Ira Dutton News Today

Servant of God Joseph Dutton, the Civil War veteran who helped St. Damien of Molokai in Hawaii, could some day be declared a saint.

In the Diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii, the local phase concluded Sunday for the cause of canonization of Servant of God Joseph Dutton.

Dutton, a Civil War veteran for the Union out of Wisconsin, was married after the war but pursued a divorce after his wife was unfaithful and left him after o...

Servant of God Joseph Dutton. This photo is used for the book: “Under Hawaiian Skies” by Albert Pierce Taylor (Honolulu: Advertiser Pub. Co., 1926), p. 558. The caption reads: “Brother Joseph Dutton, the ‘Saint of Molokai,’ who has devoted forty...

STOWE, Vt. (OSV News) -- One hundred and eighty years ago Ira Dutton was born in Stowe on farmland upon which now stands Blessed Sacrament Church. No one at that time had the slightest inkling that 180 years later, people from Hawaii and people from Stowe and beyond would be together (in the church) to give thanks to God for his birth and his presence among us, said Honolulu Bishop Larry Silva.He was the homilist and celebrant of a special Mass celebrated in April at Blessed Sacrament Church

JANESVILLE — Brother Joseph Dutton might be the most famous Janesville hero we’ve never heard of.

STOWE, Vt. (CNS) -- Why would a parish celebrate the 179th anniversary of someones birth? Blessed Sacrament Parish in Stowe, did just that on April 24 to mark the birth of Ira Dutton -- a Civil War veteran born in Stowe who joined St. Damien of Molokai in his ministry to lepers and was declared a Servant of God last year, the first step toward canonization. Blessed Sacrament Church, which was built on land that was once the Dutton farm where Ira was born, is dedicated to him. He entered the