Leper Priest of Molokai : : The Father Damien Story / / Richard Stewart.
Leper Priest of Moloka'i traces the life of Father Damien from his boyhood in rural Belgium to his death at the Kalaupapa leprosy settlement after sixteen years of remarkable accomplishments. Damien overcame major obstacles to become a Catholic priest and serve as a missionary in Hawai'i....
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2022] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (456 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Author's Note
- Prologue
- 1 Exile: Day One
- 2 Birth, Childhood, and Beyond
- 3 The Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
- 4 The Quest Begins: Hawai'i
- 5 Puna: Father Damien's First Parish
- 6 Kohala-Hamakua: The Second Parish
- 7 The Calm before the Storm of Moloka'i
- 8 Exile: The First Weeks
- 9 A Prisoner Forever!
- 10 Free at Last!
- 11 Like the Christ: Priest, Physician, Carpenter
- 12 "We Lepers . . . "
- 13 Hutchison, the Survivor; Emerson, the Courageous Physician
- 14 His Finest Works
- 15 A Medal of Honor and a Crown of Thorns
- 16 The Year of the Nurses
- 17 Father Damien Denied
- 18 Damien, the Leper
- 19 Damien, the Martyr?
- 20 The Valley of the Shadow
- 21 "I Am Brother Joseph I Have Come to Help"
- 22 Death's Dark Shadow
- 23 Thy Rod and Thy Staff, They Comfort Me
- 24 Hawaiian Sunset
- 25 Requiem for a Priest
- 26 Accolades and a Preacher's Curse
- 27 Response to the Curse
- 28 A Second Saint Damien
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author