"Turn all your thoughts and aspirations to heaven, Work hard to secure for yourself a place there for ever" Father Damien, 1840 - 1889 Father Damien’s full name was Joseph de Veuster. He was born at Tremeloo in Belgium on the 3rd of January 1840, and died at Molokai in Hawaii on the 15th of April 1889. Father Damien was a Belgian Roman Catholic who was sent on a missionary to the lepers of Hawaii. He was the …showed first 75 words of 356 total…

…showed last 75 words of 356 total…continued his labours until he was helpless and passed away shortly after fifteen years of work with the lepers of Molokai. He was a man who amassed great spiritual treasure on earth. Today the remote northern peninsula of Kalaupapa is a National Historic Site, an area of breathtaking cliffs and beauty. In 1995, Pope John Paul II beatified Father Damien with the title, "Blessed Damien," the second of three steps before his canonization as a saint.