Quiet Flame
Author: first_name: Eva K.
last_name: Betz
Language: English
Year: 1963

“You will never be a leper nor will any Sister of our Order.”<br><br>The amazing promise was made by Mother Marianne of Molokai, the “Quiet Flame” of the this title who, as a Sister of St. Francis , spent 30 years on that island helping lepers during and after the time of Father Damien.<br><br>Mother was speaking to a young nun, and she spoke the truth. Not one of the Sisters ever did contract the disease, a notable fact considering the tender care they fostered on the lepers.<br><br>This story