Molokai parish gets a new name
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (351 reads)
Molokai’s main parish has a new name. Bishop Larry Silva announced on June 5 that the collection of four top-side churches known as the Molokai Catholic ...
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Photo: Damien Day at the capitol
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (254 reads)
A candlelight vigil in honor of Blessed Damien’s May 10 feast day was held on its vigil, May 9, by the Damien statue at the state capitol . St. Louis students hold ...
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Cause concluded, the postulator dies
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (254 reads)
Sacred Hearts Father Bruno Benati was the one from whom official news regarding the canonization process of Blessed Damien had been trickling out of Rome over the ...
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Appreciation and apology
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (245 reads)
Finally. After 140 years, and 8,000 lives surrendered. A thank you. And an apology. The kingdom of Hawaii began its quarantine of Hansen’s disease patients to Kalaupapa,...
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Much to do while waiting for a date
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (301 reads)
All that’s left to do is to set the date. And a thousand other things.
Blessed Damien will become Saint Damien, probably next year. Pope Benedict XVI approved ...
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Kalaupapa church marking 100 years
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (215 reads)
As you fly into Kalaupapa, the most prominent building you see is St. Francis Catholic Church standing proudly in the center of the settlement. The heart of ...
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The story of the statue
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (194 reads)
The Father Damien Memorial Statue stands alone in front of the Hawaii State Capitol, looking like a timeless monument. A duplicate sculpture is in the National Statuary...
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Blessed Marianne joins Damien on new Reyn creation
Friday, September 22, 2006 (1295 reads)
Two years ago, the Hawaii male Catholic fashion “must have” was the stylish Reyn Spooner Blessed Damien aloha shirt, with print designed by Big Island artist Dietrich Varez. More than 1,000 of the limited edition reverse-print creations depicting the missionary priest caring for Molokai’s Hansen’s disease patients flew off the shelves and onto the backs of men to become staple Sunday Mass attire.
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Gathering at capitol honors Damien on his feast
Friday, May 19, 2006 (995 reads)
Representatives from the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary joined Catholic schools students at the statue of Blessed Damien at the Hawaii state capitol on the morning of May 10 to celebrate his feast day with music, prayer, dance, recitation and flowers.
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Bishop convening new Damien, Marianne commission
Friday, December 30, 2005 (956 reads)
Bishop Larry Silva is convening on Jan. 18 the first meeting of the Father Damien/Mother Marianne Commission, a new group he wants to promote devotion to, and the canonization of, the two beatified missionaries to the leprosy patients of Kalaupapa a century ago.
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Damien canonization cause takes a step forward
Friday, December 30, 2005 (1245 reads)
The cause for the canonization of Blessed Damien de Veuster took a step forward earlier this month. On Dec. 2, the Vatican Congregation of the Causes of Saints accepted as concluded the work of the Diocese of Honolulu tribunal investigating an alleged miracle attributed to Blessed Damien’s intercession.
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Damien miraculous cure not in question
Friday, June 03, 2005 (1072 reads)
The reconvening of the diocesan tribunal for the cause for canonization for Blessed Damien DeVeuster does not mean that the miracle it investigated a year and a half ago is in question, said Sacred Hearts Sister Helene Wood, the vice-postulator for the cause.
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Tribunal completes Damien miracle investigation
Friday, June 03, 2005 (1069 reads)
A diocesan tribunal to further investigate an alleged miraculous healing attributed to the intercession of Blessed Damien, which could advance his cause for canonization, was officially closed May 10 at the diocesan chancery in Honolulu.
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