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A Monthly Calendar of Eventsin the History of the Congregation of Sacred Heartsof Jesus and Mary in France, Fairhaven and Honolulu
Prepared by Michael Cholette, July 2009
August
August 8, 1908 St. Joseph School in Fairhaven is founded by the seven Sisters of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary sent by Mother Marie Claire Peuchet, Superior General, from the motherhouse in Paris, France to the American Missions. They disembarked the steamship S.S.
Marguerite in Boston and arrived in Fairhaven later that day. New classrooms are added to the church. When a new stone church building was erected the old church was redesigned as a school.
August 11, 1767 Henriette Aymar de la Chevalreie, the Good Mother, is born at Chevalerie Castle-Saint-Georges de Noisne (Deux Sevres) near Poitiers, France
August 26, 1858 The second group of missionaries from the Congregation leave Le Harve, France bound for Hawaii.
August 30, 1827 King Kamehameha III donated 1 acre of land for the missionaries to settle in Honolulu.
September
September, 1792 The Good Father has a vision while hiding in the granary at Motte d’ Usseau because he remains loyal to the Pope in Rome and refuses to swear loyalty to the French government. In his vision he sees white clad missionaries going all over the world spreading the love of God.
September, 1797 Pierre and Henriette establish themselves at the rue des Hautes-Treilles where on Christmas Day, 1800 they make their first vows and the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary is founded.
September 10, 1911 The “Sacred Hearts Academy for girls was opened, and the first 10 boarders were accepted.
September 12, 1909 Sacred Hearts Academy in Honolulu, Hawaii is founded.
September 14, 1964 The first St. Joseph Church/ school is torn down. The school reopens in a new brick structure at 100 Spring Street and is dedicated by Bishop James Gerard.
September 24, 1905 The cornerstone for a new church was laid as the plans to build a church/ school had been drawn up over the last few months.
September 29, 1909 St. Anthony’s Home for orphaned children is founded in Kalihi Valley, Honolulu, Hawaii.
October
October 11, 2009 Father Damien to be canonized by the Pope in Rome.
October 20, 1792 The Good Father leaves the attic granary he was hiding in at his cousin’s chateaux to say mass and give the Eucharist even though he could be arrested as an outlaw priest for refusing to take the oath of loyalty to the French government.
October 22, 1793 Henriette d’ Aymar de la Chevalerie, the future Good Mother, and her mother are imprisoned for hiding outlaw priests.
October 23, 1863 Brother Damien is aboard the ship “R. W. Wood” 148 days from Bremerhaven, Germany to Honolulu. He volunteers to go to the mission in Hawaii in place of his brother, Pamphile, who is too sick to go. He takes his minor orders.
November
November 17, 1817 Pope Pius VII approves the formation of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts by Papal Bull.
November 27, 1837 The death of the Good Mother at the Motherhouse in Paris.
December
December 1, 1904An announcement is made from the pulpit of St. Lawrence Church in New Bedford that that Sacred Hearts Fathers and Brothers were coming to the diocese to establish a monastery and parish
December 15, 1842 The ship “Marie Joseph” leaves Saint-Malo, France for Hawaii. It is last seen in March, 1843 but is lost at sea with the bishop, 7 priests, 7 brothers and 10 sisters as well as badly needed supplies for the new mission.
January
January, 1885 Father Damien is officially diagnosed with leprosy when he visits his bishop in Honolulu.
January, 1859 Joseph de Veuster enters the Congregation of Sacred Hearts as a novitiate at Louvain, Belgium and takes the name Damien.
January 1, 1802 The Good Mother has a vision of the 4 stages of Jesus’ life.
January 3, 1840 Joseph Damien de Veuster, the future Father Damien, is born in Tremeloo, (near Louvain) Belgium to Francis and Catherine de Veuster. He is born into a farming family and is the youngest of 8 children.
January 4, 1840 Joseph de Veuster is baptized and named Joseph.
February
February 2, 1859 Damien de Veuster takes the religious habit and takes the name Brother Damien after the ancient saint who was a healer-physician and martyr.
February 2, 1859 10 Sisters of the Congregation left Valpaiso, Chile on the English Ship “Nelson” headed for San Francisco bound for Hawaii. They arrive May 4, 1859.
February 11, 1906 The new church was dedicated by Bishop Stang.
March
March 1, 1768 Pierre Coudrin, The Good Father, is born in Cussay- Les Bois (Vienne) near Poitiers, France.
March 4, 1792 Pierre Coundrin is secretly ordained a priest in the Irish seminary in Paris because he refuses to swear allegiance to the French government and stays loyal to the Pope in Rome.
March 27, 1837 The death of the Good Father in the Mother house in Paris. He is entombed near the Good Mother
April
April 15, 1889 Father Damien dies of leprosy on the island of Molokai, Age 49 and serving the victims of Hansen’s disease for 16 years. He is buried by St. Philomena’s Church surrounded by the thousands of unmarked graves where he buried those that died of leprosy.
May
May, 2005 St. Joseph Parish celebrates its Centennial Anniversary.
May, 1905 Three priests and 2 brothers of the Sacred Hearts community arrive in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
May-October, 1792 Pierre Coudrin, the Good Father hides in the attic granary at his cousin’s (Francois Maumain) castle because he refuses to take the oath of loyalty to the French government.
May 4, 1859 The first school of the Sisters of the Congregation of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary is opened by 10 sisters. The Sacred Hearts Convent School is founded for girls, in Honolulu, Hawaii
May 4, 1873 Father Damien is at Wailuku, Maui for the consecration of St. Anthony’s Church and volunteers to go to Molokai to serve the victims of Hansen’s disease who are living in a isolated colony.
May 10, 1873 Father Damien arrives at Kalaupapa and writes his bishop that it is absolutely necessary that a permanent priest remain at Molokai. He volunteers to do so.
May 19, 1905 Fathers Benard Pierson, Stanislaus Bernard and Hilarion Eikerling arrive in Boston and later Fairhaven to found St. Joseph Parish. The first Parochial Mass is said in the monastery the next day. Mss is said at Phoenix Hall on Main Street in English, French and Portuguese.
May 21, 1864 Father Damien is ordained at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu, the oldest continuing cathedral in use in the U. S.. He Is a missionary on the large island of Hawaii, 1865-1874.
May 30, 1872 The wooden chapel built by Brother Victorin Bertrant in Honolulu is transported and rededicated as St. Philomena’s at Kalawao on Molokai It is improved upon by Father Damien.
June
June 9, 1977 Pope Paul VI grants title “Venerable” to Father Damien, the first step to sainthood.
June 17, 1839 King Kamehameha III donated land for the construction of the first permanent Catholic Church to be built of large coral blocks in Honolulu. Our Lady of Peace is the oldest cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
July 22, 1995 The Vatican grants the title “Blessed” to Father Damien, the second step to sainthood. The Pope sends a relic, father Damien’s right hand, back to Molokai to be reburied in his grave at the side of St. Philomena’s Church at Kalavow on Molokai, Hawaii. His feast day is May 10th.
June, 2009 The Sisters of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary celebrate their 150 Anniversary in Honolulu, Hawaii. Miss Ferreira and Mr. Cholette represent St. Joseph School at the education seminar, visit with the Sacred Hearts Sisters in Honolulu and visit Kalavow and Kalaupapa, Molokai, Hawaii June 21-July1.
July
July 1, 1905 The first Baptism and Marriage took place in the monastery.
July 7, 1827 The Congregation of Sacred Hearts establishes a mission in Hawaii having left Bordeaux, France November 26, 1826. They were not allowed to disembark until July 9, 1827, Feast of Our Lady of Peace.
July 7, 1840 Ground broken for the Cathedral Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii.
A Monthly Calendar of Eventsin the History of the Congregation of Sacred Heartsof Jesus and Mary in France, Fairhaven and Honolulu
Prepared by Michael Cholette, July 2009
August
August 8, 1908 St. Joseph School in Fairhaven is founded by the seven Sisters of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary sent by Mother Marie Claire Peuchet, Superior General, from the motherhouse in Paris, France to the American Missions. They disembarked the steamship S.S.
Marguerite in Boston and arrived in Fairhaven later that day. New classrooms are added to the church. When a new stone church building was erected the old church was redesigned as a school.
August 11, 1767 Henriette Aymar de la Chevalreie, the Good Mother, is born at Chevalerie Castle-Saint-Georges de Noisne (Deux Sevres) near Poitiers, France
August 26, 1858 The second group of missionaries from the Congregation leave Le Harve, France bound for Hawaii.
August 30, 1827 King Kamehameha III donated 1 acre of land for the missionaries to settle in Honolulu.
September
September, 1792 The Good Father has a vision while hiding in the granary at Motte d’ Usseau because he remains loyal to the Pope in Rome and refuses to swear loyalty to the French government. In his vision he sees white clad missionaries going all over the world spreading the love of God.
September, 1797 Pierre and Henriette establish themselves at the rue des Hautes-Treilles where on Christmas Day, 1800 they make their first vows and the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary is founded.
September 10, 1911 The “Sacred Hearts Academy for girls was opened, and the first 10 boarders were accepted.
September 12, 1909 Sacred Hearts Academy in Honolulu, Hawaii is founded.
September 14, 1964 The first St. Joseph Church/ school is torn down. The school reopens in a new brick structure at 100 Spring Street and is dedicated by Bishop James Gerard.
September 24, 1905 The cornerstone for a new church was laid as the plans to build a church/ school had been drawn up over the last few months.
September 29, 1909 St. Anthony’s Home for orphaned children is founded in Kalihi Valley, Honolulu, Hawaii.
October
October 11, 2009 Father Damien to be canonized by the Pope in Rome.
October 20, 1792 The Good Father leaves the attic granary he was hiding in at his cousin’s chateaux to say mass and give the Eucharist even though he could be arrested as an outlaw priest for refusing to take the oath of loyalty to the French government.
October 22, 1793 Henriette d’ Aymar de la Chevalerie, the future Good Mother, and her mother are imprisoned for hiding outlaw priests.
October 23, 1863 Brother Damien is aboard the ship “R. W. Wood” 148 days from Bremerhaven, Germany to Honolulu. He volunteers to go to the mission in Hawaii in place of his brother, Pamphile, who is too sick to go. He takes his minor orders.
November
November 17, 1817 Pope Pius VII approves the formation of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts by Papal Bull.
November 27, 1837 The death of the Good Mother at the Motherhouse in Paris.
December
December 1, 1904An announcement is made from the pulpit of St. Lawrence Church in New Bedford that that Sacred Hearts Fathers and Brothers were coming to the diocese to establish a monastery and parish
December 15, 1842 The ship “Marie Joseph” leaves Saint-Malo, France for Hawaii. It is last seen in March, 1843 but is lost at sea with the bishop, 7 priests, 7 brothers and 10 sisters as well as badly needed supplies for the new mission.
January
January, 1885 Father Damien is officially diagnosed with leprosy when he visits his bishop in Honolulu.
January, 1859 Joseph de Veuster enters the Congregation of Sacred Hearts as a novitiate at Louvain, Belgium and takes the name Damien.
January 1, 1802 The Good Mother has a vision of the 4 stages of Jesus’ life.
January 3, 1840 Joseph Damien de Veuster, the future Father Damien, is born in Tremeloo, (near Louvain) Belgium to Francis and Catherine de Veuster. He is born into a farming family and is the youngest of 8 children.
January 4, 1840 Joseph de Veuster is baptized and named Joseph.
February
February 2, 1859 Damien de Veuster takes the religious habit and takes the name Brother Damien after the ancient saint who was a healer-physician and martyr.
February 2, 1859 10 Sisters of the Congregation left Valpaiso, Chile on the English Ship “Nelson” headed for San Francisco bound for Hawaii. They arrive May 4, 1859.
February 11, 1906 The new church was dedicated by Bishop Stang.
March
March 1, 1768 Pierre Coudrin, The Good Father, is born in Cussay- Les Bois (Vienne) near Poitiers, France.
March 4, 1792 Pierre Coundrin is secretly ordained a priest in the Irish seminary in Paris because he refuses to swear allegiance to the French government and stays loyal to the Pope in Rome.
March 27, 1837 The death of the Good Father in the Mother house in Paris. He is entombed near the Good Mother
April
April 15, 1889 Father Damien dies of leprosy on the island of Molokai, Age 49 and serving the victims of Hansen’s disease for 16 years. He is buried by St. Philomena’s Church surrounded by the thousands of unmarked graves where he buried those that died of leprosy.
May
May, 2005 St. Joseph Parish celebrates its Centennial Anniversary.
May, 1905 Three priests and 2 brothers of the Sacred Hearts community arrive in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
May-October, 1792 Pierre Coudrin, the Good Father hides in the attic granary at his cousin’s (Francois Maumain) castle because he refuses to take the oath of loyalty to the French government.
May 4, 1859 The first school of the Sisters of the Congregation of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary is opened by 10 sisters. The Sacred Hearts Convent School is founded for girls, in Honolulu, Hawaii
May 4, 1873 Father Damien is at Wailuku, Maui for the consecration of St. Anthony’s Church and volunteers to go to Molokai to serve the victims of Hansen’s disease who are living in a isolated colony.
May 10, 1873 Father Damien arrives at Kalaupapa and writes his bishop that it is absolutely necessary that a permanent priest remain at Molokai. He volunteers to do so.
May 19, 1905 Fathers Benard Pierson, Stanislaus Bernard and Hilarion Eikerling arrive in Boston and later Fairhaven to found St. Joseph Parish. The first Parochial Mass is said in the monastery the next day. Mss is said at Phoenix Hall on Main Street in English, French and Portuguese.
May 21, 1864 Father Damien is ordained at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu, the oldest continuing cathedral in use in the U. S.. He Is a missionary on the large island of Hawaii, 1865-1874.
May 30, 1872 The wooden chapel built by Brother Victorin Bertrant in Honolulu is transported and rededicated as St. Philomena’s at Kalawao on Molokai It is improved upon by Father Damien.
June
June 9, 1977 Pope Paul VI grants title “Venerable” to Father Damien, the first step to sainthood.
June 17, 1839 King Kamehameha III donated land for the construction of the first permanent Catholic Church to be built of large coral blocks in Honolulu. Our Lady of Peace is the oldest cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
July 22, 1995 The Vatican grants the title “Blessed” to Father Damien, the second step to sainthood. The Pope sends a relic, father Damien’s right hand, back to Molokai to be reburied in his grave at the side of St. Philomena’s Church at Kalavow on Molokai, Hawaii. His feast day is May 10th.
June, 2009 The Sisters of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary celebrate their 150 Anniversary in Honolulu, Hawaii. Miss Ferreira and Mr. Cholette represent St. Joseph School at the education seminar, visit with the Sacred Hearts Sisters in Honolulu and visit Kalavow and Kalaupapa, Molokai, Hawaii June 21-July1.
July
July 1, 1905 The first Baptism and Marriage took place in the monastery.
July 7, 1827 The Congregation of Sacred Hearts establishes a mission in Hawaii having left Bordeaux, France November 26, 1826. They were not allowed to disembark until July 9, 1827, Feast of Our Lady of Peace.
July 7, 1840 Ground broken for the Cathedral Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii.