Kalawao, Hawaii
Kalawao is a location on the eastern side of the Kalaupapa Peninsula of the island of Molokai, in Hawaii, which was the site of Hawaii's leper colony between 1866 and the early 20th century.
Thousands of people in total came to the island to live in quarantine.
It was one of two such settlements on Molokai, the other being Kalaupapa.
Administratively Kalawao is part of Kalawao County.
The placename means" mountain- side wild woods" in Hawaiian.
After the colony was established in 1866 by the legislature, with the intention of preventing the transmission of leprosy to others, a hospital, two churches and a number of homes were built here.
Father Damien, a Belgian Catholic missionary, came to the island in 1873 to serve the lepers.
In 1886 Brother Joseph Dutton went to the colony to aid the dying Father Damien.
After Father Damien's death Dutton founded the Baldwin Home for Men and Boys in Kalawao.
In the early 1900s the Hawaii Board of Health began relocating patients to Kalaupapa, the settlement on the western side of the peninsula.
Its climate was warmer and drier, and access by sea was easier.
A hospital complex was built at Kalawao to conduct research into Hansen's disease, and from 1909 to 1913 the US Leprosy Investigation Station was operated there.
When that facility was closed, the settlement was abandoned in favor of Kalaupapa on the western side of the peninsula, about 3 miles away.
The only buildings now remaining at Kalawao are the two churches, Siloama Congregationalist Church, established in 1866, and St. Philomena Catholic Church, associated with Father Damien.
In 1889, after 16 years service in the colony, Father Damien died of leprosy and was buried in the churchyard.
In January 1936, at the request of the Belgian government, Damien's body was repatriated to Belgium.
After his beatification in June 1995, the remains of his right hand were returned to Hawaii, and re-interred in his original grave at Kalawao.
Near the two churches is Judd Park, a picnic site used by visitors, with dramatic views of the north shore of Molokai.
The Story of Light
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Father Damien
Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. or Saint Damien De Veuster( or'; 3 January 1840 – 15 April 1889), born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious institute.
He won recognition for his ministry, which he lead from 1873 until his death in 1889, in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi for people with leprosy( also known as Hansen's disease), who were required to live under a government- sanctioned medical quarantine on the island of Molokai, off the Kalaupapa Peninsula.
During this time, he taught the Catholic faith to the people of Hawaii.
Father Damien also cared for the patients himself and established leadership within the community to build houses, schools, roads, hospitals, and churches.
He dressed residents' ulcers, built a reservoir, made coffins, dug graves, shared pipes, and ate poi from his hands with them, providing both medical and emotional support.
After eleven years caring for the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of those in the leper colony, Father Damien realized he had also contracted leprosy when he was scalded by hot water and felt no pain.
He continued with his work despite the infection but finally succumbed to the disease on 15 April 1889.
Father Damien has been described as a" martyr of charity".
He was the tenth person in what is now the United States to be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.
In both the Latin Rite and the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church, Father Damien is venerated as a saint.
In the Anglican communion, as well as other denominations of Christianity, Damien is considered the spiritual patron for leprosy and outcasts.
Father Damien Day, April 15, the day of his passing, is also a minor statewide holiday in Hawaii and to this day Father Damien is the patron saint of the Diocese of Honolulu and of Hawaii.
Upon his beatification by Pope John Paul II in Rome on 4 June 1995, Blessed Damien was granted a memorial feast day, which is celebrated on 10 May.
Father Damien was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on 11 October 2009.
The" Catholic Encyclopedia" calls him" the Apostle of the Lepers."
John M. Systermans
John M. Systermans( died May 28, 1989) was born Jean- Marie Systermans, but was better known as Father Henry Systermans or Pater Henri Systermans.
He was a 20th- century Belgian- born missionary and priest with the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
He served for most of his life in Hawaii most notably during the 1950s at the leper colony at Kalaupapa on Molokai.
His service there followed in the tradition of fellow Belgian priest, Saint Damien, and his contributions were part of the research gathered by Gavan Daws for the definitive biography" Holy Man: Father Damien of Molokai".
On August 9, 1958 he was elected as the seventh Superior General of the order.
He served as a Council Father in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965.
On April 17, 1967 Systermans was part of a delegation meeting Pope Paul VI to present petitions advocating beatification of Father Damien.
He retired in 1970, and died on May 28, 1989.
The Great Heart
The Great Heart is a 1938 American short film about the life of Father Damien and is directed by David Miller.
It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 11th Academy Awards in 1938 for Best Short Subject( One- Reel).
Father Damien (disambiguation)
Father Damien, Saint Damien of Molokai, Jozef de Veuster( 1840 – 1889), was a Belgian missionary priest who served in a leper colony on Molokai in Hawaii.
Father Damien or Father Damian may also refer to:
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien is a 1999 biographical film of Father Damien, a Belgian priest working at the Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement on the Hawaiian island of Molokai.
It was directed by Paul Cox.
Kentucky Kernels
Kentucky Kernels is a 1934 American comedy directed by George Stevens and starring the comedy duo of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey.
The screenplay was written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, and Fred Guiol, from a story by Kalmar and Ruby.
Ruby and Rata
Ruby and Rata is a 1990 New Zealand comedy- drama film, directed and produced by Gaylene Preston.
The Story of David
The Story of David( 1976) was a two- part, 3.2 hour American television movie dramatizing the biblical story of King David.
It starred Timothy Bottoms as the young David, Keith Michell as the older David, Anthony Quayle as King Saul, and Jane Seymour as Bathsheba.
Produced by Columbia Pictures Television for the American Broadcasting Company( ABC- TV), it premiered on 9 April 1976.
It was filmed in Israel and Spain.
" The Story of David" was a kind of sequel to" The Story of Jacob and Joseph"( 1974), also produced for ABC- TV( broadcast two years earlier) and involving many of the same cast and crew.

Question: Are Molokai: The Story Of Father Damien and Ruby And Rata from the same country?
Answer: no