Father Damien
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Father Damien...with the ceremony taking place in Rome, with celebrations in Belgium and Hawaii. On February 21, 2009, the Vatican announced that Father Damien would be canonized. The ceremony took place in Rome on Rosary Sunday October 11, 2009, in the... In this article: Damien, Father Damien, Leprosy, Molokai, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hawaii, Reverend, and Cancer |
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Charlotte Observer | October 04, 2009
Belgium, Honolulu bishop celebrate 'leper priest'
Belgium's King Albert II, Left, Belgium's Queen Paola, 2nd left, and Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy attend a mass in honor of Father Damien near his birthplace in Tremelo, Belgium, Sunday Oct. 4, 2008. The mass...
In this article: Leprosy, Honolulu, Molokai, Belgium, Hawaiian island, Bishop, and Hawaii
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Daily Mail | October 11, 2009
Priest who contracted leprosy after working with ostracised patients is made a saint by Pope Benedict XVI
...and its stigma. The U.S. leader, noting that millions worldwide suffer from disease, especially HIV/AIDS, urged people to follow Damien's example by 'answering the urgent call to heal and care for the sick.' The hand of friendship:...
In this article: Leprosy, Pope Benedict XVI, AIDS, Hawaii, Molokai, and Albert II
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Priest who lived with leprosy now a saint
...11, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI gave the Roman Catholic church five new saints,Father Damien, born as Jozef De Veuster, Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski, Francisco Coll y Guitart, Rafael Arnaiz Baron, Marie de la Croix (Jeanne) Jugan. More...
In this article: Leprosy, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church, Vatican City, Hawaii, and Molokai
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Belgium's King Albert II (C) and Queen Paola attend a canonisation mass of Belgian missionary Father Damien at the Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican, October 11, ...
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Blessed Damien de Veuster (January 3, 1840 – April 15, 1889), born Jozef de Veuster and also known as Blessed Damien of Molokai (in Dutch, Damiaan), was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious order. It was announced on July 3, 2008, that Damien is to be canonized by the Catholic Church in 2009 by authority of Pope Benedict XVI.
Father Damien is known for his ministering of people with what was then widely known as leprosy, who had been placed under a government-sanctioned medical quarantine, on the island of Molokai in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He eventually contracted the disease himself, and is widely considered a "martyr of charity". In the Roman Catholic and Anglican traditions, as well as other denominations of Christianity, Damien is considered the spiritual patron for Hansen's Disease, HIV and AIDS patients as well as outcasts. As the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu and of Hawaii, Father Damien Day is celebrated statewide on April 15. Upon his beatification by Pope John Paul II in Rome on June 4, 1995, Blessed Damien was granted a memorial feast day, which is celebrated on May 10.
Several memorials have been made to Damien worldwide. The Father Damien Statue honors the priest in bronze at the United States Capitol while a full size replica stands in front of the Hawaii State Capitol. In 2005, Damien was honored with the title of De Grootste Belg, chosen as The Greatest Belgian throughout Belgian history in polling conducted by the Flemish public broadcasting service, VRT.
- Birth Date:
- January 03, 1840
- Birthplace:
- Tremelo, Belgium
- Death Date:
- April 15, 1889
- Place of Death:
- Kalaupapa, Molokai, Hawaii
- Feast Day:
- May 10 (universal); April 15 (in Hawaii)
- Major Shrine:
- Leuven, Belgium (bodily relics); Maui, Hawaii (relics of his hand)
- Venerated In:
- Roman Catholic Church; Anglican Communion; individual Lutheran Churches
- Beatified:
- June 04, 1995
- At:
- Rome
- Title:
- Confessor; Leper Priest; Greatest Belgian
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