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St. Damien of Moloka'iFeast day: May 10
The Catholic Church remembers St. Damien of Molokai on May 10. The Belgian priest sacrificed his life and health to become a spiritual father to the victims of leprosy quarantined on a Hawaiian island.
Joseph de Veuser, who later took the name Damien in religious life, was born into a farming family in the Belgian town of Tremlo in 1840. During his youth he felt a calling to become a Catholic missionary, an urge that prompted him to join the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
Damien's final vows to the congregation involved a dramatic ceremony in which his superiors draped him in the cloth that would be used to cover his coffin after death. The custom was meant to symbolize the young man's solemn commitment, and his identification with Christ's own death. For Damien, the event would become more significant, as he would go on to lay down his life for the lepers of Molokai.
His superiors originally intended to send Damien's brother, a member of the same congregation, to Hawaii. But he became sick, and Damien arrang
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Father Damien
Father Damien, also Saint Damien of Molokai, born as Joseph de Veuster in Belgium on January 3, 1840 and died on April 15, 1889, was a Roman CatholicPriest and missionary. He was known for helping people with leprosy in the colony of Kalaupapa on the island of Molokai in Hawaii. Father Damien came to Hawaii in 1864. During this time, many Native Hawaiians were dying from many of the diseases they caught from the white settlers. The King of Hawaii, made the people who had leprosy live in a colony away from other people. Father Damien went to help the sick people and gave them hope. Father Damien also died from leprosy, but what he did helped many people.
In 1995, he was beatified (made an important person) by the Pope, and he is recognized by both the Catholic and Anglican churches. Father Damien was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday October 11, 2009.[1][2]
His is Patron Saint of the Diocese of Honolulu, as well as all of 🌋, of people with leprosy, and of outcasts, as well as people suffering from HIV and AIDS as well.
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Diocese of Honolulu
Aloha,
We thank God that on July 3, 2008, the Holy Father signed a decree confirming that the healing of Audrey Toguchi from cancer was indeed a miracle performed by God through the intercession of Father Damien. In effect, clearing the way for Father Damien to be canonized on October 11, 2009 and declared a saint to be venerated perpetually by the universal Church.
The Church canonizes saints to set an example for us, because we are all called to holiness. Our diocesan strategic plan, the Road Map for Our Mission, identifies addressing the issue of homelessness as one of its goals. Saint Damien addressed the very same issue in Kalaupapa. He himself built many homes for those who could not do so for themselves. We pray that Saint Damien will inspire us all to reach out to those who are most in need in our community to make a real difference in their lives, to serve them with the love of Christ.
It is God who created the miracle of Saint Damien. It is God who accomplished the healing, through his intercession, that allowed his cause
Diocese of Honolulu
Aloha,
We thank God that on July 3, 2008, the Holy Father signed a decree confirming that the healing of Audrey Toguchi from cancer was indeed a miracle performed by God through the intercession of Father Damien. In effect, clearing the way for Father Damien to be canonized on October 11, 2009 and declared a saint to be venerated perpetually by the universal Church.
The Church canonizes saints to set an example for us, because we are all called to holiness. Our diocesan strategic plan, the Road Map for Our Mission, identifies addressing the issue of homelessness as one of its goals. Saint Damien addressed the very same issue in Kalaupapa. He himself built many homes for those who could not do so for themselves. We pray that Saint Damien will inspire us all to reach out to those who are most in need in our community to make a real difference in their lives, to serve them with the love of Christ.
It is God who created the miracle of Saint Damien. It is God who accomplished the healing, through his intercession, that allowed his cause
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