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Blessed Damien of Moloka'i Ecumenical Catholic Mission

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Welcome to our Parish!

Blessed Damien of Moloka'i Ecumenical Catholic Mission is a Catholic Church under the United Reform Catholic Church International.

 

We meet every Sunday at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 41-054 Ehukai Street in Waimanalo, Hawai`i.

The Church is named in honor of Father Damien (Joseph De Veuster), Missionary to the Hawaiian leper colony on Moloka`i, Hawai`i.

 

Born in Tremelo, Belgium, 3 January 1840, he joined the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (“Picpus Fathers”) in 1859 taking the name of Damien. He arrivied in Honolulu in March 1864 and was ordained a priest on 21 May that same year.

 

In 1873, he volunteered to serve the asylum on the island of Moloka`i. Out of a chaos and neglect, he brought order, hope and support for the community, and built houses, churches, an orphanage and a hospital.

Sunday Mass in Waimanalo

Sunday 10:30a.m.

Blessed Damien of Moloka'i Parish
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41-054 Ehukai St - Waimanalo, Hawaii

United Reform Catholic Church International (URCCI)

Toll free: (877) 859-5589

Parish Office: (808) 440-4526
Fax: (808) 441-0941

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By 1885, he himself contracted “leprosy” but continued his ministry with the help of others from his congregation and the Franciscan Sisters of Syracuse, and especially Mother Marianne Cope.  Father Damien died on Moloka'i, 15 April 1889. His remains were removed to Louvain in 1936 and he was beatified in 1994.

 

Further research is being presented to request the canonization of Father Damien to Sainthood.

"We are an Ecumenical Catholic Mission"
"Ministering to all of God's people"

Parish Mailing Address:
United Reform Catholic Church
Post Office Box 1058
Kane`ohe, HI 96744-1058
Parish Office: (808) 440 -4526