HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On May 10, the Catholic Church honors Father Damien, the Belgian priest who was elevated to sainthood for his work with Hansen’s disease patients in the leper colony at ...
The restored birthplace of St. Damien De Veuster in Tremelo, Belgium, opens its doors with a new permanent exhibition celebrating the life of the ‘Apostle to the Lepers.’ A photograph of Father Damien ...
Father Damien de Veuster was a Belgian priest who subjected himself to leprosy to minister to the lepers’ colony on the island of Molokai, Hawaii. He lived from 1840-89. (Courtesy Photo) Jozef de ...
At the bottom of some of the tallest sea cliffs in the world, on the remote north shore of Molokai, Hawaii, a tongue of land splits the darkened ocean. This is Kalaupapa. For the last five years, this ...
In the late 19th century, thousands of Native Hawaiians with leprosy were torn from their families and banished to a secluded peninsula on the island of Molokai. Into this place of despair came a ...
Cover title: Kalaupapa, St. Philomena Catholic Church (Father Damien's Church), National Historical Park, Molokai, Hawaii. Spine title: Kalaupapa National Historical Park, St. Philomena Catholic ...
Of all the abductions, this one is different.
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A new law signed Thursday honors a missionary who, with St. Damien, helped treat patients with Hansen’s disease in Kalaupapa. Gov. Josh Green signed Act 4 into law during a ...
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