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DAMIEN, FATHER , the name in religion of JOSEPH DE VEUSTER (1840-1889), Belgian missionary, was born at Tremeloo, near Louvain, on the 3rd of January 184o. He was educated for a business career, but in his eighteenth year entered the Church, joining the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary (also known as the Picpus Congregation), and taking Damien as his name in religion. In October 1863, while he was still in minor orders, he went out as a missionary to the Pacific Islands, taking the place of his brother, who had been prevented by an illness. He reached Honolulu
condition of the lepers, whom it was the practice of the Hawaian government to deport to the island
earnest desire to mitigate their lot, and in 1873 volunteered to take spiritual charge of the settlement
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Letter to the Rev. Dr Hyde, 1890).See also lives by E. Clifford (1889) and Fr. Pamphile (1889). (J. M`F.) End of Article: DAMIEN, FATHER If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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