Being a Part of the Oratory in Hawaii...

....Visit and Join

You are invited to invest in the Oratory:

• To provide the healing and unity that comes from sitting still together in a house of prayer.

• To assist as a Catholic in the foundation of a four hundred year old gift of the Church of Rome adapting to a new age and a new place.

• To provide as a Christian a place of welcome and dialogue for other Christians.

• To establish as a religious person a place for shared experience in contemplation and to witness to its gift of peace.

• To contribute as a member of the civic community to a center where healing and reconciliation can take place, and where the practical benefits of spiritual discipline will enrich all of our lives.

Twice a year, around the time of St. Philip's Day in late May, and then again in Autumn, the Secular Oratory opens up to new members and makes the necessary adjustments that growth requires.

During those two times the Secular Oratory will again open its doors to anyone interested in making an inquiry. "Recruitment" for the Secular Oratory is a very low key, come and see approach.  

Visiting the Oratory in Hawaii

From Waikiki/Airport: Take H1 Eastbound.  H1 will turn into Kalanianaole Highway. Continue Eastbound on Kalanianaole Highway to Hawai’i Kai.

Holy Trinity Church is on the ocean side of Kalanianaole Highway on Maunalua Bay.  Holy Trinity Church is located just past the corner of Kalanianaole Highway and Paiko Drive, right after Niu Valley Shopping Center.

From Waimanalo/Sea Life Park: Head West on Kalanianaole Highway toward Honolulu.  Once past Hawaii Kai and before entering Niu Valley, Holy Trinity Church will be on the ocean side of Kalanianaole Highway. If you reached Niu Valley Shopping Center, you went too far!

The Oratory is located in the priest’s quarters in the very back of the grounds of Holy Trinity School just a few steps from the ocean’s shore.

A Summary in One Symbol

Designed by Maryknoll Sister Yoo Soo Kim, the logo of the Oratory in Hawaii was inspired by the Taro plant - the staple food of the Hawaiian islands.

The Taro plant is a root that is pounded into poi. If you cut across the root you can see the similarities to the logo of the Oratory in Hawaii:  There is a cross. This cross of Jesus is what feeds us.

The islands are also a cross roads and people come from all four directions to live here. With them comes the gift of the Holy Spirit that maintains both the diversity of the people and their unity.

Together we are called to the silence of love in the presence of God the Father of all.

This little community that gathers at the Oratory is part of the diversity of Hawaii and part of what contributes to a sense of unity, a sense of aloha.