Blessings & much pule this Saturday of the 2nd week of Easter! Today is the Feast of St. Mark the Evangelist. He was one of the four gospel writers who passed on the faith through their writings. His is the shortest of the four gospels. However, Matthew and Luke's Gospels all took much from Mark's [...]
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) The Long Road -- from Papakolea to Kalaupapa to a University Degree Part-Hawaiian Male Blind 43 years old 31 years in confinement On October [...]
Daily message and mass with Fr. Brian: Aloha nui to all! On this Friday of the 2nd Week of Easter, we continue to offer our pule for those affected by the pandemic throughout the world. We pray for a safe return to daily life at some point without endangering our health and well-being. We pray [...]
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) Part-Hawaiian Male Blind 43 years old 31 years in confinement (to be continued tomorrow) The Long Road -- from Papakolea to Kalaupapa, to a University Degree I [...]
Fr. Brian's daily message and mass on this Thursday, the 2nd week of Easter: Peace be with you! On this Thursday of the 2nd week of Easter, we hear about two martyrs whose memorials it is today: St. George and St. Adalbert. St. George is the Patron Saint of the countries of England, Ethiopia and [...]
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 Blind, Disabled, Married 70 years of Age 57 years at Kalaupapa and Hale Mohalu (continued from yesterday) The State Has Provided: I Am Grateful To [...]
Aloha nui to all! May God's peace be with each and every one of you on this Wednesday of the 2nd week of Easter! As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, let us do something for the earth today - water a plant, cut the grass, weed the garden, something we can do [...]
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 Blind, Disabled, Married 70 years of Age 57 years at Kalaupapa and Hale Mohalu The State Has Provided: I Am Grateful To Our Benefactors (At [...]
Fr. Brian's message and daily mass: Aloha nui to all ohana's! May the Spirit of Christ be with you this Tuesday of the 2nd week of Easter! With things on hold, we are blessed with time to read or pray or meditate. This is a good thing! We are also blessed with opportunities to look [...]
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) Female, Filipino Married, Able-bodied Age: 41 8 years at Kalaupapa Love Could Not Overcome Fear I got the disease when I was thirty-three years old. I came [...]