By Ka ‘Ohana O Kalaupapa Special to the Herald January is Kalaupapa Month, a time to shine a light on the lives of the nearly 8,000 men, women and children who were taken from their families and sent to Kalaupapa because of government policies regarding leprosy, now also called Hansen’s disease. Most never saw their […]
Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Celebrating the legacy of St. Damien and St. Marianne
Catholic social tips It’s Kalaupapa Month, and as we near the 13th anniversary of St. Marianne Cope’s canonization and what would have been her 187th birthday, remembering her is right and just. The life and legacy of Mother Marianne helped establish the presence of the Sisters of St. Francis in Hawaii since the late 1800s. […]
January is Kalaupapa Month
Two years ago, Ka ‘Ohana O Kalaupapa proposed designating January as Kalaupapa Month to the Hawai`i State Legislature which gave the bill unanimous approval. Gov. David Ige signed the legislation into law. Ka ‘Ohana President Charmaine Woodward, whose great-grandparents are buried at Kalaupapa, sees Kalaupapa Month as a “time of remembrance and celebration — […]
Ohana to present webinar on Kalaupapa month 2023
Ka ‘Ohana O Kalaupapa, an organization of Kalaupapa residents, their relatives and friends, will present its first webinar of 2023, “Kalaupapa Month: A Time to Remember,” on Saturday, Jan. 14, 10-11:30 a.m. This webinar of historical and modern-day photographs will look at how January was designated as Kalaupapa Month. Information on how to register for […]
How Kalaupapa is celebrating Kalaupapa Month
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Next month, January, will be the first to be observed as Kalaupapa Month in the State of Hawaii. In Kalaupapa itself, the community brought together the National Park Service, the Department of Health and Catholic church staff to plan a month of remembrances of significant Kalaupapa January dates with […]