Pack 59, St. Mary’s Catholic Parish, Waukesha, WI Footsteps of the American Saints Night: St. Damien of Moloka’i St. Mother Marianne Cope Pack 59, St. Mary’s Catholic Parish, Waukesha, WI

St. Mother Marianne Cope Tonight’s Saints Are: St. Damien of Moloka’i St. Mother Marianne Cope

Our goals for tonight are: To learn about both St. Damien of Moloka’i and St. Marianne Cope To fulfill the requirements of their respective Catholic Scouting patches To explain the order form and payment process for these patches Checks made out to “Pack 59” are due by March___, 2018

St. Damien of Moloka’i What did he look like? When and where did he live? What did he do to become a Catholic saint? How should we feel about him? What can we learn from him?

What did he look like?

When and where did he live? Feast Day: May 10 Patron of people with leprosy Born: 1840 Died: 1889 Beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1995 Canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009 Biography here NCCS-BSA here Born in rural Belgium on January 3, 1840 Named Jozef De Veuster, the youngest of seven children Worked the family farm until he could join the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Took the name Damien after a 6th century martyr He was sent as a missionary to Hawaii where he was ordained as a priest

When and where did he live? We are here. First he lived in Belgium. Hawaii: Then he immigrated across the USA to Hawaii.

What did he do to become a saint? Took the dangerous journey through un-developed America Went to Hawaii in 1864 to help those sick in a leprosy colony The colony was in chaos, but he established order He took care of their spiritual and physical needs and bonded in friendship with the people He helped them build a church, St. Philomena, which still exists today In 1885 he contracted leprosy He found strength when praying the Rosary or praying before the Holy Eucharist He died of leprosy in 1889 The date he died, April 15, is a holiday in Hawaii to commemorate his life and work Feast Day: May 10

St. Philomena Church in Molika’i

How should we feel about him? How do you feel? What thoughts come to your mind?

What can we learn from him? “I make myself a leper with the lepers to gain all to Jesus Christ.” “My greatest pleasure is to go there [the cemetery] to say my beads, and meditate on that unending happiness which so many of them are already enjoying.”

Let’s Fill in Our Answers for St. Damien of Moloka’i Jozef De Veuster His older brother was a priest who got sick. He took his brother’s place in the missions in Hawaii. May 24, 1864 May 10 The poor lepers of Hawaii He named him as “Knight Commander of the Rosal order of Kalakaua.”

St. Marianne Cope What did she look like? When and where did she live? What did she do to become a Catholic saint? How should we feel about her? What can we learn from her?

What did she look like?

When and where did she live? Biography here NCCS-BSA here Born: January 23, 1838 Died: August 9, 1918 Feast: January 23 Beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on May 14, 2005 Born in present-day Germany. Grew up in New York. Father died of illness, so she worked in a factory to help support her family. Became a nun, opening 2 new Catholic hospitals in N.Y. Became Superior General of her Congregation.

When and where did she live? We are here. First she lived in modern-day Germany. Hawaii: Then she immigrated to New York and then to Hawaii.

What did she do to become a saint? King of Hawaii, King Kalakaua, sent her a letter asking her to send help for the lepers in Hawaii. 50 other religious institutes had already declined his request. She did not. In 1883, she took 6 sisters to manage a hospital on O’Ahu and then establish a new hospital on Maui. She fought corruption of an old hospital administrator and won. She soon took responsibility of not only lepers but also orphans and clergy who contracted leprosy. She became old and feeble, but from her wheelchair she kept working tirelessly to help others. She never contracted leprosy, which many think is a miracle in itself. She died in 1918. Many miracles of healing are attributed to her intercession.

How should we feel about her? How do you feel? What thoughts come to your mind?

What can we learn from her? “My heart bled for the children and I was anxious and hungry to help put a little more sunshine into their dreary lives." (1889) “God giveth life;  He will take it away in His own good time.  Meanwhile it is our duty to make life as pleasant and as comfortable as possible for those of our fellow-creatures whom He has chosen to afflict."  (1905) “What little good we can do in this world to help and comfort the suffering, we wish to do it quietly and so far as possible unnoticed and unknown."  (1888) “May God give you health and strength so you will be able to lead the little ones to Him and teach them to love God more than any thing in this world."  (1915)

Let’s Fill in Our Answers Germany on January 23, 1838 Sisters of St. Francis in Syracyse, N.Y.; St. John Neumann St. Joseph’s Hospital. It was the only hospital in Syracuse that cared for people regardless of race or religion. To Hawaii where she helped to greatly improve housing and care for lepers. She also helped to found a home for the daughters of patients who lived in the colony. January 23 Father Damien of Moloka’I (St. Damien de Veuster)

¡El fin! ¡Muchas gracias! The end! Thank you!

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