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Saint Damien and Molokai #257, 36" x 18" Acrylic on canvas
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The
Leper Priest, the Hero of Molokai. Born in Tremelo, Belgium,
on January 3, 1840, he joined the Sacred Hearts Fathers in
1860. He was bom
Joseph and received the
name Damien in religious life. In 1864, he was sent to
Honolulu, Hawaii, where he Was ordained. For the next nine
years he worked in missions on the big island, Hawaii. In
1873, he went to the leper colony on Molokai, after
volunteering for the assignment. Damien cared for lepers of
all ages, but was particularly concerned about the
children segregated in the
colony. He announced he was a leper in 1885 and continued to
build hospitals, clinics, and churches, and some six hundred
coffins. He died on April 15 , on Molokai. Slandered by a
Protestant minister, Mr. Hyde, Damien was defended by Robert
Louis Stevenson, who wrote an impassioned defense of Damien
in 1905. He was declared venerable in 1977. Pope
John
Paul II declared him
beatified on June 4, 1995.
On
February 21, 2009, the Vatican announced that Father Damien
would be canonized. The ceremony took place in Rome on
October 11, 2009, in the presence of King Albert II of the
Belgians and Queen Paola as well as the Belgian Prime
Minister and several cabinet ministers, completing the
process of canonization.
"Not
without fear and loathing," Pope Benedict underlined,
"Father Damian made the choice to go on the island of
Molokai in the service of lepers who were there, abandoned
by all. So he exposed himself to the disease of which they
suffered. With them he felt at home. The servant of the Word
became a suffering servant, leper with the lepers, during
the last four years of his life."
He
continued, "To follow Christ, Father Damian not only left
his homeland, but has also staked his health so he, as the
word of
Jesus announced in today's
Gospel tells us, received eternal life."
The
figure of Father Damian, Benedict XVI added, "teaches us to
choose the good fight not those that lead to division, but
those that gather us together in unity."
Open Edition
Giclée
Reproductions - Open Edition
Giclée prints available in four image sizes, Matte finish paper; 3½" x 5" image in 5" x 7" matboard, 5"x 7" image in 8"x 10" matboard, 8"x10" image in 11"x14" matboard, 11"x15" image in 16"x 20" matboard. Note the image sizes are approximate as some images present better in a different size, however, the four matboard sizes are standard sizes outside measurements ready for framing.
Approximately 4.5" x 10" print in 6" x 12"
matted.
Approximately 5" x 12" print in 8" x 20" matted.
A Photograph of Father Damien as a young priest hangs on an aged wall of St. Joseph's Church which he built in 1876.
Church on left: St Philomena, located in Kalawao, was also built by father Damien in 1876 and enlarged to it's present size in 1888. The interior of the church looks much the same today as it did when it was
originally built, including the holes in the floor Father Damien cut by hand, so the lepers with lung problems could spit during services.
Center Kalaupapa: Appearing peaceful and tranquil with its
window to the North Shore, Kalawao was once a place of great pain and hardship,
where those with leprosy were forced to swim to shore from ships that
transported them there with only several days' food supply. Those that survived
to reach the coast were greeted to a wasteland, void of shelters, food and
doctors, it was a cruel and lawless time, where the strong preyed upon the weak
and only the strongest survived.
Red roof Church: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church was built by Father Damien in 1874 in his efforts to convert the people of Molokai to Christianity. it was the first Catholic church on Molokai outside of the Kalaupapa settlement.
Fare Left: Along the western shore of Molokai, this
little cove is so typical of the many quiet and secluded beaches to visit, where
a person can get away from it all.
Acknowledgments:
My thanks to James H. Broker for his book, "A Portrait of Molokai ", Distributed by Molokai Fish and Dive Corporation, P. O. Box 576, Kaunakakai,
Hawaii 96748, Phone; 808 676-5926
Print sizes are outside
matboard measurements.
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