, community come together in Detroit at film festival directed by Los Angeles-area priest (9/20/24)​
• Church builds on success of Sacred Ground curriculum with new launch event, staff additions (9/12/24)
• Los Angeles-area Episcopalians cope with fire threat, comfort and assist those fleeing flames (9/12/24)
• In nine years, presiding bishop’s travels have touched more than 100 dioceses and counting (9/6/24)​​

LATEST FEATURE STORIES FROM THE CHRONICLE:

For links to more articles, visit the Article Archives webpage HERE​, or full issues HERE.

Diocesan Clergy Conference

Standing Committee Visits Maui

MAUI STRONG: A Community Comes Together

CAMP 2024: Memories to Last a Lifetime

Maui: A Year After & ERD Revisit

​Grant for Holy Innocents Archival Records

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ECW Triennial Convention Report

Young Adult Festival

General Convention 81 - New Presiding Bishop Elected

St. John's Kula: Celebrating Founder's Day

Congratulations Class of 2024 & Bishop's Award Recipients

Pentecost: A Weekend of Celebration at The Cathedral

​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:
MAUI STRONG: A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER ON THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEADLY WILD FIRES

[August 22, 2024]  On Thursday, August 8, 2024, hundreds gathered at Hanaka’ō'ō Beach Park on West Maui, for a paddle-out to commemorate the lives lost in the horrific wildfires that took place a year ago, but it was also to recognize the resilience of those who survived, and a community who is determined to literally "rise up from the ashes." The paddle-out was the first of several events that took place through the weekend, and concluded with an interfaith service on Sunday at the Lahaina Civic Center. Each event brought together a community that has endured unimaginable suffering, but are finding strength and hope in the support of thousands who continue to reach out, pray, and provide assistance to those affected. 

Pictured above from left, Holy Innocent's member Diane Delos Reyes, the steersperson for one of canoes at the paddle-out, waits for their turn to enter the water. In the third photo, Kalani Holokai, the Diocese's Community Relations Administrative Assistant for Maui, comforts a teary-eyed Katy Shroder at the paddle-out.

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