About Sts. Damien & Marianne Military Catholic Community · Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Saints Damien & Marianne Military Catholic Community is a Roman Catholic parish serving Catholic service members, families, and civilians at two U.S. Army installations in central O'ahu, Hawai'i — Schofield Barracks and Aliamanu Military Reservation (AMR). The community worships primarily at the Main Post Chapel on Schofield Barracks and offers a second Sunday Mass at the AMR chapel. As a military parish it falls under the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, while being geographically situated within the Diocese of Honolulu. The parish takes its name from two beloved Hawaiian saints — St. Damien of Moloka'i and St. Marianne Cope — both of whom ministered to people with Hansen's disease on Moloka'i in the 19th century.
- Patron
- St. Damien de Veuster of Moloka'i and St. Marianne Cope
- Diocese
- Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (geographically within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu)
Why belong here
This parish is the spiritual home for Catholic soldiers, families, DoD civilians, and retirees in the Schofield Barracks and Aliamanu Military Reservation footprint, with daily Mass at the Main Post Chapel and a Sunday Mass also celebrated at AMR. A core team of volunteer lay ministries — lectors, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, ushers, altar servers, the children's choir, and Catholic Women of the Chapel — keeps the community running across the constant transitions that come with military life. Parishioners can plug into ongoing faith formation (CCD/Religious Education registration for the 2024–2025 year was open), Friday Eucharistic Adoration, and a Knights of Columbus roundtable that is chartered under Council 14663 at St. John Apostle & Evangelist in Mililani.
Mass times at Sts. Damien & Marianne Military Catholic Community
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Sunday 8:00–8:30 AM at Aliamanu Military Reservation
- Sunday 10:30–11:00 AM at Main Post Chapel, Schofield Barracks
- Before and after daily Mass (Mon–Fri) at Main Post Chapel — check the daily schedule
Adoration times
- Friday 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM (First Fridays)
- Friday following the 11:45 AM daily Mass until 9:00 PM at the Soldier's Chapel (except training and federal holidays)
Religious Education & Faith Formation
The Religious Education (CCD) program is published on stsdmmcc.com under its own page and accepts registrations each year for the academic cycle — the 2024/2025 registration was open. Classes prepare children for First Communion and Confirmation and form altar servers for the chapels. The parish also lists ongoing faith-formation contacts in its Resources section.
- CCD registration 2024/2025 open via the parish website
- First Communion and Confirmation preparation
- Altar server training
- Page: stsdmmcc.com/religious-education
Parish Ministries & Lay Leadership
Military parishes run on lay ministry because chaplains rotate every two to three years. The community has identified leaders for each of the major liturgical ministries and the parish's standing groups, including Knights of Columbus and Catholic Women of the Chapel (CWOC). Recent parish coverage in the Hawaii Catholic Herald highlighted the Kempo family at the Main Post Chapel, naming the lector coordinator, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion lead, ushers/basket collectors scheduler, altar servers, and children's choir as the active ministries their family serves.
- Lectors — coordinator role
- Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion — ministry lead
- Ushers & basket collectors — schedule coordinator
- Altar servers
- Children's choir
- Catholic Women of the Chapel (CWOC)
- Knights of Columbus roundtable (chartered under Council 14663, St. John Apostle & Evangelist, Mililani)
Chapels & Installation Footprint
The parish is a single Catholic community serving two main chapel locations, with periodic outreach to other installations. Chaplaincy support comes through the U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii Religious Support Office (RSO), which lists the Main Post Chapel at 790 McCornack Road, Schofield Barracks, along with the Soldier's Chapel and the AMR chapel among its facilities.
- Main Post Chapel (MPC) — McCornack Road, Schofield Barracks
- Aliamanu Military Reservation chapel (AMR) — Honolulu
- Soldier's Chapel, Schofield Barracks
- Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) outreach via Fr. Hank Albrecht
- Wheeler Army Airfield outreach
Patrons: St. Damien of Moloka'i & St. Marianne Cope
The two patrons of the parish are Hawai'i's most widely venerated modern saints. Both are co-patrons of the Diocese of Honolulu, and naming a military community after them deliberately ties service members' life of sacrifice to the heroic charity shown to Hawai'i's leprosy patients in the 19th century.
- St. Damien de Veuster (1840–1889) — Belgian Picpus (SS.CC.) priest who ministered at Kalaupapa, Moloka'i from 1873 until his death; canonized 2009; feast May 10.
- St. Marianne Cope (1838–1918) — American Sister of St. Francis who joined the Moloka'i mission in 1888; canonized 2012; feast January 23.
- Both are co-patrons of the Diocese of Honolulu.
Contact, Chaplaincy & Emergencies
Day-to-day inquiries are routed through the parish office line at the Main Post Chapel. Because military chaplains deploy and rotate frequently, after-hours and sacramental emergencies are fielded by the on-call duty chaplain through the U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii Religious Support Office.
- Parish phone: (808) 655-9460
- U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii RSO: (808) 655-6647
- After-hours / emergency chaplain: (808) 655-8707 (ask for the on-call duty chaplain)
- RSO office hours: Tue–Fri, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM