Dutton had come to help Father Damien de Veuster, a Belgian priest who had just contracted leprosy. Today, it is referred to ...

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) Jozef de ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On May 10, the Catholic Church honors Father Damien, the Belgian priest who was elevated to sainthood for his work with Hansen’s disease patients in the leper colony at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Molokaʻi, Kalaupapa National Historical Park (on the Kalaupapa Peninsula) has reopened, offering a limited number of visitors ...

The restored birthplace of St. Damien De Veuster in Tremelo, Belgium, opens its doors with a new permanent exhibition celebrating the life of the ‘Apostle to the Lepers.’ A photograph of Father Damien ...

Charnel chaos, forgotten by the outside world, was Hawaii’s leper settlement on Molokai Island when in 1873 a young Belgian named Father Damien (Joseph De Veuster) begged his bishop to send him there.

Sunday evening I attended a screening of a preliminary cut of the documentary "The Soul of Kalaupapa." The film examines the ecumenical legacy of the leper's colony on the Hawaiian island of Molokai.

The view from Judd Park, where visitors stop for lunch during the tour. Photo Credit: Seawind Tours & Travel Visitors to the Islands can learn the history of one of Hawaii's most sacred settlements by ...