Parish Artwork

Parish Artwork

Last Supper Mural and Stations of the Cross

Upon completion of the present church building in 1959, former parishioners Kenneth and Rosemond Prince, both graduates of the Chicago Art Institute, painted a mural of the Last Supper inside the church over the entrance doors. The mural, done with a Hawaiian flair, depicts Christ and the Twelve Apostles sitting around a table with a view of the Koolau Mountains in the background. The Apostles represent the many different cultures of Hawaii and there are two Hawaiian women in the foreground. The Princes also did the parish’s Stations of the Cross in a cast-concrete relief:

Statuary

Outside the church: St. George (in bell-tower niche); Our Lady of Grace (water fountain grotto)

St. George Mural and Crucifix

On the front of the church building, on the gable over the church portal, is a mosaic of St. George slaying the dragon by John F. Lochtefeld. Lochtefeld also created the unique crucifix inside the church above the tabernacle using wrought-iron rods. Both were completed circa 1959.

Punch Needle Embroidery

On both sides of the sanctuary above the glass louvers are original “punch-embroidery” works of art by parishioner and artist Anna Cho, wife of our Deacon, Edward Cho. The first work, Pentecost, was completed in August 1995 and hangs on the Makapu`u side of the sanctuary. The second work, inspired by the gospel of Matthew 19: 13-15 (“Let the children come to me . . .”), was completed in December 2000 and hangs on the Olomana side of the sanctuary:

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