This Thursday is the feast day of St. Damien de Veuster, better known as St. Damien of Molokai. This year, the feast takes on new significance as it is marks the first celebration of the former ...
The restored birthplace of St. Damien De Veuster in Tremelo, Belgium, opens its doors with a new permanent exhibition celebrating the life of the ‘Apostle to the Lepers.’ A photograph of Father Damien ...
Relics of the newly canonized St. Damien de Veuster, the Leper Priest of Molokai, will be presented for veneration by the faithful in Detroit, San Francisco and near Oakland, California as the Bishop ...
Sister Mary Jo Piccione, SP, a chaplain at Providence-St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, was honored this fall by the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino as the diocese’s first recipient of ...
Aug. 6—The life and times of St. Damien of Molokai are being presented in blockbuster musical style in Belgium, his native country. The life and times of St. Damien of Molokai are being presented in ...
WASHINGTON — A Hawaiian Catholic catechist said that St. Damien of Molokai is a “hero” to the Hawaiian people, after a prominent congresswoman claimed the statue honoring him in the U.S. Capitol is ...
KALAUPAPA, Hawaii (KITV4) – Father Damien, also known as Saint Damien of Molokai, is being remembered this Good Friday. Damien died of leprosy on April 15, 1889, at the age of 49 at Kalawao. Father ...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) drew criticism on Friday after she claimed a Hawaii statue of Catholic Saint Father Damien of Molokai represents “white supremacist culture.” “Even when we select ...
Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. I spent eight out of 12 days of my Hawaii Christmas vacation on the island of Molokai and decided it made sense to read a biography of ...
A sculpture of St. Damien of Molokai is seen at the U.S. Capitol in Washington in this 2017 file photo. (Credit: Tyler Orsburn/CNS.) Listen HONOLULU — Upset by the suggestion raised by Rep. Alexandria ...
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pointed to a Catholic martyr who gave his life to minister to the least fortunate Hawaiian natives. Probably knowing little or nothing about his life’s story, ...
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made an incredibly misinformed Instagram post yesterday about the statue of St. Damien of Molokai at the Capitol Building, saying, “this is what patriarchy and ...