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The Spirit of Father Damien: The Leper Priest - A Saint for Our Times
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Books > Biographies > Lives of the Saints
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| Author/Artist: |
JAN DE VOLDER |
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9781586174873 |
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Ignatius Press |
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PAPERBACK |
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AU$39.95 |
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Father Damien, famous for his missionary work with exiled lepers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai, was canonised in 2009. His sanctity took 120 years to become officially recognised. Belgian historian and journalist Jan De Volder sifted through Father Damien's personal correspondence as well as the Vatican archives to present Father Damien's transformation from the stout, somewhat haughty missionary of his youth, bounding from Europe to Hawaii and straight into seemingly tireless priestly work, to the humble and loving shepherd of souls who eventually succumbed to the same disease that ravaged his flock.
De Volder finds that as spiritual father, caretaker, teacher, and advocate Father Damien accomplished many heroic feats for these poor outcasts. Yet the greatest gift he gave them was their transformation from a disordered, lawless throng exiled in desperate anarchy into a living community built on Jesus Christ, a community in which they learned to care for one another. |
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