By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The state of Hawaii has officially recognized Servant of God Joseph Dutton, the layman who worked alongside Sacred Hearts Father Damien de Veuster in Kalaupapa and then spent decades ministering to Hansen’s disease patients on the remote Molokai peninsula, by designating April 27 as “Brother Joseph Dutton Day.” […]
Dutton’s sainthood cause seeks boost through special collection
Hawaii Catholic Herald A special parish second collection planned for the weekend of April 27-28 aims to support the sainthood cause of Servant of God Joseph Dutton, layman, who spent more than 40 years serving the Hansen’s disease settlement in Kalaupapa. Dutton, born on April 27, 1843, in Stowe, Vermont, was a Civil War veteran who struggled […]