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A Forgotten Apostle of Molokai: Hawaii Establishes a Day to Honor Brother Joseph Dutton

Hawaii’s Catholic legacy is often associated with towering names such as the Belgian missionary who ministered to leprosy patients on Molokai or the Franciscan sister who later con...

Gov. Green signs bill making every April 27 Brother Joseph Dutton Day in Hawaiʻi

The man born Ira Dutton was a Union Army veteran in the Civil War before he became a Catholic layman and spent the last 44 years of his life in service to the patients with Hansen'...

Hawaiʻi designates April 27 as Brother Joseph Dutton Day for his work at Kalaupapa Settlement on Molokaʻi

Joseph Dutton spent the last 44 years of his life in service to the patients with Hansen's Disease, also known as leprosy, who were forced to live at the isolated Kalaupapa Settlem...

‘She’s up with the saints’: Meli Watanuki, one of Kalaupapa’s last living patients, dies at 91

Loved ones remember her "thousand-watt smile" and "spark plug" personality. Her death puts public access to Kalaupapa in question, as she owned and sponsored the only permitted tou...

Kalaupapa legacy honored with annual Dutton Day

Starting Monday, followed by every subsequent April 27, Hawaii will recognize a man whose life journey led him to decades of service at Kalaupapa, even as lawmakers continue to deb...

The Priest Who Cycled Into Death: Fr Herman Rasschaert’s Last Stand for Peace

After priest’s conviction for sexual assault, a Louisiana chapel he built removes his name

Anthony Odiong was convicted of sexually victimizing congregants; now a chapel he helped found is distancing itself from himAt the suburban New Orleans healing chapel he once helpe...