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 [...]
The Lord be with you on this Good Friday of the Year of Our Lord, 2020! The inscription that was placed above the head of Jesus on the cross used to crucify Him read "INRI". The first "I" used in place of "J" for the name "Jesus". The "N" standing for "Nazareth", the town where [...]
Molokai History: (from "Pioneers of the Faith: History of the Catholic Mission in Hawaii, 1827-1940" by Robert Schoofs, SS.CC., Published by Louis Boeynaems, SS.CC., Honolulu, HI, 1978) In the course of the 19th century up to 1930, Molokai was designated by names that translated its economic status, such as "The Lonely Island", or "The Forgotten [...]
The Lord be with you this Holy Thursday 2020! If we truly believe in the real presence of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist and in the Tabernacle, then we truly believe in His power to wash away all the bad things in our lives and cleanse us of all that takes us away [...]