HONOLULU -- Exhumation began Monday of Mother Marianne on Molokai.

She's the Catholic nun who helped care for leprosy patients in the 1800s.

The Catholic Church is considering Mother Marianne for sainthood. Her remains must be exhumed and identified as part of the process.

There will be a mass for her in Honolulu next Monday.

Last month, Pope John Paul II accepted a report of a miracle attributed to Mother Marianne's intervention. That cleared the way for her beatification.