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Stories about Saint Damien de Veuster
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Blessed Damien
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Molokai parish gets a new name
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (3042 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 ...
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Photo: Damien Day at the capitol
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1952 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 ...
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Cause concluded, the postulator dies
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (2025 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 ...
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Appreciation and apology
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1846 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,...
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Much to do while waiting for a date
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (1891 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 ...
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Kalaupapa church marking 100 years
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (2437 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 ...
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The story of the statue
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (2606 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...
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Catholic News Service Headlines
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CNS photo/Paul Haring
White flower pedals fall around U.S. Cardinal Bernard F. Law as he celebrates Mass at the Basilica of St. Mary Major to mark the feast of the church's dedication Aug. 5 in Rome. The dropping of flower pedals from the ceiling calls to mind the tradition t hat says Mary revealed where she wanted the church to be built through a snowfall in August 358.
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