Father Damien brought the message of Christ to the people of Hawaii as he worked with the lepers there. He is known as the Apostle of the Lepers. He was born Jozef De Veuster on January 3, 1840 in Tremelo, Brabant, Belgium. He was the youngest of seven children born to Joannes Franciscus and Anne-Catherine Wouters De Veuster. Instead […]