Hawaii Celebrates St. Marianne Back at Her Kalaupapa Home
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HCH Photos | Darlene Dela Cruz back at her Kalaupapa home The final major event for the canonization of Hawaii’s new saint is attended by the apostolic nuncio, the president of the U.S. bishops conference, the bishop of Syracuse and hundreds more By Patrick Downes and Darlene Dela Cruz onization of Mother Marianne Cope by Pope At St. Philomena, Cardinal Dolan led the Hawaii Catholic Herald Benedict XVI in Rome on Oct. 21. None of bishops in morning prayer and Bishop Silva them had ever before been to Hawaii. spoke about the history of the church and its Hawaii held its final major event celebrat- Also present was Bishop Peter Paul Yele- connection to St. Damien. ing the canonization of St. Marianne Cope in suome Angkyier of the Diocese of Damongo, The group paused for a moment of reflec- the same place she practiced her inexhaustible Ghana. tion at the saint’s grave outside and ended the charity, mostly unseen, for three decades. The week of rain and gusty winds that pre- tour at the spot overlooking the scenic landing On Jan. 12, in Kalaupapa, at Bishop Home, ceding the event ended early on the morning area at the base of the towering cliffs. the former destination of scores of women and of the celebration, leaving the settlement un- The rest of the guests gathered at Bishop girls with Hansen’s disease and Mother Mari- commonly green, wet, refreshed and still. Home in the center of Kalaupapa town where anne’s home from 1888 to 1918, hundreds of Seventeen Makani Kai Air flights delivered the National Park Service had set up four tents people gathered to celebrate Molokai’s second the outside guests, mostly from Honolulu, for Mass, one each for the altar, a visiting saint with a Mass, music, a luau, a play and an nine passengers at a time, to the tiny airport strings group and the choir, and a large one abundance of camaraderie. over a span of three hours. At the airport ter- for the congregation. Special guests of Bishop Larry Silva includ- minal, a large hand-painted banner displayed National Parks personnel offered tours, ex- ed apostolic nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria the words “Celebrate St. Marianne” surround- hibits were on display and literature and mem- Vigano, Pope Benedict XVI’s representative to ed by a painted lei of pink flowers and green orabilia were for sale. Visitors also gathered at the United States; Cardinal Timothy Dolan, maile. St. Marianne’s original tomb on the edge of the archbishop of New York and president of Arriving early, the visiting bishops were the Bishop Home property with its nearly life- the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops; and given a brief tour of the peninsula’s key land- sized statue of Jesus reaching down from the Bishop Robert Cunningham, the Bishop of marks, stopping first at St. Francis Church in cross to exchange an embrace with St. Francis. Syracuse, N.Y., where St. Marianne lived the Kalaupapa town. They then drove three miles The sun broke through the clouds at 9:45, first half of her life. to St. Philomena Church in Kalawao on the about 15 minutes before the start of Mass and All three bishops had attended the can- peninsula’s east side. Continued on page 4 2 HAWAII HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD • JANUARY 18, 2013 Priests Hawaii on retreat Catholic Local priests gathered at St. Stephen Diocesan Center in Herald Kaneohe for the annual Priests’ Newspaper of the Diocese of Honolulu Retreat, Jan. 6-11. The theme Founded in 1936 of the retreat was “The New Published every other Friday Evangelization: Challenges and PUBLISHER Promises.” Auxiliary Bishop Wil- Bishop Larry Silva liam Antonio of the Archdiocese (808) 585-3356 [email protected] of Nueva Segovia, Philippines EDITOR served as the retreat director. 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