Holy Ghost Catholic Church, also known as Holy Ghost Mission, is an historic octagon-shaped Roman Catholic church building on the island of Maui, located at 4300 Lower Kula Road in Waiakoa in the Kula district.
The hymns and invocation in the services are in the Hawaiian language. [3 ] [4 ] [5 ] which echo the legacy of Hawaiian churches in the survival of the Hawaiian language where it was banned from being spoken in public. [6 ]
Originally called Waineʻe Church until 1953, the graveyard, which retains the original name of Waineʻe Cemetery, is the final resting place for aliʻi and early members of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Wānanalua was the name of a traditional land division (ahupuaʻa) on the eastern coast of the island of Maui. [3 ] The name means "double prophecy" in the Hawaiian language. [4 ] The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions…
The third historic structure used by the congregation was designed by noted local architect C.W. Dickey and dedicated in 1917 as the Henry Perrine Baldwin Memorial Church.