Happy Feast DaySt. Damien of Molokai1840 - 1889Feast day: May 10Patronage: people with leprosyFather
Happy Feast DaySt. Damien of Molokai1840 - 1889Feast day: May 10Patronage: people with leprosyFather Damien or St. Damien of Molokai was a priest from Belgium and a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious institute. He won recognition for his ministry in the Kingdom of Hawaii, to people with leprosy, who had been placed under a government-sanctioned medical quarantine on the island of Molokai. After 16 years of caring for the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of those in the leper colony, he eventually contracted and died of the disease. (website) -- source link
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