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 […]
Bishop to lead St. Francis Healthcare’s inaugural St. Marianne charity walk
Bishop Larry Silva will lead the inaugural St. Marianne Cope Charity Walk in Kakaako Gateway Park, Jan. 18, starting at 7:30 a.m. The two-mile stroll, a benefit for St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii, starts and ends at Kakaako Gateway Park, passing the St. Marianne statue in Kewalo Basin Park along the way. Walk sponsors […]
Remains of St. Marianne to return to Hawaii
An architect’s drawing of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace with the reliquary chapel that will be the future home of the remains of St. Marianne Cope. (HCH file photo) The relics will be kept in a small reliquary chapel that will be added to the mauka side of the cathedral as part […]
November’s a four-star anniversary month for Sisters of St. Francis
Hawaii’s Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities better start stocking up on cake candles. They are going to need a lot of them with all the anniversaries they’ll be celebrating shortly. November is a quadruple-header month, marking St. Marianne’s 175th birthday, the 130th anniversary of the sisters arrival in Hawaii, the 125th anniversary […]
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