Missionaries, like Father Damien and Mother Marianne — who also became a Catholic saint following her service on the island — moved to Kalaupapa to care for the new residents’ physical and ...

St. Damien and St. Marianne's legacies inspire hope on the Tree of Hope Tour, bringing relics and stories of compassion to ...

Necklaces, shells and crosses hang from the grave of Father Damien outside of St. Philomena Church on Kalaupapa, Hawaii, on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Damien was canonized a Catholic saint in 2009 ...

Missionaries, like Father Damien and Mother Marianne — who also became a Catholic saint following her service on the island — moved to Kalaupapa to care for the new residents’ physical and ...

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 Kalaupapa.

Missionaries, like Father Damien and Mother Marianne — who also became a Catholic saint following her service on the island — moved to Kalaupapa to care for the new residents’ physical and ...

Flags blow in the breeze at the grave of Father Damien outside St. Philomena Church on Kalaupapa, Hawaii, on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Damien was canonized a Catholic saint in 2009 for his work ...

Aug. 6—The life and times of St. Damien of Molokai are being presented in blockbuster musical style in Belgium, his native country. The life and times of St. Damien of Molokai are being ...

Lance Toyofuku (left), talks with sisters Alicia Damien Lau (center), and Barbara Jean Wajda (right), after Mass at St. Philomena Church during a pilgrimage tour of Kalaupapa on July 18.

Flags blow in the breeze at the grave of Father Damien outside St. Philomena Church on Kalaupapa, Hawaii.(Credit: Jessie Wardarski/AP.) Listen KALAUPAPA, Hawaii — Kalaupapa beckoned to Kyong Son ...

Damien’s love for Kalaupapa’s people was unconditional, said Barbara Jean Wajda of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities.