Kalua‘aha Church

The Duvauchelle family's historical and familial connections to Kaluaʻaha Church are well documented. Rev. Harvey Rexford Hitchcock arrived with Edmund H. Rogers, a mission printer, in Hawaiʻi with the Fifth Company of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, landing in Honolulu in 1832. Harvey was assigned to Molokaʻi, where he established the Kaluaʻaha Mission, the first permanent Protestant mission station on the island. Edmund married Rev Hitchcock’s sister, Elizabeth who arrived three years later.

Together Edmund and Elizabeth (Hitchcock) Rogers had Edmund Horton Rogers, Jr. born on 1838. Edmund Jr. married Elizabeth Duvauchelle, the daugher of Edourd Henri Duvauchelle and Kekaa.

For generations, some members of the Duvauchelle ʻohana worshipped at Kaluaʻaha Church, making it one of the important spiritual and community gathering places for the family. On May 15, 1967, the steeple fell from its base to the ground. The walls are made from coral and stone.

Members of the Duvauchelle ‘ohana from Mana‘e still attended this church.

The stone Kalua‘aha church was present stone church was completed and dedicated in 1844.

This article dated August 18, 1917 reports that 600 community members gathered at Kaluaaha Church for its rededication celebrating 85 years.

Mrs. Elizabeth (Hitchcock) Rogers the mother in-law of Elizabeth Duvauchelle and sister of Rev. Harvey Hitchcock.

Services are still held at Kaluaaha Church.