Molokai History: (from "Pioneers of the Faith: History of the Catholic Mission in Hawaii (1827-1940)" by Robert Schoofs, SS.CC., Sturgis Printing Company, Inc., Honolulu, HI, 1978) (continued from May 12th) Father Damien was, of course, very glad to have this little place of worship [St. Philomena's in Kalawao], which filled his needs for the time [...]
Molokai History: (from "Pioneers of the Faith: History of the Catholic Mission in Hawaii (1827-1940)" by Robert Schoofs, SS.CC., Sturgis Printing Company, Inc., Honolulu, HI, 1978) (continued from May 11th) In the late 1860's, Father Delalande succeeded Father Bouillon. This brings us to 1873, the year Father Damien volunteered to go to Kalawao to minister [...]
Molokai History: (from "Pioneers of the Faith: History of the Catholic Mission in Hawaii (1827-1940)" by Robert Schoofs, SS.CC., Sturgis Printing Company, Inc., Honolulu, HI, 1978) (continued from May 9th) In Kumueli (Kamalo?), Father Favens, SS.CC. baptized two catechumens. The next day [this was in 1846], while the catechists rounded up Catholics and catechumens, Father [...]
Molokai History: (continued from yesterday) (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 As we were leaving [the Kalihi Receiving Station] for Honolulu Harbor, again [...]
Molokai History: (continued from yesterday) (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 I was sent to Kalaupapa on May 15, 1942. May 15, 1979 [...]
Molokai History: (continued from yesterday) (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 It was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor which was responsible for [...]
Molokai History: (continued from yesterday) (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 It is ironic, but the Japanese attack upon Pearl Harbor was responsible [...]
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 There were five years spent at Kalihi. But in the beginning, 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) (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, [...]
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 [...]