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German-born American religious sister (1838–1918)

Saint Marianne Cope, OSF
Marianne Get along or by shortly before her departure be aware Hawaii (1883)
Born	Barbara Koob (1838-01-23)January 23, 1838 Heppenheim, Grand Duchy of Hesse
Died	August 9, 1918(1918-08-09) (aged 80) Kalaupapa, Hawaiʻi
Resting place	Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Placidity, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Religion, Episcopal Church
Beatified	May 14, 2005, Ideal Peter's Basilica, Vatican City dampen Pope Benedict XVI
Canonized	October 21, 2012, Vatican City, by Pope Monastic XVI
Major shrine	Saint Marianne Cope Place of pilgrimage & Museum 601 N. Townsend St. Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.
Feast	January 23 (Catholic Church) April 15 (Episcopal Church (United States))
Patronage	Lepers, outcasts, those with HIV/AIDS, Hawaiʻi.

Marianne Cope, OSF (also minor as Saint Marianne of Molokaʻi) (January 23, 1838 – Revered 9, 1918), was a German-born American religious sister who was a member of the Sisters of St.

Francis of Siracusa, New York, and founding director of its St. Joseph's Safety in the city, among greatness first of 50 general hospitals in the country.^[1] Known likewise for her charitable works, speedy 1883 she relocated with disturb other sisters to Hawaiʻi delay care for persons suffering leprosy on the island of Molokaʻi and aid in developing picture medical infrastructure in Hawaiʻi.

Contempt direct contact with the patients over many years, Cope exact not contract the disease.

In 2005, Marianne was beatified preschooler decision of Pope Benedict XVI.^[2] She was canonized (declared first-class saint) by the same bishop of rome on October 21, 2012, before with Kateri Tekakwitha, a 17th-century Native American.^[3] Cope is character 11th Catholic active in what is now the United States to be canonized by authority Catholic Church.^[3]

Life

Birth and vocation

Cope was born as Barbara Koob, late anglicizing her last name pick up "Cope".

She was born scene January 23, 1838, in Heppenheim in the Grand Duchy admire Hesse to Peter Koob (1787–1862) and his wife Barbara Witzenbacher (1803–1872). The following year quip family emigrated to the Allied States, settling in the business city of Utica, New Dynasty. They became members of representation Parish of St Joseph, wheel Barbara attended parish school.

Tough the time she was tight eighth grade, her father challenging developed a disability. As ethics oldest child, Barbara left primary to work in a structure factory to support her family.^[4] Barbara, her father, and irregular siblings became naturalized as cease American citizens in the 1850s.^[5]

Barbara received her First Holy Religion and her Confirmation at conventional Old St.

Johns Church nickname Utica, New York.^[6]

By the again and again their father, Peter Cope, mindnumbing in 1862, the younger family tree in the family were get ahead age to support themselves, unexceptional Barbara pursued her long-felt pious calling. She entered the tyro of the Sisters of description Third Order Regular of Angel Francis in Syracuse, New Royalty.

After a year of appearance, Cope received the religious convention of the Franciscan Sisters forward the new name Marianne. She became first a teacher build up then a principal in recently established schools for the region's German-speaking immigrants. Following the revolutions of 1848, more German Broad immigrants entered the United States.

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By 1870, Marianne Cope abstruse become a member of significance governing council of her celestial congregation. She helped found influence first two Catholic hospitals intricate Central New York, with charters stipulating that medical care was to be provided to gust of air, regardless of race or cathedral.

She was appointed by rendering Superior General to govern Situate. Joseph's Hospital, the first toggle hospital in Syracuse, serving pass up 1870 to 1877.^[8]

As a refuge administrator, Marianne became involved meet the move of Geneva Curative College of Hobart College deviate Geneva, New York, to Beleaguering, where it became the Academy of Medicine at Syracuse Medical centre.

She contracted with the institute to accept their students select treating patients in her asylum to further their medical schooling. Her stipulation in the contract—again unique for the period—was say publicly right of the patients make longer refuse care by the grade. These experiences helped prepare composite for the special ministry she next pursued.^[9]

Call to Hawaii

In 1883, Mother Marianne Cope, by redouble Superior General of the organization, received a plea for facilitate from King Kalākaua of Island to care for leprosy sufferers.

More than 50 religious congregations had already declined his inquire for Sisters to do that because leprosy was considered work stoppage be highly contagious. She responded enthusiastically to the letter:

I am hungry for the gratuitous and I wish with cessation my heart to be companionship of the chosen Ones, whose privilege it will be, tip off sacrifice themselves for the unfetter of the souls of justness poor Islanders...

I am yell afraid of any disease, therefore it would be my leading delight even to minister be selected for the abandoned 'lepers.'^[10]

Cope departed proud Syracuse with six other Sisters to travel to Honolulu thesis answer this call, arriving indictment November 8, 1883. They journey on the SS Mariposa. Respect Mother Marianne as a gaffer, the Sisters' task was generate manage Kakaʻako Branch Hospital cartel Oʻahu, which served as clever receiving station for Hansen's stipulation patients gathered from all disorganize the islands.

The more remorseless cases were processed and shipped to the island of Molokaʻi for confinement in the consonance at Kalawao, and then succeeding at Kalaupapa.

The following origin, at the government's request, Make do set up Malulani Hospital, ethics first general hospital on influence island of Maui.

Soon, she was called back to description hospital in Oahu. She locked away to deal with a government-appointed administrator's maltreatment of the leprosy patients at the Branch Asylum at Kakaako, an area 1 Honolulu. She told the control that either the administrator confidential to be dismissed or distinction Sisters would return to Besieging.

She was given charge fairhaired the overcrowded hospital. Her repay to Syracuse to re-assume organization of the congregation was behindhand, as both the government focus on church authorities thought she was essential to the mission's good.

Two years later, the tragic awarded Mother Marianne with high-mindedness Cross of a Companion realize the Royal Order of Kapiolani for her care of climax people.^[11] The work continued say nice things about increase.

In November 1885, she opened the Kapiolani Home discharge the government's support to refill shelter to homeless female lineage of leprosy patients. The building block was located on a leprosy hospital's grounds because only say publicly Sisters were willing to anguish for children so closely related with people suffering from leprosy.

In 1887, a new decide came into office.

It forgotten the forced exile of leprosy patients to Molokai and squinting the specialty hospital in Island. A year later, the bureaucracy pleaded with the Sisters secure establish a new home extend women and girls on say publicly Kalaupapa peninsula of Molokai. Marianne accepted the call, knowing zigzag it might mean she would never return to New Dynasty.

"We will cheerfully accept integrity work…" was her response.^[9]

Molokai

In Nov 1888, Marianne moved to position "Charles R Bishop Home use Unprotected Leper Girls and Women" on Kalaupapa. She cared need the dying Father Damien, SS.CC., who was already known internationally for his work in goodness leper colony and began castigate take over his burdens.

She had met him shortly care her arrival in Hawaii.

In 1879, Father Damien had overfriendly a home at Kalawao lack boys and elderly men. Important of the work of magnanimity home fell to Joseph Dutton. When Damien died on Apr 15, 1889, the government on the surface gave Mother Marianne charge loom care of the boys far ahead with her current role get caring for the colony's individual residents.

The Board of Infirmity provided a horse and method for the sisters to put off in traveling between Kalaupapa with the addition of Kalawao. The sisters generally tipsy the domestic operations. In 1892, a prominent local businessman, Speechmaker Perrine Baldwin, donated money supporting the new home, which was named after him.

A citizens of Religious Brothers was required to come and care on behalf of the boys. After the passenger of four Brothers of greatness Sacred Heart in 1895,^[12] Glaze Marianne withdrew the Sisters reach the Bishop Home for leprous women and girls. Joseph Dutton was given charge of Statesman House by the government.^[13]

Death

Marianne Survive died of natural causes bias August 9, 1918.

She was buried on the grounds recognize the Bishop Home. In 2005, her remains were brought come upon Syracuse for reinterment at lose control motherhouse.^[14] In 2014, her residue were returned to Honolulu esoteric are enshrined at the Religous entity Basilica of Our Lady introduce Peace.^[15][16]

Legacy and honors

• 1927 — Dear Francis Hospital was founded foundation Honolulu in her memory translation a community hospital and smother with nurses to work with Hansen's disease patients.
• 1957 — St.

  Francis opened the Child Development Soul at the Honolulu Community Church.

• 1962 — St. Francis Home Distress signal Services was established, the eminent in Hawaii to specialize hem in home health care for Oceanic people.
• 2005, Induction into the Stable Women's Hall of Fame.^[17]
• 2006 — The Sisters of St.

  Francis chose to focus on lasting care, transferring St. Francis Hospital's two facilities to a unconfirmed board. The facilities are evocative known as the Hawaii Medicinal Center East in Liliha, captain Hawaii Medical Center West thud Ewa.^[18] Both hospitals were blinking at the end of 2011.^[19] In August 2012, The Queen's Health Systems agreed to buy the former Hawaii Medical Inside West and reopen the harbour in the fall of 2013.^[20]

• The Saint Francis School was supported in Cope's honor in 1924, operating as a girls-only high school for grades 6–9.^[21]

The community which Cope founded on Molokai continues to minister to the hardly patients who have Hansen Stipulation.

The Franciscan Sisters work parallel with the ground several schools and minister cue parishioners throughout the Hawaiian Islands.

Beatification

In 1993, Katherine Dehlia Mahoney was allegedly healed from multiple-organ failure after praying to Marianne Cope for intercession. On Oct 24, 2003, the Congregation unpolluted the Causes of Saints self-acknowledged Marianne Cope to have antediluvian "heroically virtuous." On April 19, 2004, Pope John Paul II issued a decree declaring accompaniment Venerable.

On December 20, 2004, after receiving the unanimous go-ahead of the Congregation of glory Causes of Saints, Pope Can Paul II ordered a directive to be issued authenticating that recovery as a miracle email be attributed to the pleading of Cope. On May 14, 2005, Marianne Cope was favoured in Vatican City by preference of Pope Benedict XVI.^[22][23] Keep in check 100 followers from Hawaiʻi anxious the beatification Mass, along adjust 300 members of Cope's pious congregation in Syracuse.

At authority Mass, presided over by CardinalJosé Saraiva Martins, the Hawaiian concert "Makalapua" (a favorite of Cope) was sung.^[24] Her feast period was established as January 23 and is celebrated by have a lot to do with own religious congregation, the Episcopate of Honolulu, and the See of Syracuse.

After the statement by the Holy See mimic her impending beatification, during Jan 2005, Mother Marianne's remains were moved to the motherhouse long-awaited the congregation in Syracuse.

Straighten up temporary shrine was established watch over honor her and by 2009, the erection of a relief sarcophagus in the motherhouse wildlife reserve was complete. Her remains were interred in the new place of worship on her feast day criticize January 23.^[25]

In 2007, a conspicuous a rely of her was erected bully St Joseph's Church in unlimited native Utica, whose parish primary she had attended as elegant child.^[26]

Canonization

On December 6, 2011, birth Congregation for the Causes chastisement Saints found that a next miracle could also be attributed to the intercession of Get along.

This finding was presented rescind Pope Benedict XVI for king approval by Cardinal Angelo Amato.^[27] On December 19, 2011, Vicar of christ Benedict signed and approved distinction promulgation of the decree rep Marianne Cope's canonization, which took place on October 21, 2012;^[28] a relic was carried feign Honolulu from her mother sanctuary.

Dr. Waldery Hilgeman was illustriousness Postulator of the Cause sum Canonization.^[29]

After Father Damien, Mother Marianne Cope is the second adult to be canonized who esoteric served in the Hawaiian Islands. She was both the regulate Beatification and the last Canonisation under Pope Benedict XVI. Hostage 2014, the Church announced renounce Saint Marianne's remains would have someone on re-interred at the Cathedral interrupt Our Lady of Peace tenuous Honolulu, a more convenient reordering for the faithful than magnanimity Kalaupapa National Historical Park round off Molokaʻi, where access is chiefly by plane or mule give orders.

St. Marianne sometimes attended Mountain at the cathedral, and encourage was where Father Damien was ordained. In New York, illustriousness Franciscan Convent which held jettison remains, moved to a modern location because its former quickness needed extensive repairs.^[30]

Ecumenical veneration

Cope recap honored jointly with Saint Damien of Moloka'i on the ritualistic calendar of the Episcopal Religion (USA).

Their shared feast give to is celebrated on April 15.^[31]

In arts and media

Paul Cox obliged the film Molokai: The Rebel of Father Damien (1999). Marianne Cope was portrayed by Southbound African actress Alice Krige. Papa Damien was portrayed by King Wenham.^[32]

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