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- Saint Damien of Molokai contracted leprosy himself in 1885, but he continued his work until his death on April 15, 1889. His dedication to the lepers of Molokai, despite the risk to his own life, was a testament to his faith and the teachings of the Catholic Church.
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In what could be an easily overlooked aspect of his work on Molokai, Damien gave a hopeful new perspective to the “living dead” by digging graves so the dead of Molokai would have a dignified burial. Damien showed the lepers that their bodies deserved dignity, even in death.
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His right hand was returned to his original grave in 1995. Rumours before and after Damien’s death accused him of immorality, but he was exonerated by an investigation held shortly after his death. Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a famously passionate 6,000-word defense of Damien after interviewing local Hawaiians during his ...
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Sep 21, 2015 · Damien’s body was exhumed from its grave on Molokai and returned to his native Belgium; soon, the Church began to pore over all writings by and about Damien for clues to his life.
- David Zax
May 6, 2016 · Bodies might be left on the side of the road. Or, they would be buried in shallow graves, but the wild pigs would dig them up and eat them. Damien wanted the people on Molokai to enjoy a good...
Damien contracted Hansen’s disease and died of its complications. As requested, he was buried in Kalaupapa, but in 1936 the Belgian government succeeded in having his body moved to Belgium. Part of Damien’s body was returned to his beloved Hawaiian brothers and sisters after his beatification in 1995.
4 days ago · Few in authority really understood Father Damien in what was now his life’s work on Molokai. Partly, this was his own fault: from youth, he had been a man of passion, and he lacked some of the social graces that others possessed.
Damien's compassion for the lepers led him to spend sixteen years in the "living graveyard that was Molokai," where he died at the age of forty-nine in service to people suffering from the terrible disease of leprosy.
