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Saint Damien of Molokai

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Father Damien

Belgian Roman Catholic priest and saint (–)

Not to be confused with Father Damien Karras.

For other people with similar names, see Father Damien (disambiguation), Saint Damien (disambiguation), and Peter Damian.

Saint Damien of Molokai SSCC
A photograph of Father Damien taken shortly before his death
Born	()3 January Tremelo, Brabant, Belgium
Died	15 April () (aged&#;49) Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi
Venerated&#;in	Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, some churches of Anglican Communion; individual Lutheran Churches
Beatified	4 June , Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Koekelberg), Brussels, by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	11 October , Vatican City, by Pope Benedict XVI
Major shrine	Leuven, Belgium (bodily relics) Molokaʻi, Hawaii (relics of his hand)
Feast	10 May (Catholic Church; obligatory in Hawaii, option in the rest of the United States);[1] 15 April (Episcopal Church of the United States)
Patronage	People with Leprosy
Signature of Father Damien

Father Damien or Saint Damien of MolokaiSSCC or Saint Damien De Veuster (Dutch: Pater Damiaan or Heilige Damiaan van Molokai; 3 January – 15 April ),^[2] born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholicpriest from Belgiu

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Father Damien comes to Kalawao leper colony

The Kingdom of Hawai‘i's Board of Health places patients with leprosy in segregation on the island of Moloka‘i, providing supplies but not resident doctors or nurses. Father Damien, a year-old Belgian Catholic priest, volunteers to work with the patients at Kalawao Colony. At first horrified by the smell of rotting flesh, he learns to dress ulcers and goes on to help build buildings for the leprosy patients on Moloka‘i, including homes, hospitals, and orphanages.

“Like most of the other Sacred Hearts fathers in the islands, Damien already knew about leprosy firsthand. He had seen the disease in the Kohala district in the s; Damien had no reason to think that leprosy was curable, and it was his understanding that it was ‘very contagious.’ Confessing Hawaiians with the visible signs of the disease, he had sometimes felt a kind of burning or itching on his own skin at the closeness of contact.” —Gavan Daws, Holy Man—Father Damien of Molokai,

In , Pope Benedict XVI canonized Father Damien as Saint Damien of Moloka‘i.

Theme

Epidemics

Region

Hawai‘i

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