St. Damien of Molokai

Saint Damien of Molokai is the rivetingaccount of how a humble Congregation ofthe Sacred Hearts priest found a vocation incaring for lepers that led him to hiscanonization in October 2009. Hawaii normally brings idyllic scenes ofblue skies and white beaches to mind. ButHell invaded Paradise when the incurabledisease leprosy was discovered there. An1865 law segregated lepers by forcibly exilingindividuals--even children--to the island ofMolokai. It was onto these forlorn shores thatFather Damien