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STOWE, Vt. (CNS) -- Why would a parish celebrate the 179th anniversary of someone's 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

On the road to sainthood, here's the story of Brother Joseph Dutton — born April 27, 1843, in Vermont. He lived a life of penance serving the Hansen’s disease, or leprosy, patients at Kalaupapa for 44 years.

A Louisiana girl often called "The Little Cajun Saint" has been moved a second step toward actual sainthood, along with a teacher who evangelized door to door in Cajun country and a man who worked for decades at a Hansen's disease colony in Hawaii.

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana girl often called “The Little Cajun Saint” has been moved a second step toward actual sainthood, along with a teacher who evangelized door to door in Cajun country and a man who worked for decades at a Hansen's disease colony in Hawaii.

On Saturday morning, we held our 13th annual Archdiocesan Social Justice Convocation, which was held in a virtual format once again this year.