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(OSV News) — A Wisconsin Catholic hopes his discovery of long-lost keepsakes of Joseph Dutton can help further the sainthood cause of the layman who ministered to people with leprosy in Hawaii alongside St. Damien de Veuster and St. Marianne Cope.
This past June, Steve Skelly, of Janesville, found long-lost letters, photos and other personal belongings of Dutton in the basement of the St. Jude Parish rectory in Beloit.
The discovery was a long time coming, but it wasn’t Skelly’s first encounter with the man. He has been interested in Dutton’s story for 40 years, learning about him through his interest in local history and the American Civil War.
A native of Vermont, Dutton moved with his family to Wisconsin when he was a child, and he later served in the Civil War.
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This past June, Steve Skelly, of Janesville, found long-lost letters, photos and other personal belongings of Dutton in the basement of the St. Jude Parish rectory in Beloit.
The discovery was a long time coming, but it wasn’t Skelly’s first encounter with the man. He has been interested in Dutton’s story for 40 years, learning about him through his interest in local history and the American Civil War.
A native of Vermont, Dutton moved with his family to Wisconsin when he was a child, and he later served in the Civil War.
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Box of lost keepsakes may offer breakthrough for U.S. sainthood cause
A Wisconsin Catholic hopes his discovery of long-lost keepsakes of Joseph Dutton can help further the sainthood cause of the layman who ministered to people with leprosy in Hawaii alongside St. Damien de Veuster and St. Marianne Cope.
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