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St. Michael’s celebration benefits building fund (Sept. 30)

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Multi-cultural food, carnival game booths, keiki activities, continuous entertainment, a country store and silent auction are part of the family fun at the annual St. Michael the Archangel Feast Day Celebration.

The community is invited to the 11 a.m.-3 p.m. fundraiser Sunday, Sept. 30 at Hale Halawai.

Admission is free and proceeds from food sales and keiki activities benefit the Parish Building Fund to build a new church campus.

Built in 1850, St. Michael the Archangel Church was damaged beyond repair during the October 2006 earthquake and subsequently decommissioned and demolished in November 2009. The Kailua congregation continues to worship in a tent and has not yet realized its building fund goals.

Festivities for the Feast Day Celebration begin at the 10 a.m. Mass on the grounds of Hale Halawai – north lot … with a special liturgy in honor of St. Michael, the parish’s patron saint.

The Mass will showcase the congregation’s rich ethnic heritage when members of various cultures participate in the Presentation of Gifts in traditional dress.

At Hale Halawai, sample the cuisine of Hawaii, the Philippines, Thailand, Germany, Mexico, Samoa, Japan, China, Vietnam, Hungary, Korea, Lebanon and Italy at “A Taste of St. Michael’s.”

Attendees can build their own plate lunch from a wide array of homemade a la carte specialties. Enjoy Thai spring rolls, sopasui, adobo, pancit, laulau, Hungarian sausage, Portuguese bean soup, tamales, tabouli, and Polish golumpki.

Food can be purchased using scrip available at the festival.

Find fresh pies and pastries, jellies and jams, pickled veggies and plants at the festival’s Country Store. Talented parishioners will stage entertainment.

A live and silent auction — touting merchandise from local businesses and treasures from residents — will benefit the building fund.

Those wishing to donate can contact Thelma Bacxa at 322-9032 or feastday@onecatholicohana.org.

St. Michael the Archangel Church is part of the North Kona Catholic Community that includes Immaculate Conception Church in Holualoa, St. Paul’s Church in Honalo, St. Peter’s Church in Keauhou and Holy Rosary Church in Kalaoa.

NKCC serves more than 1,500 families and a steady stream of visitors, many who return year after year.

For further information, call 326-7771 or visit: www.onecatholicohana.org

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