The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-12-03
SUBURBAN TEMPLE.
Dedication of Catholic Church at
Moanalua by the Bishop of
Panopolis.

fanOpOllS.
Last Sunday, November 27, was
great festival day for the Moanalua |
community. A Catholic chapel was
to be dedicated by his Lordship the
Bishop OF Panopolis. People had
been very busy several days before
about many things fit to make of
that day grand one for tho little
village of Moanalua. Mrs. Wilcox
OF Kalihi was ahead to make the
best arrangements she could, both
religious and material, i. O., as re-
garded the ornaments inside of the
church and the provisions of great
hau. She was admirably seconded
by Mrs. Waller of Kalihi, and also
by many other persons, most of
them natives Hon. S. NJ. Damon,
the landlord of the country, and one
of the bcnefactors of the church,
had very kindly let them have many
things for the arrangement of the
tables.
His Lordship arrived at Moana-
| lua by the 9 am. train, followed by
many people from Honolulu, who
wished to fraternize with the Catho-
! lies of Moanalua. But there was al
ready crowd of people assembled
at the station, come from Moanalua
and Kalihi and some other places,
all waiting there for the Bishop. A
grand procession was immediately
organized to accompany his Lord
ship from the station to the church
he had to dedicate. They marched
on in good order, the Catholic choir
of Moanalua singing joyous religious
hymns, assisted by some native girls
that came from Honolulu by the
train.
The religious ceremony of the
dedication began at about 10 a. M.
and was followed by high mass sung
by his Lordship, the Moanalua
Catholic choir singing the "Kyrie," p"
the "Credo," the "Sanctus," and the
"Agnus," and some native hymns.
An appropriate native sermon was
delivered by his Lordship, and when
mass was over the sacrament of bap-
tism was conferred on some persons,
infant and adult The church was
crowded, and most of the people had
to stay outside. Moanalua had not
witnessed such a crowd of people
for long time.
The religious ceremony was fol
lowed by a luou, which was really
splendid, owing to the ability and
activity of Mrs. Wilcox and Mrs
Waller of Kalihi, who had taken
charge of the table of his Lordship
and his guests. Another table had
been prepared on the same ground
for the members of the choir. And
at very little distance, were two
other tables, prepared by the natives
of Moanalua for their visitors. Every
body had his plenty, and was salts,
fled with the generous and kind wei.
come of the Catholics of Moanalua
At about 3 p. m. the bell of the
church called again the congrega,
ton to the last religious ceremony
of the day, i. e., the administration
of the sacrament of confirmation
and the saying of the Rosary. There
again the strong and lively choir oI
Moanalua sang some of its beautiful
Hawaiian religious hymns,
And when the time to return
came, procession was organized
again to accompany his Lordship or
his way home from the church tc
the station, tho choir singing joyous
hymns, as they had done in the
morning procession. A little while
!, before the whistle of the train was
heard, the congregation of Moana
lua knelt down to receive the bless
ing of the Bishop. And shortly
after the whistle announced the ap
proach of the train. And wher
the Honolulu visitors had entered
into the cars the choir of Moanalus
sang hymn of adieu to them; ther
the whistle blew and the trail
started, and soon disappeared from
the Moanalua valley,
So was closed great festival day
which will never be forgotten, nei
their by Moanalua people nor by
a their friends of Honolulu. F. G.