Seven sisters left Syracuse for the Hawaiian Islands. Mother Marianne in charge.

Arrival in San Francisco, California.

Designated “Landing of the Sisters Day.�  In Honolulum guests of the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary until November 12.  Then the sisters moved to a cottage rented by the Hawaiian Government until their convent was prepared for use.

Moved to St. Francis Convent within enclosure at the Branch Leper Hospital, Kakaako, Honolulu.

Ecumenical chapel dedication held at Kakaako.  Chapel had a private small section for the sisters’ spiritual exercises on the side of the sanctuary.  Rev. Damien DeVeuster, chaplain at the Molokai Leper Settlement, was one of the guests at the dedication.  (He was not yet diagnosed with leprosy).

Sisters were given full charge of the Branch Leper Hospital, Kakaako, Honolulu, by the Hawaiian Government

Malulani Hospital, a general hospital at Wailuku, Maui, was established by Mother Marianne at the request of the Hawaiian Government.

Dedication of Kapiolani Home for female children of leprosy patients.  No matron could be found so the Home had been built on the grounds of the Branch Hospital at Kakaako, Honolulu, allowing the sisters to take charge.
Mother Marianne was decorated during the ceremony by King Kalakaua with the royal medal of Kapiolani for her leadership in benevolent works in the Hawaiian Islands.

Visit of Father Damien,  now a leprosy patient, from the Molokai Leper Settlement to Honolulu.  The Board of Health was displeased that the priest came without apparent permission.  Mother Marianne offered to care for him as a guest at the Branch Leper Hospital.

Mother Marianne’s first visit to the Settlement at Molokai.  No sister could be spared to accompany her.  Olinda Gomes, who later became Sister Elizabeth, was her travel companion.

Arrival of Mother Marianne and her two sister companions, Sister M. Leopoldina Burns and Sister M. Vincentia McCormick, at the Molokai Leper Settlement.  Mother Marianne held the official position of Matron or Superintendent of the (Charles Reed) Bishop Home.