When is World Leprosy Day 2023? In 2023, World Leprosy Day is Sunday 29 January. World Leprosy Day always takes place on the last Sunday of January. This date was chosen by French humanitarian, Raoul Follereau as a tribute to the life of Mahatma Gandhi, who did much work with persons […]
6th Sunday of Year B
It happens that we find ourselves in a situation of need. It may be for a service, we may wish to ask for a lift, or we may want to borrow an item of some kind. More urgently we may require some information, or we may need advice. We then […]
World Leprosy Day – 29th January
World Leprosy Day is observed internationally on January 30 or its nearest Sunday to increase the public awareness of the Leprosy or Hansen’s Disease. Leprosy is one of the oldest recorded diseases in the world. It is an infectious chronic disease that targets the nervous system, especially the nerves in […]
World Leprosy Day – 31 January
On a picturesque peninsula of one of Hawaii’s smallest islands are the remnants of one of history’s most horrific medical sequesters. Kalaupapa, on the island of Molokai, is Hawaii’s leprosy colony, where 8,000 people were sent into exile over the course of a century. Six of these patients still live […]