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Book Holy Man

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gavan Daws
  • Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
  • Release : 1973
  • ISBN : 9780060109974
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Holy Man written by Gavan Daws and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1973 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Father Damien and the Bells

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.

Book The Spirit of Father Damien

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.

Book Leper Priest of Molokai

Download or read book Leper Priest of Molokai written by Richard D. Stewart (Physician) and published by Latitude 20. This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Father Damien De Veuster who arrived at Moloka'i's remote settlement in May of 1873 to become the first resident clergyman and part-time physician for the leper colony.

Book Father Damien

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  • Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Publisher : Legare Street Press
  • Release : 2022-10-27
  • ISBN : 9781016059916
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Father Damien written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Lost on the Prairie

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  • Author : MaryLou Driedger
  • Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
  • Release : 2021-05-25
  • ISBN : 1772033693
  • Pages : 109 pages

Download or read book Lost on the Prairie written by MaryLou Driedger and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted, 2021 Manitoba Book Awards, Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book Nominated, Manitoba Young Readers Choice Awards 2023, Sundogs Award Set between Kansas and Saskatchewan in 1907, this middle-grade novel follows a young boy who gets separated from his family en route to Canada and must find his way alone across the immense prairie landscape. Following the sudden death of his eldest brother, twelve-year-old Peter is chosen by his father to travel by train from Kansas to Saskatchewan to help set up the new family homestead. But when Peter's boxcar becomes uncoupled from the rest of the train somewhere in South Dakota, he finds himself lost and alone on the vast prairie. For a sheltered boy who has only read about adventures in books, Peter is both thrilled and terrified by the journey ahead. Along the way, he faces real dangers, from poisonous snakes to barn fires; meets people from all walks of life, including famous author Mark Twain; and grows more resourceful, courageous, and self-reliant as he makes his way across the Midwest to the Canadian border, eventually reaching his new home in Drake, Saskatchewan. The journey expands Peter's view of the world and shows him that the bonds of family and community, regardless of background, are universal and filled with love. Packed with excitement and adventure, this coming-of-age novel features a strong and likeable young protagonist and paints a realistic portrait of prairie life in the early twentieth century.

Book The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse

Download or read book The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse written by Louise Erdrich and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book “Stunning. . . a moving meditation. . . infused with mystery and wonder.” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution In a masterwork that both deepens and enlarges the world of her previous novels, acclaimed author Louise Erdrich captures the essence of a time and the spirit of a woman who felt compelled by her beliefs to serve her people as a priest. The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse deals with miracles, crises of faith, struggles with good and evil, temptation, and the corrosive and redemptive power of secrecy. For more than a half century, Father Damien Modeste has served his beloved Native American tribe, the Ojibwe, on the remote reservation of Little No Horse. Now, nearing the end of his life, Father Damien dreads the discovery of his physical identity, for he is a woman who has lived as a man. To further complicate his quiet existence, a troubled colleague comes to the reservation to investigate the life of the perplexing, possibly false saint Sister Leopolda. Father Damien alone knows the strange truth of Leopolda's piety, but these facts are bound up in his own secret. He is faced with the most difficult decision: Should he tell all and risk everything . . . or manufacture a protective history for Leopolda, though he believes her wonder-working is motivated solely by evil? The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse is a work of an avid heart, a writer's writer, and a storytelling genius.

Book Molokai

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.

Book St  Damien of Molokai

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  • Author : Margaret Bunson
  • Publisher : Our Sunday Visitor
  • Release : 2009-08-31
  • ISBN : 1612781713
  • Pages : 385 pages

Download or read book St Damien of Molokai written by Margaret Bunson and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2009-08-31 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saint Damien of Molokai is the riveting account of how a humble Congregation of the Sacred Hearts priest found a vocation in caring for lepers that led him to his canonization in October 2009. Hawaii normally brings idyllic scenes of blue skies and white beaches to mind. But Hell invaded Paradise when the incurable disease leprosy was discovered there. An 1865 law segregated lepers by forcibly exiling individuals--even children--to the island of Molokai. It was onto these forlorn shores that Father Damien de Veuster stepped in the spring of 1873. In an age in which an increasing number of people suffer their own personal exile on account of illness, handicap, or emotional distress, the shining example of Father Damien shows the true power of one person and how, when anchored in God's love, one person can impact the world--even among the horrors of decay and slow death. In so doing, he brought hope to the hopeless, ironically losing his own life for serving theirs.

Book Damien

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  • Author : Aldyth Morris
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 1990-04-01
  • ISBN : 9780824813239
  • Pages : 42 pages

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.

Book The Story of Father Damien  Written for Young People

Download or read book The Story of Father Damien Written for Young People written by Frances E. Cooke and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Blessed Among Us

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  • Author : Robert Ellsberg
  • Publisher : Liturgical Press
  • Release : 2016-07-07
  • ISBN : 0814647456
  • Pages : 792 pages

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.

Book The Lepers of Molokai

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.

Book In the Shadow of The Pali

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 182 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.

Book St  Philomena Catholic Church  Father Damien s Church

Download or read book St Philomena Catholic Church Father Damien s Church written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Spirit of Father Damien

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.

Book St  Peter Damian

    Book Details:
  • Author : Owen J. Blum
  • Publisher : CreateSpace
  • Release : 2012-11-30
  • ISBN : 9781481041126
  • Pages : 234 pages

Download or read book St Peter Damian written by Owen J. Blum and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reprint you hold is, to our knowledge, one of only two book-length studies in the English language on St. Peter Damian. The other is The Theology of Peter Damian, by Prof. Emer. Patricia Ranft (Catholic University of America Press, 2012). Rev. Owen J. Blum, O.F.M. (1912-1998), a native of Indianapolis, Indiana, was orphaned at age 7 by an influenza epidemic. Under the sponsorship of a Franciscan priest, he completed seminary studies, was ordained, and then joined the Quincy, Illinois Franciscans. Father Blum's career as a historical scholar began at C.U.A. in 1941. It was thanks to Father Aloysius Ziegler that he became interested in St. Peter Damian and published the present work, his doctoral dissertation, in 1947. Apart from several years as a coeditor of the New Catholic Encyclopedia, Father Blum kept St. Peter Damian the object of his endeavors. He collaborated with Prof. Kurt Reindel on the latter's German critical edition of Damian's Letters. His own English edition of the Letters, published volume by volume by the C.U.A. Press and completed after his death, stands as a monument to his scholarship.