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Belonging.  Hospitality.  Compassion.

Hawai‘i has the highest cost of living and one of the highest rates of homelessness in the U.S.  Families and individuals in our Kalihi-Palama neighborhood often struggle to make ends meet, and face food insecurity and housing instability.  Saint Elizabeth's Beloved Community Ministries team, consisting of committed workers and volunteers, strives to serve our neighbors in the spirit of Jesus' words in Matthew 25:

Come, you that are blessed by my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
for I was hungry and you gave me food,
I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,
I was a stranger and you welcomed me.

WEEKLY MINISTRIES

FOOD PANTRY
Monday & Friday 8am-12pm
Tuesday - Thursday 8am-10:30

WEEKDAY LUNCH
Tuesday-Thursday @ 11:30am
Served in Shim Hall

SATURDAY BREAKFAST
Coffee & Pastries @ 7:00am
​Breakfast @ 7:30am

St. Elizabeth's also offers mail service for people without a permanent address, so they can continue to receive important communications, documents and letters.

​We are grateful for our partnerships with a variety of other ministries and non-profits including Ke Ola Mamo, River of Life Mission, and the Institute for Human Services, We Are Oceania and the Kalihi-Palama Health Center to provide resources and host service fairs that address the root causes of homelessness and offer pathways to long term flourishing

ABOUT WALLYHOUSE

​Wallyhouse began its life as the first and only Catholic Worker House in Hawai'i.  In January 2018, Saint Elizabeth's welcomed two members of the Third Order of St Francis, an Episcopal lay order of those who follow the Rule of St. Francis - namely a life of poverty and service to the least among us. David Catron and Barbara Bennett, as Franciscan Catholic Workers, had previously served nearly 15 years in Brazil.  In the old rectory at Saint Elizabeth's, they established what is now our food pantry and hot lunch program.

The house was then named in honor of Wally Inglis, a lifelong peace activist and defender of the most vulnerable. Wally has been extremely active in the effort to serve Hansen’s disease patients and was a driving force in having the old Hale Mōhalu transformed into low income housing for the elderly, the infirm and those suffering from Hansen’s disease.

THE CATHOLIC WORKER MOVEMENT

St. Elizabeth's ministries have been heavily influenced by the Catholic Worker Movement.  

Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin founded the Catholic Worker movement on May 1, 1933, in New York City with the inaugural edition of the Catholic Worker newspaper.

Their vision, based on the radical life and message of Jesus, continues today in over 200 Catholic Worker communities, in cities and on farms, throughout the world.

​Wallyhouse and all of our Beloved Community ministries, remains committed to nurturing the poor in body, mind and spirit, non-violent resistance of oppression and practicing radical acts of kindness.

To learn more about The Catholic Worker Movement, please visit our main website HERE. ​