'Faith' showcases Kalaupapa through rare photos, poetry

By Star-Advertiser staff

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 15, 2012

~~<p>The Damien and Marianne of Molokai Heritage Center in Waikiki has mounted an exhibit featuring portraits taken in the early 1900s that offers a rare and compelling glimpse of life on Molokai's remote Kalaupapa peninsula for the banished victims of leprosy.</p>
<p>Called "Absolute Faith: Saint Damien, Blessed Marianne and the People of Kalaupapa," the free exhibit includes many historic, never-before-seen prints, contemporary photographs, quotations and poetry, according to a news release by Father Lane Akiona of St. Augustine-by-the-Sea Church. The center is next to the church at 130 Ohua Ave.</p>
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The Damien and Marianne of Molokai Heritage Center in Waikiki has mounted an exhibit featuring portraits taken in the early 1900s that offers a rare and compelling glimpse of life on Molokai's remote Kalaupapa peninsula for the banished victims of leprosy.

Called "Absolute Faith: Saint Damien, Blessed Marianne and the People of Kalaupapa," the free exhibit includes many historic, never-before-seen prints, contemporary photographs, quotations and poetry, according to a news release by Father Lane Akiona of St. Augustine-by-the-Sea Church. The center is next to the church at 130 Ohua Ave. Login for more...