Misplaced Pages

John M. Systermans (died May 28, 1989) was born Jean-Marie Systermans, but was better known as Father Henry Systermans or Pater Henri Systermans. He was a 20th-century Belgian-born missionary and priest with the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He served for most of his life in Hawaii most notably during the 1950s at the leper colony at Kalaupapa on Molokai. His service there followed in the tradition of fellow Belgian priest, Saint Damien, and his contributions were part of the research gathered by Gavan Daws for the definitive biography Holy Man: Father Damien of Molokai.

On August 9, 1958, he was elected as the seventh Superior General of the order. He served as a Council Father in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965. On April 17, 1967, Systermans was part of a delegation meeting Pope Paul VI to present petitions advocating beatification of Father Damien. He retired in 1970, and died on May 28, 1989.

References

1. "Death of Fr. Henri Systermans". Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary web site. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
2. "Fr. Joseph Hendriks sscc (Hawaii)". Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary web site. March 11, 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
3. Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Necrology
4. Gavan Daws (1984). Holy man: Father Damien of Molokai. University of Hawaii Press. p. ix. ISBN 978-0-8248-0920-1.
5. "Election of Father Henri Systermans, seventh Superior General". Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary web site. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
6. ^ "Father Henry Systermans, SS.CC". Catholic Hierarchy web site. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
7. "The road to Canonization of Father Damien". AIFO web site. 2009. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2010.

v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu
Ordinaries	Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands Alexis Bachelot Vicars Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands Louis Désiré Maigret Herman Koeckemann Gulstan Ropert Libert H. Boeynaems Stephen Alencastre Bishops of Honolulu James Joseph Sweeney John Joseph Scanlan Joseph Anthony Ferrario Francis X. DiLorenzo Clarence Richard Silva
Churches	Cathedrals Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Co-Cathedral of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus Parishes St. Mary Church, Hana Sacred Heart Church-Punahou Saint John the Baptist Church Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Hawi St. Joseph Church, Hilo Holy Trinity Church, Honolulu Our Lady of the Mount Church, Honolulu St. Anthony Church, Honolulu St. Augustine by the Sea Church, Honolulu St. Patrick Church, Honolulu Saints Peter and Paul Church, Honolulu St. Michael the Archangel Church, Kailua-Kona Star of the Sea Church, Kalapana St. Ann Church, Kaneohe St. Theresa Church, Kekaha St. Raphael Church, Koloa Our Lady Queen of Angels Church, Kula Holy Ghost Church, Kula Maria Lanakila Catholic Church, Lahaina Immaculate Conception Church, Lihue St. Joseph Church, Makawao Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Pearl City Resurrection of the Lord Church, Waipahu St. Benedict's Church, Honaunau
Education	Higher education Chaminade University of Honolulu High schools Damien Memorial School, Honolulu Maryknoll School, Honolulu Sacred Hearts Academy, Honolulu St. Francis School, Honolulu St. Louis School, Honolulu St. Anthony School, Wailuku St. Joseph School, Hilo
Priests	Lane K. Akiona Marc R. Alexander Maximin Alff Abraham Armand St. Damien de Veuster Charles Kekumano Francis A. Marzen Columba Murphy Jules C. E. Riotte Patrick Short John M. Systermans Benedict M. Vierra Arsenius Walsh
Miscellany	Hawaii Catholic Herald Malia O Ka Malu St. Marianne Cope
Hawaii portal Catholicism portal

• 20th-century Belgian Roman Catholic priests
• Belgian emigrants to the United States
• Hawaii Catholic priests
• Belgian Roman Catholic missionaries
• Leprosy nurses and caregivers
• Roman Catholic missionaries in Hawaii
• 1989 deaths
• Roman Catholic medical missionaries