Father Damien, also Blessed Damien of Molokai and born Joseph 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 order. Damien is most noted for his extreme devotion to caring and ministering to people with what was then widely known as leprosy, forced by government-sanctioned medical segregation, … Wikipedia
Original Article by Clay Fowler, Staff Writer of The Sun CHINO HILLS - Damien High School virtually guaranteed itself a Sierra League boys water polo co-championship on Tuesday with a 10-8 win at Ayala. www.damien-hs.edu
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Father Damien was born Joseph de Veuster in Tremeloo, Belgium, on January 3, 1840. The son of well-to-do parents, he entered the Sacred Hearts Congregation at Louvain in January 1859 and five years later was ordained a priest in the Cathedral of Our Lady www.aoc.gov/cc/art/nsh/damien.cfm
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Father Damien is the 19th century priest who worked among the lepers of the still rural Hawaiian island. www.saintthomashollywood.org/stthomas/page.php?ref=damien...
