Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hawi, Catholic church in Hawi, Hawaii.

The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Hāwī is a cruciform church built in 1925 by Father Ludger Appleman, SS.CC., and consecrated by Msgr. Stephen Alencastre. Its stained-glass windows were crafted by artisans in Belgium and donated by parish members. The campus on Akoni Pule Highway also holds a rectory, a parish hall and a cemetery.

The first Sacred Heart Church was built in Hawi in 1905 by Father Aloysius Borghouts, SS.CC., and was later moved to Halawa. The present cruciform church was built in 1925 by Father Ludger Appleman, SS.CC., and consecrated by Msgr. Stephen Alencastre, SS.CC.; the parish was canonically erected in 1926.

The parish belongs to the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, the French Picpus Fathers, who established the Catholic Church in what is now Hawaii and in parts of French Polynesia including Tahiti and the Marquesas. The church is dedicated to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, the title to which the Hawaiian mission of the order committed itself. The parish also maintains a mission at Halaʻula under the title of Our Lady of Grace.

The church is located in Hawi on the Big Island and can be reached on foot from the town center. Visitors should wear appropriate attire when entering and plan to visit during daylight hours for the best view of the interior.

The parish was canonically erected in 1926, shortly after the church's dedication. Its stained-glass windows were made by Belgian artisans and paid for by individual members of the congregation, so each window carries a donor's gift rather than a single patron's commission.