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Author : John Farrow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Damien the Leper written by John Farrow and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jan De Volder
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1681495570
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (814 download)
Download or read book The Spirit of Father Damien written by Jan De Volder and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by John Allen Father Damien, famous for his missionary work with exiled lepers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai, is finally Saint Damien. His sanctity took 120 years to become officially recognized, but between his death in 1889 and his canonization in 2009 amid creeping secularization and suspicion of the missionary spirit he so much embodied Fr. Damien De Veuster never faded from the world's memory. What kept him there? What keeps him there now? To find an answer, Belgian historian and journalist Jan De Volder sifted through Father Damien's personal correspondence as well as the Vatican archives. With careful and even-handed expertise, De Volder follows Father Damien's transformation from the stout, somewhat haughty missionary of his youth, bounding from Europe to Hawaii and straight into seemingly tireless priestly work, to the humble and loving shepherd of souls who eventually succumbed to the same disease that ravaged his flock. De Volder finds that-as spiritual father, caretaker, teacher, and advocate-Father Damien accomplished many heroic feats for these poor outcasts. Yet the greatest gift he gave them was their transformation from a disordered, lawless throng exiled in desperate anarchy into a living community built on Jesus Christ, a community in which they learned to care for one another. Every generation seems to have its own image of this world-famous priest. Already during his life on Molokai and at his death in 1889, many considered him a holy man. Even today, in the highly secularized Western world, he is widely admired. In 2005 his native Belgium honored him with the title "the greatest Belgian" in polling conducted by their public broadcasting service. Statues honor his memory in the National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., and at the entrance to the Hawaiian State Capitol in Honolulu. In 1995, in the presence of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Pope John Paul II beatified him in Brussels, Belgium; and in 2009 Pope Benedict XVI canonized him in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Today Father Damien is the unofficial patron of outcasts and those afflicted with HIV/AIDS. De Volder contends that the common thread running through the saint's life, the spirit of Father Damien that so speaks to the world, is at once uniquely Christian, fully human, and as important today as ever before.
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Father Damien written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aldyth Morris
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824813239
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)
Download or read book Damien written by Aldyth Morris and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1990-04-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monoloog over de Belgische pater (1840-1889) die melaatsen verzorgde op het Hawaiiaanse eiland Molokai.
Author : Gavan Daws
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (128 download)
Download or read book Holy Man, Father Damien of Molokai written by Gavan Daws and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur Shehan
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 9781586170332
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Father Damien and the Bells written by Arthur Shehan and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the story of the saintly Father Damien, who journeyed to the island of Molokai in 1872 to care for the exiled lepers.
Author : John Farrow
Publisher : Image
ISBN 13 : 0385489110
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (854 download)
Download or read book Damien the Leper written by John Farrow and published by Image. This book was released on 1998-12-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great adventure of Damien the Leper began quietly over a century ago. Since then, his remarkable story has become legend throughout the world. Joseph De Veuster left his secure life in Belgium, thrusting aside all thoughts of personal danger and spending the rest of his days as Father Damien comforting the sick and the dying. Though virtually entombed among the living dead of a leper colony on the island of Molokai, Father Damien managed to find beauty and enchantment in the lush surroundings. His extraordinary journey of the spirit comes to life in John Farrow's splendid biography, which has become a classic over the years and is sure to endure as long as people thrill to deeds of valor and pay homage to the great spiritual truths so perfectly reflected in this unforgettable story of courage, sacrifice, and devotion.
Author : Robert Ellsberg
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814647456
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)
Download or read book Blessed Among Us written by Robert Ellsberg and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early centuries, Christians have held up the saints as models of living the Gospel of Jesus Christ. While the church officially recognizes a relatively small number of saints, the actual roster is infinitely wider. Blessed Among Us explores this eclectic “cloud of witnesses”—lay and religious, single and married, canonized and not, and even non-Christians whose faith and wisdom may illuminate our path. Brought to life in the evocative storytelling of Robert Ellsberg, they inspire the moral imagination and give witness to the myriad ways of holiness. In two stories per day for a full calendar year, Ellsberg sketches figures from biblical times to the present age and from all corners of this world—ordinary figures whose extraordinary lives point to the new age in the world to come. Blessed Among Us is drawn from Ellsberg’s acclaimed column of the same name in Give Us This Day, a monthly resource for daily prayer published by Liturgical Press.
Author : Charles Warren Stoddard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Lepers of Molokai written by Charles Warren Stoddard and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the leper colony on Molokai and the work of Father Damien.
Author : Hilde Eynikel
Publisher : Saint Pauls/Alba House
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Molokai written by Hilde Eynikel and published by Saint Pauls/Alba House. This book was released on 1999 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... Story of a Belgian priest ... who single-handedly changed the lives and fates of the lepers of a Hawaiian leper colony in the nineteenth century."--Cover.
Author : John Tayman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9781416551928
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (519 download)
Download or read book The Colony written by John Tayman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the bestselling tradition of In the Heart of the Sea, The Colony, “an impressively researched” (Rocky Mountain News) account of the history of America’s only leper colony located on the Hawaiian island of Molokai, is “an utterly engrossing look at a heartbreaking chapter” (Booklist) in American history and a moving tale of the extraordinary people who endured it. Beginning in 1866 and continuing for over a century, more than eight thousand people suspected of having leprosy were forcibly exiled to the Hawaiian island of Molokai -- the longest and deadliest instance of medical segregation in American history. Torn from their homes and families, these men, women, and children were loaded into shipboard cattle stalls and abandoned in a lawless place where brutality held sway. Many did not have leprosy, and many who did were not contagious, yet all were ensnared in a shared nightmare. Here, for the first time, John Tayman reveals the complete history of the Molokai settlement and its unforgettable inhabitants. It's an epic of ruthless manhunts, thrilling escapes, bizarre medical experiments, and tragic, irreversible error. Carefully researched and masterfully told, The Colony is a searing tale of individual bravery and extraordinary survival, and stands as a testament to the power of faith, compassion, and the human spirit.
Author : Aldyth Morris
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824816711
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (167 download)
Download or read book Robert Louis Stevenson written by Aldyth Morris and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1995-07-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this one-man play, we accompany Stevenson on his many journeys, including a visit in 1888 to the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i to find Father Damien, the Belgian priest who ministered to the lepers abandoned there. Stevenson spent a lifetime journeying across the seas - in search of love, work, and always a milder climate to stave off "Bloody Jack," his nickname for the violent hemorrhages brought on by consumption. In this one-man play, we accompany Stevenson on his many journeys, including a visit in 1888 to the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i - undertaken not for the sake of his fragile health but to pay his respects to Father Damien, the Belgian priest who had gone to Moloka'i to minister to the lepers and who died as one of them. Inspired by stories of the priest's unbounded charity and kindness, Stevenson was determined to visit the leper colony and subsequently became one of the most ardent and eloquent defenders against slanderous attacks on Damien's reputation.
Author : Jan de Volder
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1586174878
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (861 download)
Download or read book The Spirit of Father Damien written by Jan de Volder and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Father Damien, famous for his missionary work with exiled lepers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai, is finally Saint Damien. His sanctity took 120 years to become officially recognized, but between his death in 1889 and his canonization in 2009--amid creeping secularization and suspicion of the missionary spirit he so much embodied--Fr. Damien De Veuster never faded from the world's memory. What kept him there? What keeps him there now? To find an answer, Belgian historian and journalist Jan De Volder sifted through Father Damien's personal correspondence as well as the Vatican archives. With careful and even-handed expertise, De Volder follows Father Damien's transformation from the stout, somewhat haughty missionary of his youth, bounding from Europe to Hawaii and straight into seemingly tireless priestly work, to the humble and loving shepherd of souls who eventually succumbed to the same disease that ravaged his flock. De Volder finds that--as spiritual father, caretaker, teacher, and advocate--Father Damien accomplished many heroic feats for these poor outcasts. Yet the greatest gift he gave them was their transformation from a disordered, lawless throng exiled in desperate anarchy into a living community built on Jesus Christ, a community in which they learned to care for one another. Every generation seems to have its own image of this world-famous priest. Already during his life on Molokai and at his death in 1889, many considered him a holy man. Even today, in the highly secularized Western world, he is widely admired. In 2005 his native Belgium honored him with the title "the greatest Belgian" in polling conducted by their public broadcasting service. Statues honor his memory in the National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., and at the entrance to the Hawaiian State Capitol in Honolulu. In 1995, in the presence of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Pope John Paul II beatified him in Brussels, Belgium; and in 2009 Pope Benedict XVI canonized him in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Today Father Damien is the unofficial patron of outcasts and those afflicted with HIV/AIDS. Illustrated with many photos. De Volder contends that the common thread running through the saint's life, the spirit of Father Damien that so speaks to the world, is at once uniquely Christian, fully human, and as important today as ever before.
Author : Greg Friedman
Publisher : St Anthony Messenger Press
ISBN 13 : 1616361328
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (163 download)
Download or read book Advent with the Saints written by Greg Friedman and published by St Anthony Messenger Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians know that St. John the Baptist prepares the way of the Lord. Which other saints can accompany us during the four weeks of waiting for the birth of Jesus? Through insightful reflections, Franciscan Father Greg Friedman, a pastor and radio personality, connects us to the lives of saints and holy ones suggested by the Scriptural readings of Advent. Father Greg draws on his love for the saints to offer us daily inspiration during this season of preparation. For each day of Advent until Christmas Day, we find a brief reflection on an Advent lectionary reading, with a saintly connection, a suggested action for the day, and a prayer to help us slow down and savor this season of waiting and hope. This perennial Advent resource will become part of your preparation for Christmas year after year.
Author : Max Lucado
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 1418562483
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (185 download)
Download or read book Outlive Your Life written by Max Lucado and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Friend, May I share a story that is very dear to my heart? It's a story of hillbillies and simple folk, net casters and tax collectors. A story of a movement that exploded like a just-opened fire hydrant out of Jerusalem and spilled into the ends of the earth: into the streets of Paris, the districts of Rome, and the ports of Athens, Istanbul, Shanghai, and Buenos Aires. A story so mighty, controversial, head spinning, and life changing that two millennia later we wonder: Might it happen again? Heaven knows we hope so. These are devastating times: 1.75 billions people are desperately poor; one billion are hungry. Lonely hearts indwell our neighborhoods and attend our schools. In the midst of it all, here we stand: you, me, and our one-of-a-kind lives. We are given a choice ... an opportunity to make a big difference during a difficult time. What if we did? What if we rocked the world with hope? Worth a try, don't you think? - Max Lucado One hundred percent of the author's royalties from Outlive Your Life products will benefit children and families through World Vision and other ministries of faith-based compassion.
Author : Neil White
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061351601
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (613 download)
Download or read book In the Sanctuary of Outcasts written by Neil White and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White tells his emotional, incredible true story of crime and redemption, vanity and spirituality, as he discovers happiness and fulfillment in an unlikely place--imprisonment in The Long Center, the last leper colony in the U.S. 30 color photos.
Author : Lisa Cindrich
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101176903
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)
Download or read book In the Shadow of The Pali written by Lisa Cindrich and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-06-10 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this extraordinary first novel, Cindrich brings hope to horror, capturing a journey that teaches a lost girl who has leprosy more about love than she has ever known.
