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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 10th of May WELCOME! SAINT DAMIAN DE VEUSTER, PRIEST  (Joseph de Veuster.) Fr Damian was a missionary priest, born at Tremeloo, Belgium, January 3, 1840; died at Molokai, Hawaii, April 15, 1889. THE FATHERS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS AND MARY His father, a small farmer, sent him to a college at Braine-le-Comte, to prepare for a commercial profession; but as a result of a mission given by the Redemptorists in 1858, Joseph decided to become a religious. He entered the novitiate of the Fathers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary at Louvain, and took in religion the name of Damian. He was admitted to the religious profession, October 7, 1860.  HE WAS SENT TO THE MISSION Three years later, though still in minor orders, he was sent to the mission of the Hawaiian Islands, where he arrived, March 19, 1864. Ordained priest at Honolulu May 24 of the same year, he was later given charge of various districts on the island of...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 10th of May WELCOME! SAINT DAMIAN DE VEUSTER, PRIEST ⬅️ More information about St Damian de Veuster Saint Damian de Veuster (St Damian of Molokai) was born in Belgium in 1840 into a Flemish-speaking family of grain merchants. His parents wanted him to go into the family business but when he wanted to join the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, like his older brother, they did not stand in his way. HE WENT TO THE MISSIONS Damian’s older brother was meant to go to Hawaii to the missions, but when he became ill Damian arranged to take his place. HE CARED FOR THE SUFFERERS Once ordained and given his own parish, Damian was full of energy – evangelizing, building churches, farming, ministering to his parishioners, and debunking voodoo. Later he volunteered to be the resident priest on Molokai, a horrific leper colony, where he set about the physical and spiritual care of the sufferers, changing their lives until h...