The Priest Who Descended to Molokai
In 1873, a thirty-three-year-old Belgian priest named Damien De Veuster boarded a cargo ship bound for the Hawaiian island of Molokai. His destination was Kalaupapa...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on John 3:13-17.
In 1873, a thirty-three-year-old Belgian priest named Damien De Veuster boarded a cargo ship bound for the Hawaiian island of Molokai. His destination was Kalaupapa — a remote peninsula walled in by ocean cliffs, where the Kingdom of Hawaii had exiled hundreds of men, women, and children suffering from leprosy. No one who entered was expected to leave. Father Damien chose to go anyway.…
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