The Spirit of Father Damien: The Leper Priest-A Saint for Our Times

by Jan de Volder

Book Overview

Foreword by John Allen

Father Damien, famous for his missionary work with exiled lepers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai, is finally Saint Damien. His sanctity took 120 years to become officially recognized, but between his death in 1889 and his canonization in 2009 amid creeping secularization and suspicion of the missionary spirit he so much embodied Fr. Damien De Veuster never faded from the world's memory. What kept him there?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586174878
• ISBN13: 9781586174873
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

So inspiring!

I absolutely loved this story of St. Damien of Molokai. Highly recommended!