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Foreword by John Allen Father Damien, famous for his missionary work with exiled lepers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai, is finally Saint Damien. His sanctity

The story of Father Damien De Veuster who arrived at Moloka'i's remote settlement in May of 1873 to become the first resident clergyman and part-time physician

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Biography of the Franciscan Sister (1838-1918) who worked for many years among the lepers on the Hawaiian Island of Molokai, originally published in 1980 as A s