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Blessed Damien
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Blessed Marianne joins Damien on new Reyn creation
Friday, September 22, 2006 (976 reads)
Two years ago, the Hawaii male Catholic fashion “must have” was the stylish Reyn Spooner Blessed Damien aloha shirt, with print designed by Big Island artist Dietrich Varez. More than 1,000 of the limited edition reverse-print creations depicting the missionary priest caring for Molokai’s Hansen’s disease patients flew off the shelves and onto the backs of men to become staple Sunday Mass attire.
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Gathering at capitol honors Damien on his feast
Friday, May 19, 2006 (774 reads)
Representatives from the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary joined Catholic schools students at the statue of Blessed Damien at the Hawaii state capitol on the morning of May 10 to celebrate his feast day with music, prayer, dance, recitation and flowers.
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Bishop convening new Damien, Marianne commission
Friday, December 30, 2005 (745 reads)
Bishop Larry Silva is convening on Jan. 18 the first meeting of the Father Damien/Mother Marianne Commission, a new group he wants to promote devotion to, and the canonization of, the two beatified missionaries to the leprosy patients of Kalaupapa a century ago.
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Damien canonization cause takes a step forward
Friday, December 30, 2005 (984 reads)
The cause for the canonization of Blessed Damien de Veuster took a step forward earlier this month. On Dec. 2, the Vatican Congregation of the Causes of Saints accepted as concluded the work of the Diocese of Honolulu tribunal investigating an alleged miracle attributed to Blessed Damien’s intercession.
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Damien miraculous cure not in question
Friday, June 03, 2005 (808 reads)
The reconvening of the diocesan tribunal for the cause for canonization for Blessed Damien DeVeuster does not mean that the miracle it investigated a year and a half ago is in question, said Sacred Hearts Sister Helene Wood, the vice-postulator for the cause.
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Tribunal completes Damien miracle investigation
Friday, June 03, 2005 (801 reads)
A diocesan tribunal to further investigate an alleged miraculous healing attributed to the intercession of Blessed Damien, which could advance his cause for canonization, was officially closed May 10 at the diocesan chancery in Honolulu.
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Blessed dressed: the Damien aloha shirt
Friday, July 30, 2004 (1056 reads)
Get ready. Coming soon to a store near you — the Blessed Damien de Veuster aloha shirt. Designed by well-known local artist Dietrich Varez for local shirt-maker Reyn Spooner, it may be a fashion first — the image of a beatified Catholic priest as the primary motif of an upscale commercial Hawaiian dress shirt.
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Documents for Damien miracle case unsealed at Vatican
Friday, November 07, 2003 (778 reads)
An official from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome, on Sept. 11, formally broke the seal and opened the boxes containing the papers documenting an unexplained healing which the Diocese of Honolulu submitted earlier this year as the miracle needed for the canonization of Blessed Damien de Veuster.
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Citizens participate in Mass in South Korea held to protest U.S. beef imports
CNS photo/Lee Jae-Won, Reuters
Protesters participate in a Mass during protest to demand full-scale renegotiation of the U.S. beef import deal and the resignation of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, in central Seoul, South Korea, June 30. South Koreans fearful of mad cow disease have participated in major protests since April against a U.S. beef import deal.
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