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 [...]
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 [...]