By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva presided May 10 over the historic opening session of the diocesan inquiry for the cause of the beatification and canonization of Joseph Dutton, the Civil War veteran who spent the final 48 years of his life caring for the patients of Kalaupapa, Molokai. At the end […]
State Legislature OKs $5 million for Kalaupapa Memorial
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald A major step recently took place toward the creation of a Kalaupapa Memorial for all former patients. On May 5, the Hawaii State Legislature approved SB 3338, which grants $5 million for the design, planning and construction of The Kalaupapa Memorial as proposed by Ka Ohana O Kalaupapa, the […]
Dutton’s sainthood cause moves to ‘diocesan inquiry’ phase
By Anna Weaver and Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald It’s another small, but significant, hop forward on the long path to sainthood for Kalaupapa’s Servant of God Joseph Dutton. On March 30, Bishop Larry Silva of the Diocese of Honolulu announced that preliminary steps are now done and the first session of the “diocesan inquiry” […]
In the family: Ka ‘Ohana O Kalaupapa webinar brings together descendants and supporters of Kalaupapa settlement
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The numbers of those logged on to the Zoom session quickly ticked upwards as the start time for a Damien and Marianne Catholic Conference webinar approached on Jan. 22. Attendees left notes in the chatbox introducing themselves. “I am the adopted Daughter of the Late Laurenzio & Katherine Costales […]
Family ties the topic of Kalaupapa webinar
As part of January being Kalaupapa Month, Ka Ohana O Kalaupapa will present a webinar, “The Restoration of Family Ties,” on Saturday, Jan. 22, 10-11:30 a.m. The event is being hosted by the Damien-Marianne Catholic Conference. There is no charge. Pre-register at www.dmcchawaii.org. This presentation is a narrated slide show of historical and modern-day photographs […]
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 […]
A ‘fabulous’ life: For Makia Malo, the obstacles of Hansen’s disease led to a personal triumph
By Valerie Monson Special to the Herald “Despite the separation from family, it was a fabulous life and it was a fabulous world.” So pronounced Makia Malo as he greeted everyone at a meeting of Ka ‘Ohana O Kalaupapa in 2015. Those were unlikely words from someone diagnosed with leprosy who was taken from his […]
Kalaupapa’s Barbara ‘Bobbie’ Marks: ‘I wanted to learn’
By Valerie Monson Special to the Herald Barbara “Bobbie” Marks did not allow her love for learning to be shelved when she suddenly had to leave her cherished Sacred Hearts Academy in Kaimuki in 1946 because she was diagnosed with leprosy. Throughout her many years at Kalaupapa and Hale Mohalu in Pearl City, Barbara was […]
Governor signs bill designating January as Kalaupapa Month
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Imagine if, for the health of the community during an epidemic, you were asked to quarantine, not for 10 days, not for 14 days, not for one year, but for the rest of your life. That is what 8,000 Hawaii citizens were forced to do between 1866 to 1969, […]
Bishop to celebrate memorial Mass for ‘Boogie’ Kahilihiwa
Bishop Larry Silva will celebrate a memorial Mass for the late Kalaupapa patient Clarence “Boogie” Kahilihiwa at 10 a.m. April 20 in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. Kahilihiwa was a resident for more than 60 years in Kalaupapa where he had emerged as a leader and advocate for those quarantined there for […]
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