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Father Damien of Moloka'i Saint DamienDescription
Folder Prayer Card with leaflet inside (Spanish language) Circa 1900's
obra del P. Damian Seminario de los Sagrados Corazones Boletin de inscripcion obra del P. Damian
work of Fr. Damian Seminary of the Sacred Hearts Registration bulletin by Fr. Damian
Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. or Saint Damien De Veuster
(January 3, 1840 – April 15, 1889) born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
a missionary religious institute. He was recognized for his ministry, which he led from 1873 until his death in 1889, in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi to people with leprosy (Hansen's disease),
who lived in government-mandated medical quarantine in a settlement on the Kalaupapa Peninsula of Molokaʻi.Created By
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![Author's Personal Collection: With an arm in a sling, with a foot in bandages, and with his leg dragging, Damien knew that his death was near. He was bedridden on 23 March 1889, and on 30 March, he made a general confession.[30] Damien died of leprosy at 8:00 a.m. on 15 April 1889, at the age of 49.[31] The next day, after the Mass was said by Father Moellers at St. Philomena's, the whole settlement followed the funeral cortège to the cemetery. Damien was laid to rest under the same pandanus tree where he first slept upon his arrival on Molokaʻi.[32]
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