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Molokai parish gets a new name
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1704 reads)

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
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1100 reads)

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
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1663 reads)

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
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (978 reads)

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 ...

Cause concluded, the postulator dies
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1137 reads)

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
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1300 reads)

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
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1045 reads)

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 ...

Art academy acquires old portrait of Damien imagined as a young man
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1823 reads)

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’
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1709 reads)

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
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1005 reads)

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
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1107 reads)

All 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 ...

Kalaupapa celebrates Damien, parish anniversary, new pastor
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1244 reads)

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
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1175 reads)

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
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (974 reads)

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
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1436 reads)

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
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1029 reads)

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
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1294 reads)

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
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1472 reads)

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
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1022 reads)

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
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (967 reads)

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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CNS photo/Henry Romero, Reuters

A clown stands next to a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe during an annual pilgrimage at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City July 22. Hundreds of clowns took part in the annual event to thank Mary for helping them find work.