The Saint for May 10 was Saint Damien of Molokai

Most people fled from the leper colony on Molokai (Hawaii) in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Damien volunteered. He spent 16 years living among the abandoned and sick. He built homes and churches. Buried the dead. Served the suffering. Restored dignity to people society had forgotten. Eventually, he contracted the disease himself—and stayed […]