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   Who was Father Damien of Moloka'i?

   • By Caroline Perkins – May 9, 2023 St. Damien of Moloka’i, also known as Father Damien, was a Catholic priest from Belgium who dedicated his life to serving leprosy patients on the island of Molokai in Hawaii. He became known for his compassion, courage, and selflessness, and was respected and loved by the patients and the community alike.

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   Was it hard to romanticize Father Damien's time on Molokai?

   • It has been easy to romanticize Father Damien’s time on Molokai. It has been equally easy, perhaps, to view the souls to whom he pastored as a homogenous and worthy “mass,” as opposed to disparate groups of individuals marked by Original Sin. But, in reality, it was hard to romanticize Molokai.

   Father Damien Was a Priest and a Man of Sacrifice

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   Who was Father Damien?

   • Father Damien surrounded by orphan boys who had leprosy, Molokai, March 1889. Credit: Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (SS.CC.), Leuven He was born as Jozef de Veuster in 1840 in Tremelo, a small village in Flemish Brabant.

   The greatest Belgian of all time: How a Belgian missionary in Hawaii

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   Why was Father Damien so famous?

   • Father Damien was lauded by some who visited. Through them, his fame spread far and wide. This meant little to him. Closer to home, he suffered from the lack of concern from superiors who were largely indifferent to his mission. Few in authority really understood Father Damien in what was now his life’s work on Molokai.

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   What happened to Father Damien?

   • Such moments were dear to Father Damien and proved a great consolation for what, in so many hidden ways, he endured daily. It was in December 1884 when Father Damien began to identify with his flock more fully still. It was then that he realized that he had contracted leprosy. Yet he would live on until 1889.

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   Why is Father Damien Day celebrated in Hawaii?

   • The day is also the day when Father Damien passed away and is celebrated annually in Hawaii as Father Damien Day. To the Hawaiians, he embodies the fundamental values of family and community (ohana), of attention and care for each other (malama pono) and of love and solidarity reaching across borders (aloha).

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   3 days ago · There is a report of one feast of Corpus Christi on Molokai when Father Damien performed 35 baptisms. If that, alone, were not noteworthy enough, there occurred afterward a Eucharistic Procession in honor of the feast.

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   Jun 20, 2024 · St. Damien of Moloka’i, also known as Father Damien, was a Catholic priest from Belgium who dedicated his life to serving leprosy patients on the island of Molokai in Hawaii. He became known for his compassion, courage, and selflessness, and was respected and loved by the patients and the community alike. Here are six things to know and share ...

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   Jun 7, 2024 · John Farrow was a filmmaker and the father of the actress Mia Farrow, who describes her father in the foreword as a believing Catholic despite his chronic womanizing. After Farrow learned about Father Damien as he was wandering about in the South Pacific, he was determined to share the story with a wider audience.

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   1 day ago · Discover the inspiring story of Saint Damien of Molokai, the heroic priest who dedicated his life to caring for leprosy patients in Hawaii. "The Heroic Life ...

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   4 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.

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   3 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.

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   Jun 1, 2024 · The part of the book on Brother Dutton was the longest and most in-depth, which was very nice because many books focus on Father Damien. It was inspiring to read about Brother Dutton devoting his life to helping others.