Father Damien

thumb|Father Damien de Veuster in 1878 Damien De Veuster, popularly known as Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai (born Jozef De Veuster; 3 January 1840 – 15 April 1889), was a Belgian Catholic priest in the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He ministered to a leper colony in Molokai, Kingdom of Hawaii, from 1873 until his death in 1889. Quotes about De Veuster The story of Father Damien is a very powerful example of the principle that living together in peace is only possible if conscience as the moral compass is followed by all. … The lesson of this story is that living together in peace cannot be taken for granted.Even those who share a misfortune can ultimately not be able to live in peace together unless they discover again the role of the conscience. …order can be restored by returning to conscience. Massimo Introvigne, "How to Live Together in Peace: From Father Damien of Molokai to Tai Ji Men", Bitter Winter (May 20, 2022) Blessed Damian, you have allowed yourself to be guided by the Holy Spirit, like a son obeying the will of the Father. With your missionary life and activity, express Christ's tenderness and mercy for every man, revealing to him the beauty of his inner being, which no disease, no deformity, and no weakness can completely disfigure. By your work and your preaching, you remember that Jesus made the poverty and suffering of men his own, and that he revealed its mysterious value. Intercede with Christ, physician of bodies and souls, for our sick brothers and sisters, so that, in anguish and pain, they do not feel abandoned but, united with the risen Lord and his Church, they discover that the Holy Spirit descends upon them and can thus obtain the consolation promised to the afflicted. Pope John Paul II, Beatificazione del Servo di Dio Damiano De Veuster, Missionario della Congregazione dei Sacri Cuori - Omelia di Giovanni Paolo II, 4 June 1995. External links Category:1840 births Category:1889 deaths Category:Roman Catholic priests Category:Missionaries Category:Catholics from Belgium Category:Catholic saints