Damien


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Damien

(French damjɛ̃)
n
(Biography) Joseph (ʒozɛf), known as Father Damien. 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the leper colony at Molokai, Hawaii
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Da•mien

(ˈdeɪ mi ən; Fr. daˈmyɛ̃)

n.
Father (Joseph de Veuster), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
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And there rises up before me all that was there foreshadowed, and I see visions of Damon and Pythias, of life-saving crews and Red Cross nurses, of martyrs and leaders of forlorn hopes, of Father Damien, and of the Christ himself, and of all the men of earth, mighty of stature, whose strength may trace back to the elemental loins of Lop-Ear and Big-Tooth and other dim denizens of the Younger World.
"Yes, I know the spawn - complacently pecking at him for his Father Damien letter, analyzing him, weighing him - "
"I have an aunt called Rachel, who put the life of Father Damien into verse.
Father Damien was Christlike when he went out to live with the lepers, because in such service he realised fully what was best in him.
But it won't be all good news as Damien has made it clear he doesn't want children.
Damien is frightened of his father, and with good reason.
Damien was immediately dealt two blows: he was not yet a priest and so could not go, and, his brother Pamphile was chosen.
Damien, age 17, already admitted to Brown University, is attracted to 16-year-old Junice, whose mother has just been sent to prison for 25 years for drug possession and distribution.
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Ronald Damien Malfi's Via Dolorosa tells the story of Nick, an artist and veteran of the war in Iraq, who stays at the Paradis d'Hotel with his new wife Emma to paint a mural, which has been commissioned by the hotel.

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