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Hawaii Catholic Herald stories about Blessed Marianne Cope
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No better place
Friday, January 27, 2006 (1665 reads)
“What better place to start than here,” Sister of St.
Francis William Marie Eleniki told the 75 people filling St. Francis Church in
Kalaupapa on the morning of Jan. 22. She was…
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She needed a miracle
Friday, January 13, 2006 (1713 reads)
If you met Kate Mahoney, she would seem to be like any normal,
healthy, beautiful 20-something. And in fact, she is. But 13 years ago, she was
anything but healthy....
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‘I’m so proud of her’
Friday, May 20, 2005 (1568 reads)
Franciscan director of the cause of Mother Marianne, Sister Mary Laurence Hanley of Syracuse beamed throughout the ceremony and long afterward. It had been her full...
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Editorial: Mother Marianne beatification
Friday, May 06, 2005 (1458 reads)
The advice “break a leg” traditionally given to actors
about to walk on stage is said to be a curse in reverse for a profession
notorious for being superstitious. It means “good luck.”...
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Biography: Mother Marianne of Molokai
Friday, May 06, 2005 (1671 reads)
Mother Marianne, formerly Barbara Koob (variants: Kob,
Kopp, and now officially Cope) was born on Jan. 23, 1838, and baptized the
following day in what is now SE Hessen, West Germany. She...
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The prime minister and the nun
Friday, February 25, 2005 (1561 reads)
On Nov. 8, 1883, seven
Sisters of St. Francis from Syracuse, N.Y., arrived in Honolulu
on the steamship Mariposa. They had come in response to the Hawaii government’s appeal to care for the…
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Blessed exhumation
Friday, January 14, 2005 (2073 reads)
A parishioner of St. Jude Parish in Kapolei will lead the
forensics team that will exhume the body of sainthood candidate Mother Marianne
Cope this month in Kalaupapa…
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Mother Marianne Cope to be beatified
Friday, December 31, 2004 (2002 reads)
It is official. Mother Marianne Cope of Molokai
will be beatified. The yearning of an American religious congregation, the
dream of an isolated Hawaiian community, will be…
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Brief biography of Mother Marianne
Friday, October 22, 2004 (1597 reads)
Mother Marianne Cope was born Barbara Koob on Jan. 23,
1838, in Hessen, West Germany, the fifth of 10
children of Peter Koob, a farmer, and Barbara Witzenbacher Koob....
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Return to Syracuse
Friday, October 22, 2004 (1578 reads)
Mother Marianne Cope is going back home. As required for
her anticipated beatification, the body of the revered Sister of St. Francis
will be exhumed early next year from its…
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Pope declares Mother Marianne venerable
Friday, April 23, 2004 (1527 reads)
Pope John Paul II, on April 19 at the Vatican, gave the title of “venerable” to Mother
Marianne Cope of Molokai, a Franciscan Sister who came to Hawaii
from New York
121...
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One step closer to canonization
Friday, January 30, 2004 (1502 reads)
Every Jan. 23, at the motherhouse of the third Franciscan Order of Syracuse, N.Y., the sisters celebrate the birthday of Mother Marianne Cope with a big cake and ice...
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CNS Photo
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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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