Discovering our Saints - St. Damien of Molokai Apr 15

CCTNtv St. Damian of Molokai:
Born
January 3, 1840(1840-01-03)
Tremelo, Belgium
Died
April 15, 1889(1889-04-15) (aged 49)
Kalaupapa, Moloka'i, Hawai'i
Honored in
Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches; some churches of Anglican Communion; individual Lutheran Churches
Beatified
June 4, 1995, Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Koekelberg), Brussels by Pope John Paul II
Canonized
October 11, 2009, Rome by Pope Benedict XVI
Major shrine
Leuven, Belgium (bodily relics)
Molokai, Hawai'i (relics of his hand)
Feast
May 10, (universal); April 15 (in Hawai'i and E.C. USA)
Patronage
people with leprosy