Sisters of St. Francis, forensic anthropologist Vincent Sava, and others prepare to touch bags containing the remains to St. Marianne to white cloth. (Photo courtesy of Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP) Five hands slowly swept small gossamer bags containing remains of St. Marianne Cope across every inch of several yards of white cloth being […]
New statue of St. Marianne is blessed on Maui
Msgr. Terrence Watanabe blessed a larger than life-size monkeypod wood statue of St. Marianne Cope at sunset June 14 on the beach behind the artist’s home in Kihei, Maui, where it two years in the planning and making. The statue, by sculptor Mai Dale Zarrella, honors Hawaii’s latest saint and her charitable works and virtuous […]
Bishop expects a priest at Kalaupapa for the ‘foreseeable future’
A view of the Kalaupapa peninsula from the top of the switchback trail that leads down the cliff to the settlement. (HCH file photo) Shortly after St. Damien made his historic first step onto the shore of Kalaupapa on May 10, 1873, and assessed the situation, he informed his superior, Bishop Louis Maigret, that […]
More relatives of Hawaii’s St. Marianne come forward
Standing in front of the cabinet holding the remains of St. Marianne Cope in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Jan. 23, are her relatives, from left, Dr. Paul DeMare, Patricia Cope Wood, Denise Cope Parry, Meg Burnett and Shirley Koob. (HCH photo | Patrick Downes) Two more blood relatives St. Marianne […]
Ebola and St. Damien: Answering the call to compassion
Less than two months after he recovered from Ebola, Dr. Kent Brantly testified at a joint Senate hearing about the deadly virus in West Africa. “I came to understand first-hand what my own patients had suffered,” Brantly said, describing his reaction to becoming ill July 23. “I was isolated from my family and I was […]
The ‘mana’ of St. Marianne: Saint’s remains welcomed home
Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities sing a hymn to St. Francis as others look on after the enshrinement of St. Marianne’s remains at the cathedral. A small relic of the saint was placed on top of the tapa-and-lei-covered zinc box that holds the saint’s remains. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela Cruz) […]
Leis, songs, kisses welcome back St. Marianne to Isles
An employee at the United Airlines cargo facility outside the Honolulu International Airport kisses the casket containing the remains of St. Marianne Cope, which arrived in Honolulu from Syracuse, N.Y., July 27. St. Marianne’s remains would be enshrined in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace on July 31. (HCH photo | Darlene Dela […]
St. Marianne: Arrival from Syracuse, a second and final time
Honolulu again will give an aloha welcome to Hawaii’s beloved saint who is returning for permanent rest St. Marianne Cope’s remains will return to Hawaii to be enshrined in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace nearly a decade after they were exhumed in Kalaupapa to rest at her motherhouse in Syracuse. All that is […]
Photo: Saint gets secular feast day
Hawaii members of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, representatives from the St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii and others joined Gov. Neil Abercrombie April 1 in his office after he signed HB 2359, a bill which designates Jan. 23 as St. Marianne Cope Day in Hawaii. Jan. 23, St. Marianne’s birthday, […]
Cathedral Mass and dinner to mark St. Marianne’s feast day
Bishop Larry Silva will celebrate Mass for the feast of St. Marianne Cope 6 p.m., Jan. 23, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. After the liturgy, dinner for Mass attendees will be hosted by the diocese in the Kamiano Center, the building just makai of the cathedral on the Fort Street Mall. It […]
