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St. Benedict’s Painted Church in Kona is a One-of-a-Kind Artistic Wonder

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*This story was originally published on March 6, 2019 and updated on Aug. 20.   On a Sunday at sunrise, the South Kona sky painted in pastels, I drive bleary-eyed on Māmalahoa Highway heading south past monstera and banana plants toward the hulking mass of Mauna Loa, rising nearly 1,500 feet into the sky. Two […]

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Culture, From Our Magazine, Hawai‘i Island, Hawai‘i Island Arts + Culture, Hawai‘i Island What To Do

St. Benedict’s Painted Church in Kona is a One-of-a-Kind Artistic Wonder

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On a Sunday at sunrise, the South Kona sky painted in pastels, I drive bleary-eyed on Māmalahoa Highway heading south past monstera and banana plants toward the hulking mass of Mauna Loa, rising nearly 1,500 feet into the sky. Two quick turns past roadside fruit stands and my car rumbles into the parking lot of

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