Saint Anthony Catholic Church, Roman Catholic parish in Kalihi, Honolulu, United States.
Saint Anthony Catholic Church is a concrete church with a semicircular floor plan and a domed roof, built in 1967–1968 to replace the 1916 wooden church. Its interior holds a mosaic of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist, floral stained glass windows, windows depicting parish and diocese history, and walnut pews made by Trappist monks of Lafayette, Indiana.
The parish was founded in 1916 when Father Ulrich Taube built the first wooden chapel on the site. The current concrete structure replaced the original building during the 1968 reconstruction.
The parish school opened on September 2, 1928, staffed by two Maryknoll nuns who commuted daily from their convent near Punahou School; five more sisters joined in 1929. From 2018 the school closed, and it had been staffed by the Philippine province of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres, who lived in an adjacent convent. The parish is now staffed by the Missionaries of La Salette.
The church stands at 640 Puuhale Road in Kalihi Kai, West Honolulu, near Kaumualii Street. The parish is staffed by the Missionaries of La Salette, and the elementary school that opened in 1928 closed in 2018. Check current Mass times before visiting.
The 1928 school opened with 128 pupils in first and second grades, taught by two Maryknoll nuns who commuted daily from their convent near Punahou School. Father Hubert Nijs had converted the parish hall into two classrooms for children in an area where most families lacked basic education. The school closed in 2018.
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