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 hereto view more details on the