Father Damien of Molokai Facts?

Question

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I need facts about father damien, the belgian priest who went to Molokai to the leper colony.

Any facts are appreciated!

Answer 1

Hi,

Go to this link

http://www.bookrags.com/Father_Damien

Peace

Answer 2

"Father Damien, also Blessed Damien of Molokai and born Joseph de Veuster (January 3, 1840 – April 15, 1889), was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious order.

Damien is most noted for his devotion to caring and ministering to people with what was then widely known as leprosy, forced by government-sanctioned medical segregation, living on the island of Molokai in the Kingdom of Hawaii[1]. In the Roman Catholic and Anglican traditions, as well as other denominations of Christianity, Damien is considered the spiritual patron for Hansen's Disease, HIV and AIDS patients as well as outcasts. As the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu and of Hawaii, Father Damien Day is celebrated statewide on April 15. Upon his beatification towards canonization and sainthood by Pope John Paul II in 1995, Damien was given a memorial feast day, celebrated on May 10 on the church calendar and was conferred the official title of Blessed Damien of Molokai."

Answer 3

Molokai Facts

Answer 4

He was born as Jozef De Veuster in 1840 in Tremelo, a small Flemish village not far from here. The seminary of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, where he studied, is just a few blocks away from where I sit.

Check the biography on the website of the religious order he was a member of : http://www.ssccpicpus.com/damian/damenglish.html

Check the references, sources and external links of the Wikipedia article "Father Damien" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Damien#References