BELGIAN MISSIONARY JOSEPH DE VEUSTER OF THE SACRED HEART FATHERS ARRIVED IN THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII AS A REPLACEMENT FOR HIS BROTHER, FR. AUGUST, WHO HAD CONTRACTED TYPHUS. DAMIEN, HIS CHOSEN RELIGIOUS NAME, WAS ORDAINED IN HONOLULU AND WORKED FOR NINE YEARS AS PARISH PRIEST ON THE BIG ISLAND. - See more at: http://waldronsaints.com/saint-damien-de-veuster-1840-1889.html#sthash.colLGD6E.dpuf
