After Father Damien, Cope is the second person to be canonized who had served in the Hawaiian Islands. Father Damien, as he was known, was sent to Hawaii, where he worked in a colony for sufferers of Hansen's disease, or leprosy, on the island of Molokai.
Damien arrived May 10, 1873.Interestingly enough, May 10 is his feast day even though Damien died on April 15, 1889. I am so glad that he would soon be honoured as a saint and I would like to thank Pope Benedict XVI for deciding to have Father Damien canonized. October 11, 2009: Pope Benedictus XVI canonized Father Damien de Veuster in Rome, Italy. Father Damien was born in Belgium in 1840. 1894: Louisiana Leper Home is established on the site of what is now known as Carville, Louisiana.
On October 11, 2009, Father Damien was canonized (i.e., elevated to sainthood) by Pope Benedict XVI in a ceremony at the Vatican, thus becoming Saint Damien. 11 October 2009 - this is the day that I have been waiting for since I was a little girl. May 15, 1995: Pope John Paul II beatifies Father Damien de Veuster in Brussels, Belgium. Father Damien was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday October 11, 2009. Father Damien went to help the sick people and gave them hope. He reminds me of a real life priest, Father Damien, canonized as St. Damien in 2009. Stevenson dispenses no niceties in reproving Rev McEwen, in what amounts to a 30-page well-deserved verbal pummeling - not so much to hurt McEwen (he certainly strips him of his sinful pride), but to defend Fr. The Statue May 15, 1995: Pope John Paul II beatifies Father Damien de Veuster in Brussels, Belgium. Father Damien died peacefully on April 15, 1889, on Molokai after 16 years of undaunted dedication. 1873: Father Damien arrives in Kalaupapa. On February 21, 2009, the Vatican announced that Father Damien would be canonized on October 11, 2009 completing the process of canonization No person is as central to the history of Kalawao and Kalaupapa as Joseph De Veuster, or, as he is best known to the world, Father Damien.
Damien… The Belgian priest died of leprosy in 1889. Father Damien also died from leprosy, but what he did helped many people. He spent eight days there assisting Sister Marianne Cope (also canonized) with the lepers (much to her chagrin, for the author himself then had TB and could have easily contracted the disease in that weakened state).
July 3, 2008: Holy Father signs decree confirming that the healing of Audrey Toguchi from cancer is a miracle. In 1995, he was beatified (made an important person) by the Pope, and he is recognized by both the Catholic and Anglican churches. After a mission given by the Redemptorists he decided to join a religious order and joined the Fathers of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and took the name Damien. October 11, 2009: Pope Benedictus XVI canonized Father Damien de Veuster in Rome, Italy. Father Damien is really a saint. Normally a saint’s feast day is the day of his death. Fr.