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| Molokai parish gets a new name | |
| Molokai’s main parish has a new name. Bishop Larry Silva announced on June 5 that the collection of four top-side churches known as the Molokai Catholic ... | |
| Photo: Damien Day at the capitol | |
| A candlelight vigil in honor of Blessed Damien’s May 10 feast day was held on its vigil, May 9, by the Damien statue at the state capitol . St. Louis students hold ... | |
| Second Damien miracle passes Vatican’s medical commission | |
| The cause for the canonization of Blessed Damien gained a significant step forward with the recognition of a “miracle” by the medical commission of the Vatican’s ... | |
| U.S. House passes bill authorizing memorial for those sent to Kalaupapa | |
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The U.S. House has passed by voice vote
legislation that would authorize a memorial at Kalaupapa, Molokai, for the
more than 8,000 Hansen’s disease patients forcibly ...
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| Cause concluded, the postulator dies | |
| Sacred Hearts Father Bruno Benati was the one from whom official news regarding the canonization process of Blessed Damien had been trickling out of Rome over the ... | |
| Bishop Larry Silva: On the canonization of Blessed Damien | |
| We thank God that on July 3, the Holy Father signed a decree confirming that the healing of Audrey Toguchi from cancer was indeed a miracle performed by God ... | |
| Miracle shows Hawaii still close to his heart | |
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The miracle could have happened anywhere.
Blessed Damien, after all, is a revered figure from Brussels in his
Belgian homeland, to Bhubaneswar in India, where clinics ...
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| Art academy acquires old portrait of Damien imagined as a young man | |
| The Honolulu Academy of Arts recently acquired an “imaginary portrait” of a young Father Damien de Veuster, which is now on display in the museum’s John Dominis ... | |
| Miracles can happen ‘when you have a friend like Father Damien’ | |
| In 1936, when Sacred Hearts Father Damien de Veuster’s remains were put on a ship in Honolulu to be sent back to his birthplace in Belgium, 8-year-old Audrey Toguchi ... | |
| Appreciation and apology | |
| Finally. After 140 years, and 8,000 lives surrendered. A thank you. And an apology. The kingdom of Hawaii began its quarantine of Hansen’s disease patients to Kalaupapa,... | |
| Much to do while waiting for a date | |
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that’s left to do is to set the date. And a thousand other things. Blessed Damien will become Saint Damien, probably next year. Pope Benedict XVI approved ... |
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| Kalaupapa celebrates Damien, parish anniversary, new pastor | |
| With a joyful Mass and luau on May 10, St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Kalaupapa savored a triple crown celebration — the 100th anniversary of the parish church, the ... | |
| Kalaupapa church marking 100 years | |
| As you fly into Kalaupapa, the most prominent building you see is St. Francis Catholic Church standing proudly in the center of the settlement. The heart of ... | |
| Shorter vigil ceremony will mark Damien Day this year | |
| Damien Day this year will proceed with some of its old traditions and a few new twists. First the new. The annual observation of Blessed Damien at his statue in front of the... | |
| Damien portrait by paralyzed artist, student assistants unveiled | |
| A mixed-media portrait of Blessed Damien de Veuster, created by local artist Peggy Chun with the help of Hawaii Catholic grade school students and an artist from ... | |
| Vatican official visits Hawaii for Damien cause | |
| An official of the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints was in Hawaii last month to interview the Honolulu woman who has claimed to be cured of cancer ... | |
| On his day, Damien celebrated in song, dance, drama, prayer | |
| A light drizzle wafted down from Nuuanu Valley on the morning of May 10 and into the open rotunda of the State Capitol where dozens of plaid-skirted and polo-shirted... | |
| The story of the statue | |
| The Father Damien Memorial Statue stands alone in front of the Hawaii State Capitol, looking like a timeless monument. A duplicate sculpture is in the National Statuary... | |
| Musical Mass honoring Damien will make its debut here May 10 | |
| A new musical Mass, composed in tribute to Blessed Damien, will be sung in public for the first time on his feast day, in the church where he was ordained, in a language... | |
| Capitol, cathedral hubs of Damien Day activities | |
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Clusters of downtown
activity will commemorate Father Damien, the beatified 19th century
missionary to the Hansen’s disease patients of Molokai, on his feast day,
May...
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