In preparing to embark on the St. Damien Pilgrimage to Washington, D.C. this weekend, I decided to start reading Hilde Eynikel's book, Molokai: The Story of Father Damien. The book was the basis for a feature film about the newly-canonized saint released about 10 years ago that stars David Wenham and one of my all-time favorite actors, Sam Neill (Jurassic Park). I might have to seek out the DVD of that after returning from the trip.

Father William Petrie, SSCC, has asked if I'd be willing to share my reporting with some of the media outlets in Hawaii and I've been in contact with the editors from both The Hawaii Catholic Herald and The Molokai Dispatch and will be sending them my coverage of the weekend in addition to what will be included in next week's issue of The Anchor.