Problems with a decades-old pump system have forced the evacuation of the remote peninsula By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald People who live and work in Kalaupapa, Molokai, are accustomed to the challenges posed by life on the remote peninsula. Food, mail, vehicles and other supplies arrive by boat, tiny airplane or on foot […]
Sister Barbara Jean Wajda, Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: Where I see the face of God
Viriditas2: Soul Greening Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald People often ask me what it is like to live at Kalaupapa. I usually smile because it is difficult to put into words. It is not simply a place where I live or serve. It is a place where I experience God’s […]
Sister Barbara Jean Wajda, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: The loving gaze between God, man
Viriditas2: Soul Greening Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald When I was in grade school in the 1950s, I remember making leprosy bandages. We would tear up old sheets that would then be sent somewhere. As a young child, I was too young to catch the details of what we were […]