Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Father Damien Was a Priest and a Man of Sacrifice

LEFT: St. Damien poses for a photograph at age 28, in May 1878. RIGHT: St. Damien is photographed at age 49, weeks before his death on April 15, 1889.

The closer one looks at the life of St. Damien of Molokai, the clearer it becomes that the mystery of the Holy Eucharist lay at the heart of this priest.