Dec 7, 2013 | Hawaii History, Paia, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
The Road to Hana has a total of 59 bridges, 46 of which are only one lane wide. Amazingly, all but one of these is the original bridge, built in 1910 when the Hana Highway was first completed. Only one was so damaged by erosion that it had to be replaced. Today...
Oct 30, 2013 | Hawaii History, Hawaiin legends, Paia, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
Father Damien’s path to official sainthood began in 1977, when the pope declared him “venerable”, the first step to canonization. Along the way two miracles were attributed to the loving spirit of Father Damien, including the miraculous 1997...
Oct 28, 2013 | Hawaii History, Paia, The Road To Hana, Tips and Essential Blog
In Father Damien’s loving hands, the colonies soon became orderly, even somewhat happy places. Although he could not cure leprosy, Father Damien and his way of faith brought a renewed sense of purpose to the colonists. Father Damien first became widely known...
Oct 25, 2013 | Hawaii History
Father Damien, now recognized officially as a saint by the Catholic Church, first arrived in Oahu in 1864. At the time of the young priest’s arrival, Hawaii was suffering a crisis of public health brought on by all the new traffic to and from the islands. In...
