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BLESSED DAMIEN, SS.CC. ROME CANONIZATION PILGRIMAGE SPONSORED BY THE CONGREGATION OF THE SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY

Fr. Damien de Veuster, ss.cc. volunteered to work with the leprosy patients of Molokai. He died as a patient in 1889. At his beatification in 1995, he was designated a “Servant of Humanity”. His canonization will take place on October 11, 2009. The Feast Day of Fr. Damien of Molokai is May 10th, the day he arrived on the island. Please click here to view more details on the Canonization Pilgrimage to Rome, Italy.

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