A very special birthday was recently celebrated in Hawaii: Earlier this month, on April 12th, the oldest “patient” living on the historic Kalaupapa Peninsula, John Arruda, celebrated his 100th ...

Companion House and Senate bills make way for the eventual return of Kalaupapa Settlement on Molokaʻi with the rest of Maui ...

On the north side of Molokaʻi — the least-visited Hawaiian Island — a piece of land called the Kalaupapa Peninsula juts out from the rest of the island. Lay eyes on it for the first time ...

The first outcasts arrived on the Kalaupapa peninsula the following year. The setting was beautiful — with ocean on two sides and 2,000-foot-high sea cliffs on the third — but the residents were ...

Earlier this year, Religion editors were thrilled to greenlight and fund such a fascinating project. But other hurdles lay ahead: They still needed to figure out how to get to the isolated Kalaupapa ...

women and children who were taken from their families and forced to live on the peninsula. The state Department of Health said there are 11 surviving Kalaupapa patients, with six still living ...

The Kalawao Boys Band stands outside St. Philomena Church in Kalawao on the peninsula of Kalaupapa in 1905. Performers will honor the musical traditions of Kalaupapa during a virtual concert on Oct.