On the Road Again! Got to get back on the road again! These lyrics of a Willie Nelson song, beckon us to stay on the path. This Easter season, we are like the two disciples on the Road to Emmaus. We are sad, yet, we have faith & hope that the Risen Lord will remain [...]
Hawaii History: (from "Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism" by Noenoe K. Silva, Duke University Press, Durham, NC, 2004) Conservative estimates of Hawaii's population in 1778 range from 400,000 to 1,000,000; just forty five years later, in 1823, that number was reduced to about 135,000 due to disease. The first epidemic, called ma'i'oku'u [...]
Life has conquered death! Alleluia! The Lord be with you and your ohana! We celebrate the Lord's Resurrection this Tuesday of Easter Week! Let us rejoice and be glad! As we continue to adapt to the challenges of our times, may we never forget that the Lord lives! We place our faith, hope and love [...]
Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale - Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa Settlement, Molokai, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Male, Hawaiian Widowed Age: 81 67 years at Kalaupapa Why Did It Happen To Us Hawaiians? They sent me to this place when I [...]
Blessed Resurrection to all of you and your ohanas! May the spirit of new life be upon you! As we enter the Easter Season, it is with hope in the Resurrection that we place our thoughts and prayers. God indeed has the power over fear and death! In the words of Jesus to his disciples [...]
Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Excerpts from Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa Settlement, Molokai, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Female, Hawaiian Married Age: 70 46 years at Kalaupapa Leave Your Bones at Kalaupapa I was born on Maui, in the little community [...]
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! He has risen! The Lord has overcome death and has been resurrected! This Easter is unlike any Easter we have ever experienced in our lifetimes. As we celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord, let us reflect on the Paschal Mystery, that life comes through death, and apply it to our present situation. [...]
Molokai History: (from " History of the Catholic Mission in the Hawaiian Islands" by Father Reginald Yzendoorn, SS.CC., Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Ltd., Honolulu, U.S. Territory of Hawaii, 1927) The last years of Father Damien's life were considerably embittered by his ecclesiastical superiors, who appear to have been jealous of the popularity of their inferior. Their correspondence [...]
The Grace and Peace of Jesus Christ our Lord be with you and your 'ohana this Holy Saturday! It is the great feast of the Church! It is on this night, that, once a year, we gather to renew our faith in God's benevolent love and mercy. It is the night of turning darkness into [...]
Molokai History: (from " History of the Catholic Mission in the Hawaiian Islands" by Father Reginald Yzendoorn, SS.CC., Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Ltd., Honolulu, U.S. Territory of Hawaii, 1927) The last years of Father Damien's life were considerably embittered by his ecclesiastical superiors, who appear to have been jealous of the popularity of their inferior. Their correspondence [...]