Journey to a canonization: April 3, 2009
Friday, April 03, 2009 (621 reads)
Question: If Father Damien were alive today, where would he be? Answer: Perhaps in India, where Hansen’s disease has stubbornly stepped into the 21st century despite ...
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The canonization date is set: Oct. 11
Friday, March 06, 2009 (921 reads)
On Oct. 11, the Catholic Church will bestow on Father Damien de Veuster the title of “saint,” 120 years after the Belgian missionary died on Molokai among his beloved ...
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Journey to a canonization: March 6, 2009
Friday, March 06, 2009 (521 reads)
Sold out! Two days after Seawind Tours and Travel announced its three tour packages to the Oct. 11 canonization of Father Damien in Rome, the main one, which includes a ...
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Journey to a canonization: Feb. 20, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009 (951 reads)
This column will occasionally report on the influence of Blessed Damien in other parts of the world. Here is a story about a school named for him that’s not in Kalihi....
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Journey to a canonization: Feb. 6, 2009
Friday, February 06, 2009 (532 reads)
Have you ever tried to plan a trip of a lifetime — airlines, hotels, ground transportation, travel stops and activities — when you don’t know when the trip is ...
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Homily for the Red Mass: Jan. 22, 2009
Friday, February 06, 2009 (485 reads)
You may have heard this on the radio: One of the milestones in our country’s history occurred in 1955 with the opening of Disneyland in Anaheim, California. At ...
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Journey to a canonization, Jan. 23, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009 (697 reads)
Let’s make a prediction. Blessed Damien’s canonization will be on … Well, before we get to that, why don’t we check into the canonizations of recent years to see what we can learn....
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Remembrance: Richard Marks
Friday, December 26, 2008 (583 reads)
Although Father Damien de Veuster died nearly 120 years ago, there are times today when he seems more alive than ever. Upon entering the sacred lands of Kalawao on ...
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Molokai parish gets a new name
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1406 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 (895 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 (942 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 (814 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 (928 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 (928 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 (1170 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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A walk on holy ground
Friday, November 17, 2006 (495 reads)
The story of Blessed Damien, Blessed Marianne, and the thousands of Hansen’s disease patients exiled to Kalaupapa over the course of a century of Hawaiian history has been told and retold in countless articles, dozens of books and numerous films.
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Blessed Marianne joins Damien on new Reyn creation
Friday, September 22, 2006 (2139 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 (1527 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 (1466 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 (1848 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 (1631 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 (1900 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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