Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) (continued from yesterday) Male Part-Hawaiian Partly Disfigured 48 years of age 37 years in Kalaupapa Leadership My Early Life When we arrived at the Kalihi Receiving Station, [...]
Peace be with you and your ohana! Are you going stir crazy yet? Well, adapting to our new normal takes getting used to. And, asking for God's help! Because it is God who protects us, giving life to our souls and not letting our feet slip. For He came down from Heaven to give us [...]
Peace be with you on this Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter! This Easter Season, especially, unlike past Easters, has a profound significance for all of us suffering through the current global pandemic. In the words of a popular proverb, "It is human nature always to find fresh cause for optimism." And, in the [...]
Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) (continued from yesterday) Male Part-Hawaiian Partly Disfigured 48 years of age 37 years in Kalaupapa Leadership My Early Life After the examination (for leprosy) my mother was [...]
Join Fr. Brian in celebration of the daily mass on Tuesday the 3rd week of Easter. Aloha nui to all! May the Lord bless you and your ohana on this the memorial of St. Peter Chanel and St. Louis de Montfort! In today's Scriptures we hear of God as rock, fortress, safety and bread. It [...]
Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Male Part-Hawaiian Partly Disfigured 48 years of age 37 years in Kalaupapa Leadership My Early Life How did it happen? There was no leprosy in our family. [...]
Peace be with you and your ohana on this Monday of the 3rd Week of Easter! As we continue our Easter journey, don't forget you can watch the mass from Kamalo rectory daily at the St. Damien Catholicparish You Tube channel. or go the Diocese web site for mass with the Bishop. The last reigning [...]
Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) (continued from yesterday) Part-Hawaiian Male Blind 43 years old 31 years in confinement Kalaupapa kids also had what we called, the "lobster club." That was the nose [...]
Aloha nui to all ohana's on this the 3rd Sunday of Easter! It is with faith, hope and love in the Lord that we are able to pray and communicate together through social media in these challenging times. Thanks be to God! In the readings from Holy Scripture for today, we hear of the victory [...]
Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) (continued from yesterday) Part-Hawaiian Male Blind 43 years old 31 years in confinement Little by little, I got worse -- different parts of my body started to [...]