St. Damien of Molokai - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Damien of Molokai - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Damien of Molokai, Roman Catholic Priest and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious institute. he was sent to Honolulu, Hawaii, where he Was ordained. For the next nine years he worked in missions on the big island, Hawaii. In 1873, he went to the leper colony on Molokai, after volunteering for the assignment. Damien cared for lepers of all ages, but was particularly concerned about the children segregated in the colony. He announced he was a leper in 1885 and continued to build hospitals, clinics, and churches, and some six hundred coffins. Feastday Oct 11

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