By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva was invited last weekend to Stowe, Vermont, a place made famous by the von Trapp Family singers and its ski slopes, and has again gained renown, this time for a Hawaii connection, as the birthplace of Ira Joseph Dutton, the third sainthood candidate to emerge from […]
In webinar, Stowe voices will speak on state’s beloved son
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Four “voices of Vermont” with personal and professional ties to Joseph Dutton of Molokai, who was born in that state, will be the presenters at a live webinar about Dutton, now a sainthood candidate, hosted by the Damien and Marianne Catholic Conference, May 13, 10-11:30 a.m. Preregister for […]
Cause for Joseph Dutton’s beatification progressing
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald The cause for the beatification and canonization of American layman Joseph Dutton is gaining traction, judging from the enthusiastic reception at its first major fundraising event, a gala luncheon and silent auction Nov. 9 at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu. About 500 people attended the midday event, including […]
Photo: Dutton gets a website
A new Joseph Dutton Guild website opened to visitors July 1. Learn more about Hawaii’s newest candidate for sainthood, where his cause stands, and how to support it by going to josephdutton.org. (Screengrab)
Officials in place, the inquiry into Dutton’s cause begins
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva presided May 10 over the historic opening session of the diocesan inquiry for the cause of the beatification and canonization of Joseph Dutton, the Civil War veteran who spent the final 48 years of his life caring for the patients of Kalaupapa, Molokai. At the end […]
Is woman’s healing the miracle needed for the beatification of Molokai’s third candidate for sainthood?
‘Give it to Dutton’ By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald As the woman praying before the relics of Sts. Damien and Marianne rose from kneeling in front of the altar at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu on April 25, she wiped tears from her eyes. Her emotions stemmed from her […]
Dutton’s sainthood cause moves to ‘diocesan inquiry’ phase
By Anna Weaver and Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald It’s another small, but significant, hop forward on the long path to sainthood for Kalaupapa’s Servant of God Joseph Dutton. On March 30, Bishop Larry Silva of the Diocese of Honolulu announced that preliminary steps are now done and the first session of the “diocesan inquiry” […]
Webinar explores life of Joseph Dutton, Molokai’s potential third saint
By Anna Weaver Hawaii Catholic Herald The Damien and Marianne Catholic Conference hosted a webinar on Servant of God Joseph Dutton on Dec. 11. Hosting the live session was Deacon Modesto Cordero, who remains the DMCC’s president after relocating to California from Hawaii where he was previously the diocesan director of the Office of Worship. […]
Webinar to explore life of Joseph Dutton
To learn more about “Brother” Joseph Dutton, whose cause for sainthood got the boost of approval last month from the U.S. bishops at their fall meeting in Baltimore, join the webinar “The Servant of God Joseph Dutton, Layman!” at 10 a.m. Dec. 11. The webinar is hosted by the Damien and Marianne Catholic Conference. […]
Bishop Silva moves forward with Joseph Dutton’s canonization cause
Hawaii Catholic Herald A third Molokai saint? Bishop Larry Silva has moved forward the possibility of a third canonized saint emerging from the five-square mile Molokai peninsula already sanctified by the lives of 8,000 people forcibly quarantined there for having Hansen’s disease. A one-page edict, dated, read and posted by the bishop on May 29, […]