By Valerie Monson Special to the Herald KALAUPAPA — Nearly 30 years ago during my first visit to Kalaupapa, I walked by the Kalaupapa Hospital. A woman’s voice unexpectedly called out: “Who are you?” I looked up at the window and saw a pretty face with bright eyes and a big smile behind the screen. […]
Creating voice: Students inspired by Kalaupapa
By Kanoe Turner Special to the Herald Writing does not come easily for everyone. Being able to express yourself on paper so that your readers can feel, taste and smell what you are creating in words, but also to generate a voice that is so powerful it becomes real, is especially difficult for young and […]
Kalaupapa letter: Rudely awakened by a 2 a.m. alarm: This is not a drill
By Father Patrick Killilea, SSCC Hawaii Catholic Herald I awoke to the jarring blare of the settlement alarm siren. I got out of bed saying to myself, “Oh no! Not a tsunami!” Then as I quickly got into some clothing and shoes, I thought, if this is not a tsunami, it is one heck […]
Grant assists Kalaupapa rare photos project
The Hawaii Council for the Humanities has awarded the U.S. Province of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts a $5,000 “preservation and access grant” for a project identifying Kalaupapa residents in a century-old collection of more than 600 photographic glass plate negatives in the religious order’s archives.
Kalaupapa love story
Several years ago, Jimmy Brede sat in the shade outside Leahi Hospital on Oahu waiting for the van to drive up. When it did, the door opened and out came his wife, Nancy.
“There she is!” Jimmy sang out as if it was the first time he’d laid eyes on her. “She’s going to be 87, but she’s still my Sweet Sixteen.”
God bless you, Edwin Lelepali
KALAUPAPA – “God bless.” Whether he was signing a handwritten letter, wrapping up a conversation or seeing you off at the airport, those two words were how Kalaupapa resident Edwin Lelepali bid farewell. He rarely said goodbye. He left you with “God bless.”
Ceremonies mark 150th anniversary of first exiles to Kalaupapa
By Valerie Monson Special to the Herald KALAUPAPA — The gathering at the Kalaupapa wharf on a blustery Jan. 6 was to remember a sad beginning: the 150th anniversary of when the first 12 people were banished here because of newly-established government policies regarding those diagnosed with leprosy. In the ensuing century, nearly 8,000 would […]
Layman. Soldier. Saint? Diocese takes step toward canonization of Joseph Dutton
The Diocese of Honolulu has taken the first official step on the long and complex road to the possible canonization of an American layman and Civil War veteran who spent half of his life serving leprosy patients in Kalaupapa, Molokai, working side by side with the settlement’s two saints, Damien de Veuster and Marianne Cope. […]
Lost soldier, redeemed
Cheryl J. Wilkinson, vice president of the Joseph Dutton Guild, shared with the Hawaii Catholic Herald a testimonial about her personal devotion to Dutton. Here is an excerpt. I became involved when I was at Kalaupapa with my husband, Michael. I was standing by St. Damien’s gravesite, and Dr. Maria Devera came up to me […]
Bishop expects a priest at Kalaupapa for the ‘foreseeable future’
A view of the Kalaupapa peninsula from the top of the switchback trail that leads down the cliff to the settlement. (HCH file photo) Shortly after St. Damien made his historic first step onto the shore of Kalaupapa on May 10, 1873, and assessed the situation, he informed his superior, Bishop Louis Maigret, that […]
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