Kalaupapa News

Remote leprosy settlement faces sainthood dilemma

KPUA-AM Hilo - Mon Sep 22

They hold great respect for Damien as a selfless man who cared for leprosy patients when many others shunned them.

Jazz guitarist's heart stays in Kalaupapa

Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Fri Sep 19

Jazz guitarist Jeff Linsky has toured the world over. As he puts it, he frequents "impressive concert halls in Europe, Asia, and North and South America.

A church in Father Damien's name

KHNL-TV Honolulu - Mon Aug 18

His life and efforts on Molokai have inspired people from around the world. Now the name and works of Father Damien are helping to build a special church on the friendly isle.

Former leprosy patients hear long-awaited apology

WSBT - Thu Aug 14

The state delivered a long-awaited apology to former leprosy patients forcibly confined to a remote peninsula on the island of Molokai.

State senator delivers apology to former leprosy patients

KPUA-AM Hilo - Wed Aug 13

State Senator J. Kalani English read aloud a resolution including the apology to about a dozen former patients with the ailment now called Hansen's disease at a Kalaupapa meeting hall yesterday.

Lepers Get Long-Awaited Apology

CBS News - Wed Aug 13

Father Damien's church in Kalaupapa, Molokai, Hawaii on August 12, 2008. The state of Hawaii passed a resolution apologizing to the residents of Kalaupapa, who are victims of Hansens Disease, on how unfairly ...

Hawaii state senator delivers long-awaited apology to former patients at leper colony

Newsday.com - Wed Aug 13

"We're sorry. We're sorry for the treatment. We're sorry for the suffering that you've been through," state Sen.

Sisters of St. Francis Present Anniversary Concert Featuring Royal Hawaiian Band

The Honolulu Advertiser - Fri Jul 25

The life of Blessed Marianne Cope, who brought the Sisters of St. Francis to Hawaii 125 years ago, will be celebrated on the 90th anniversary of her death during a free anniversary concert featuring the Royal ...

Damien taught us to love like Jesus

The Honolulu Advertiser - Sat Jul 12

The Vatican has accepted the second required miracle in the process of naming our own Father Damien a saint.

Honolulu population shrank a bit in '07

The Honolulu Advertiser - Thu Jul 10

O'ahu experienced its first population loss in seven years, according to new Census Bureau estimates for 2007.