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2 days ago · Few in authority really understood Father Damien in what was now his life’s work on Molokai. Partly, this was his own fault: from youth, he had been a man of passion, and he lacked some of the social graces that others possessed.
5 days ago · For 16 years, Father Damien dedicated his life to the people with leprosy on Molokai, an island in Hawaii, until he succumbed himself to the disease. In 2009, he was canonized by the Catholic Church as Saint Damien of Molokai. Father Damien has become a legend in both Belgium and Hawaii and achieved the status of national hero in both countries.
4 days ago · Three servants of God are advancing toward sainthood: a 12-year old diagnosed with cancer who offered up her suffering, a man with a special devotion to the Sacred Heart, and a Civil War veteran who joined St. Damian of Molokai in his ministry to lepers.
4 days ago · Father Damien was a priest in the 1800s who lived in a village of lepers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. He served them for sixteen years, willingly drawing himself into their lives. Then one day he began his sermon by referring to “we lepers.”
4 days ago · Paul Cox’s 1999 biographical drama Molokai: The Story of Father Damien tells the inspiring true story of Belgian priest Father Damien (David Wenham) who volunteered to serve a leprosy colony on the Hawaiian island of Molokai in the late 19th century. Kris Kristofferson delivers a soulful performance as Rudolph Meyer – a plantation owner who ...
3 days ago · PETALING JAYA: Someone’s loss was a beacon of hope for others after a man in Johor decided to honour his father’s legacy by consenting to the donation of the latter’s organs.
5 days ago · Saint Damien of Molokai, Hero of Hawaii- Virginia Helen Richards Father Damien and the Bells- Arthur and Elizabeth Sheehan Damien of Molokai: Builder of Community- Barbara Yoffie
