Hawaii Catholic Herald There is an exciting update on the sainthood cause for Servant of God Joseph Dutton, a layman who worked for decades with Hansen’s disease patients in Kalaupapa — first alongside Father Damien de Veuster, then as a contemporary of Mother Marianne Cope. The Joseph Dutton Guild, which was established a decade ago […]
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 […]
Chicago woman’s healing leads to canonization of Cardinal Newman
By Joyce Duriga Catholic News Service CHICAGO — A few prayers to Blessed John Henry Newman became a “constant dialogue” and then a desperate response to an emergency for Melissa Villalobos of Chicago. Her healing, which saved her life and the life of her unborn child, was accepted as the miracle needed for the 19th-century […]
Mother and I
The recipient of St. Marianne’s beatification miracle reflects on their relationship on her first visit to Hawaii In the summer of 1992, Kate Mahoney was hooked up to life support machines in a New York hospital. She was suffering from multiple organ failure, including cardiac arrest, due to complications from cancer treatment, and was going […]