Feast Day · May 10
Damien of Molokai
Patron ofLepers, Outcasts, People with HIV/AIDS, Hawaii
SituationsIllness, Isolation, Leprosy, Stigma
ProfessionsHealthcare Workers
Life
Saint Damien of Molokai was a Belgian priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts who devoted his life to caring for lepers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. Born Jozef De Veuster in 1840, he volunteered to serve the isolated colony and spent sixteen years building houses, churches, and a hospital. He eventually contracted leprosy himself and died in 1889.
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