The man photographed on both occasions has come down to us known as “Father Damien.” His name conjures images of lepers on distant islands in the South Pacific, and of himself as an exotic figure.

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Missionaries, like Father Damien and Mother Marianne — who also ... Kalaupapa’s largest dwelling, are filled with photos of the sisters who worked on the settlement after Marianne.

When, in 1873, an obscure young Belgian missionary priest named Father Damien begged the Catholic Prefect Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands to send him to a leper colony 50 miles away, the name of ...

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Father Damien de Veuster was a Belgian priest who subjected himself to leprosy to minister to the lepers’ colony on the island of Molokai, Hawaii. He lived from 1840-89. (Courtesy Photo ...