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| | Father Damien - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In Catholicism, Father Damien is the spiritual patron of people with leprosy, outcasts, and those with HIV/AIDS, and of the State of Hawaii. | | | Damien's first course of action was to build a church and establish the Parish of Saint Philomena. | | | There, Damien was ordained to the priesthood on May 24, 1864 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, a church established by his religious order. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Damien
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| | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien by Hilde Eynikel |
| | After having written an initial best-seller on the life of Damien de Veuster, she was given unprecedented access to the as yet undisclosed archives kept in a concrete vault in the basement of the Picpus Fathers (Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary) in Louvain, Belgium for this second, definitive biography. | | | "Molokai: The Story of Father Damien by Hilde Eynikel is the biography of Damien De Veuster, the Belgian priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary who became the spiritual father and social advocate of the lepers exiled on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. | | | Holy Father, our lepers and everyone on earth beg you to give us a saint, a martyr to love, an example of obedience to our religion.' From the beginning to end the Belgian priest who gave himself for Hawaii's lepers was one of us; Eynikel is generous with details definitively documenting as much. |
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http://www.albahouse.org/Molokai.htm
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| | Father Damien Statue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In Catholicism, Father Damien is the spiritual patron of the outcast and those afflicted with AIDS and HIV. | | | On that day, the statue in Honolulu is ceremoniously draped in lei followed by solemn song and prayer. | | | He has also been granted the title of Blessed Damien of Molokai and awaits sainthood. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Damien_Statue
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| | American Saints |
| | Damien as he lay dying on the floor with only a straw mattress, a pillow and a single blanket to keep him warm.The doctor, not knowing he had taken a picture of a one-day saint of the Catholic Church, knew that Father Damien had but a short time to live. | | | Damien through a bad period by invading his territory, ordering him around and telling him how to be a priest. | | | Father Damien was declared Blessed on June 4th, 1995. |
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http://www.allformary.org/AmericanSaints/leper.htm
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| | Catholic Saints - Blessed Damien of Molokai |
| | Damien’s presence there made the world realize that those afflicted with leprosy were not “unclean outcasts,” but vulnerable human beings whom God deeply loved and who were worthy of the same respect and dignity as anyone else. | | | Damien’s congregation also feared losing government favor and at times resented the public praise he received while other priests laboring in the islands were less recognized. | | | Most of the sixteen years Damien spent on Molokai he was without the assistance of a resident doctor or companions from his congregation, though for some short periods priests who were themselves sick were assigned to aid him. |
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http://www.wau.org/resources/saints/saintarchive/damien_molokai.html
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| | Father Damien of Kalaupapa |
| | Damien was the most famous but not the first caregiver or religious worker to arrive at Kalawao. | | | Not a “retiring” personality, Damien did not hesitate to badger the Hawaiian government and his church for more resources. | | | He followed Congregational ministers, Catholic priests, Mormon elders, and family and friends of patients who went voluntarily to Kalawao to help. |
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http://www.nps.gov/kala/docs/damien.htm
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| | Father Damien: An Introduction |
| | To those he had served on Moloka'i, he was remembered as their father, friend and brother, as a courageous and bold soul who refused to let them be forsaken or forgotten. | | | When Damien died on April 15, 1889, people all over the world mourned him and called him a saint and a martyr. | | | At age 18, Joseph himself chose to serve God and joined the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. |
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| | Blessed Father Damien |
| | Conrardy was not a religious of the Sacred Hearts, and they felt that Damien had encouraged his presence there as a reproach to their ineffectual efforts to provide him with a companion. | | | His bronze figure graces the statuary hall in Washington, D.C. Damien's compassion for the lepers led him to spend sixteen years in the "living graveyard that was Molokai," where he died at the age of forty-nine in service to people suffering from the terrible disease of leprosy. | | | Damien placed, of all things, poor boxes in the church. |
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http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/DAMIEN.htm
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| | Father Damien |
| | At the time of his intimate spiritual consummation or encounter (Sun/Venus), the closest contact with his inner self and destiny (one of the meanings I give to the progressed or solar arc Sun/Venus conjunction), he became a leper himself, and this was his glory. | | | <Father Damien wrote to the Father General that many of his parishioners had been shipped to a leper colony on Molokai and that he had "an undeniable feeling that soon I shall join them." On May 10, 1873, Father Damien traveled with Bishop Maigret and a shipload of lepers to Molokai. | | | It is a good example of what I wrote among my Nessus keywords as "the delicacy and sensibility of the flower, the fragility of life, the strength that is found in weakness, terrible and beautiful in its fragility...", etc. |
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http://www.expreso.co.cr/centaurs/posts/bio/damien.html
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| | Blessed Damien |
| | Confident of his intercession with God, they turn to him in their spiritual and temporal needs, especially in time of sickness. | | | All the information on this page, the writing above and the following Novena to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary is taken from the booklet "Total Involvement!" from the Office of Father Damien's Cause for Sainthood at Adams Street, Fairhaven, MA Novena to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary | | | Without wishing in any way to anticipate the judgment of Holy Mother Church, we can safely say that many have had their confidence justified. |
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http://www.damientheleper.org/AboutBDS/Novena.htm
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| | Patricia's World Of Catholic Saints And Holy Witnesses |
| | Father Solanus Casey may have been a simple and humble priest, but he was also a man of great faith who possessed the spiritual gift of love. | | | Blessed Father Damien, also known as the Hero of Molokai, dedicated years of his life spreading the gospel to those inflicted with leprosy, on the island of Molokai. | | | Always ready and willing to listen to anybody, at any time, Father Solanus, shared his spiritual gifts of love and kindness to countless numbers of people from around the world. |
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http://members.aol.com/blfrdamien/saints.htm
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| | Father Damien movie at Kalaupapa, Molokai, Hawaii |
| | Cox describes "Father Damien" as the largest work he's done and a "marvelous story" consistent with his prior efforts. | | | He first heard about Damien on a visit to Hawaii and made the connection to the Damien Brothers, a Dutch religious order that runs the church he attends. | | | One of Damien's challenges in Hawaii was being a "religious healthy young man," he said. |
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http://www.discoveringhawaii.com/StarBulletin/FrDamien.html
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| | The strange case of Father Damien and Robert Louis Stevenson |
| | For it was a most powerful defence of Fr Damien de Veuster, the leper priest who had died the previous April, and who had been the subject of a most bitter sectarian attack. | | | Robert Louis Stevenson believed Damien was a saint and predicted that the Church would one day canonise him. | | | He travelled in a small boat with two religious sisters, "bidding farewell (in humble imitation of Damien) to the lights and joys of life." One of the nuns "wept silently and I could not withhold myself from joining her... |
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http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2002/sep2002p10_1117.html
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| | Father Damien -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | These authors came to be known collectively as the Fathers of the Church. | | | At these conferences, political leaders who later came to be known as the Fathers of Confederation laid the groundwork for the creation of the Dominion of Canada. | | | During the early centuries of the Christian era, certain bishops and other great Christian teachers set forth the basic tenets that later prevailed in nearly all doctrinal disputes. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9028648?source=RSSOTD
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| | Famous Belgians - Father Damien |
| | Damien devoted himself entirely to the spiritual and physical care of the lepers, obtaining government aid for them and encouraging agriculture and local industry. | | | He not only ministered to the spiritual needs of the lepers but also dressed their sores, provided shelter and food, and buried them. | | | Damien had nearly finished his studies for the priesthood when his brother, about to embark for the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands, fell ill. At his own request, Damien was sent (1865) in his place. |
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http://www.famousbelgians.net/damien.htm
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| | Father Damien, a Lasting Legacy |
| | The priest who devoted his life to serving the exiled victims of Hansen's disease on Moloka'i was, in his day, controversial, a scourge to authorities, an outcast. | | | At the time of his arrival, the Hawaiian kingdom was staggering under the impact of contact with the outside world. | | | An excellent carpenter, Damien built several churches, the last of which was St. Philomena. |
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http://makhorse.netwiz.net/FatherDamien.htm
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Father Damien |
| | He entered the novitiate of the Fathers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary at Louvain, and took in religion the name of Damien. | | | He nevertheless continued his charitable ministrations, being assisted at this period by two other priests and two lay brothers. | | | On 10 May, 1873, Father Damien, at his own request and with the sanction of his bishop, arrived at the settlement as its resident priest. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04615a.htm
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| | Father Damien by Robert Louis Stevenson |
| | Damien believed his own religion with the simplicity | | | sense, but merely because Damien's admirers and disciples were the | | | at all remember you, on the day when Damien of Molokai shall be |
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http://emotionalliteracyeducation.com/classic_books_online/frdam10.htm
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| | DAMIEN MUSEUM - WAIKIKI, HAWAII - Museums - http://maxpages.com/damienmuseum |
| | Damien Museum features a 20-minute videocassette, entitled "Tribute to Father Damien," which describes the life and charitable works of Blessed Father Damien. | | | Leper Priest of Molokai: The Father Damien Story. | | | The museum is located on the grounds of St. Augustine By The Sea Church on the beach in Waikiki. |
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http://www.maxpages.com/damienmuseum
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| | Father Damien |
| | Father Damien's voluntary sojourn among the lepers of Molokai, ministering to their physical and spiritual needs, has shown him to be one of the great-hearted humanitarians of all time. | | | The Reverend Joseph Damien de Veuster is one of Hawaii's most illustrious citizens. |
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http://www.sunshinehelicopters.com/maui/molokai/fatherdamien.html
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| | Father Damien of Kalaupapa, Molokai - Books |
| | Foremost among those who came to bring compassion and assistance to the men, women and children who were exiled to this land was a man who was to achieve greatness by his humble efforts to relieve and ultimately share their pain. | | | This priest is known to the world as Father Joseph Damien deVeuster. | | | As the last of his flock and the 20th century fade into memory, the tragedy that occurred here is left as a reminder of man's injustice to his own. |
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http://molokai-aloha.com/fishdiv/books.html
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| | FATHER DAMIEN - LoveToKnow Article on FATHER DAMIEN |
| | He was educated for a business career, but in his eighteenth year entered the Church, joining the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary (also known as the Picpus Congregation), and taking Damien as his name in religion. | | | In October 1863, while he was still in minor orders, he went out as a missionary to the Pacific Islands, taking the place of his brother, who had been prevented by an illness. | | | Some ill-considered imputations upon Father Damien by a Presbyterian minister produced a memorable tract by Robert Louis Stevenson (An Open Letter to the Rev. Dr Hyde, 1890). |
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http://20.1911encyclopedia.org/D/DA/DAMIEN_FATHER.htm
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| | Father Damien in Hawaii. |
| | And then, in 1876, Father Damien noticed in himself the first signs of the d@ which had claimed so many before him. | | | He was Father Damien de Veuster, S.S.C.C., the Hero of Moloka'i, and his memory has not dimmed but has spread to every continent in the world... | | | Damien, knowing that he had made the ultimate sacrifice for his own, said: |
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http://www.hawaiiguide.com/origins/damien.htm
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| | Movie Info for Molokai: The Story of Father Damien on MSN Movies |
| | Damien also concerns himself with their spiritual needs, restoring a sense of dignity and self-respect among the diseased and urging them away from drinking, sex, and other sinful behavior. | | | Damien is destined to spend the last years of his life on Molokai when he contacts the disease himself, working to ease the pain of his fellow victims to his last breath. | | | Damien is shocked, and makes it his crusade to improve the lives of the lepers, planting trees to help buffer the island's strong winds and building huts to house the sicker members of the tribe. |
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http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=110400
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| | Father Damien |
| | He went to Hawaii (1864) as a Picpus Father (Father of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary). | | | addressed to a minister who had made some slanderous insinuations against Father Damien shortly after his death. | | | In 1936 his body was removed in great state from Molokai to Antwerp. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0814570.html
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| | Bl. Damien de Veuster - Catholic Online |
| | He was bom Joseph and received the name Damien in religious life. | | | He announced he was a leper in 1885 and continued to build hospitals, clinics, and churches, and some six hundred coffins. | | | Born in Tremelo, Belgium, on January 3, 1840, he joined the Sacred Hearts Fathers in 1860. |
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http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2817
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| | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien |
| | Inspiring true story follows the epic life of Father Damien (Wenham), a legendary Belgian priest who dedicated his life (quite literally) to the care and spiritual guidance of a doomed Hawaiian leper colony during the late 1800s. | | | Sections for Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | | | Create a fansite for Molokai: The Story of Father Damien |
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/MolokaiTheStoryofFatherDamien-1099920
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| | Father Damien |
| | Joseph De Veuster, Father Damien built four churches and two of these churches still remain, "St. Joseph's" and "My Lady of Sorrows". | | | Father Damien moved the leper colony because it was more civilized there at Kalaupapa, there were calm waters, and there was a Hawaiian village with people who could help the lepers regain their sense of humanity. | | | He built homes, churches, and coffins for them. |
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http://www.k12.hi.us/~tqjr/islands/molokai/father.html
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| | Vatican takes closer look at Father Damien miracle - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper |
| | Damien was beatified in 1995, which gives him the title "blessed." Another substantiated miracle is needed for him to become a saint. | | | Last month, Roman Catholic officials said the sainthood case for the Kalaupapa missionary was delayed because the miraculous cure of an O'ahu woman's cancer attributed to Damien may also have had divine intervention from another source. | | | The woman, whose cancerous tumor reportedly regressed suddenly after prayers to Damien, is still alive, but her name has not been released. |
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http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Feb/15/ln/ln23p.html
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| | Kalaupapa, Molokai, Hawaii - Father Damien. |
| | A most dedicated and driven man, Father Damien did more than simply administer the faith: he built homes, churches and coffins; arranged for medical services and funding from Honolulu, and became a parent to his diseased wards. | | | Dutton, an energetic and dedicated missionary priest, assumed many of the duties Damien was unable to perform as his leprosy progressed. | | | A Catholic missionary priest from Belgium, he served the leprosy patients at Kalaupapa until his death. |
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http://visitmolokai.com/kala.html
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| | Father Damien |
| | The name of the fund had been another factor in FH's resignation: he had wanted it to be called "The Damien Fund" but a scurrilous rumor that Damien had contracted his leprosy through sex with female lepers put paid to that. | | | Backed by the Prince of Wales, a panel of doctors was set up but no two could agree, so, disenchanted, FH resigned his post as secretary to the fund. | | | These pages are the fruit of harmless drudgery by Alfred Armstrong: alfred@oddbooks.co.uk |
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http://www.oddbooks.co.uk/harris/person.php3?name=damien_father
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| | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999) |
| | Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999) | | | I have seen this movie and would like to comment on it |
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| | Father Damien - Robert Louis Stevenson - Palm Reader eBook |
| | Restrictions: No printing, No copy and paste (More Details) | | | The eBook club is continually growing with more eBooks added frequently. | | | Father Damien - Robert Louis Stevenson - Palm Reader eBook |
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