Father Damien is a hero for our time: Why suffering service can be our most compelling witness
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 16 April 2021
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Father Damien was a Catholic priest who chose to serve lepers on Molokai; the anniversary of his death from leprosy was yesterday. In The Daily Article for April 16, 2021, Dr. Jim Denison tells his story, then he focuses on suffering service as a powerful witness to the fallen world and the privilege of living for eternity today.
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| 1:13.9 | Denison with Dennis and Ford, and this is the Daily Article for Friday, April 16th, 2021. The title is |
| 1:19.6 | Father Damien is a hero for our time, why suffering service can be our most compelling witness. |
| 1:26.2 | Joseph Devised her was born in 1840 in rural Belgium. He was made |
| 1:30.0 | a Catholic missionary to the Sandwich Islands, now known as the Hawaiian Islands in 1863. He reached |
| 1:35.9 | Honolulu the next year, where he was ordained a priest. When he learned about lepers, the Hawaiian |
| 1:41.3 | government had deported to the island of Molokai. He volunteered to move to the |
| 1:46.0 | island to serve them. Father Damien, as he was known, served as pastor and physician to the colony. |
| 1:52.1 | He improved water and food supplies on the island. He founded two orphanages. In 1884, he contracted |
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