Father Damien de Veuster - Apostle to the Lepers

Aged 33, Fr Damien de Veuster left his mission parish to work among the lepers of Hawaii. He died there of leprosy aged only 49. Like Christ himself, he became rejected for the rejected, a leper for the lepers: something rare in a world that wants to eliminate suffering. The author updated and revised the text in light of Damien's canonization by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.