Damien The Making of a Saint Author:Mutual Publishing, LLC Greater love hath no man than — this, that he lay down his life for — his friends... — Damien lived and died by these — words, and by his life and death — he became a saint. — In his life he gave himself, body — and soul, to serve leprosy sufferers — at the isolated settlement of — Kalawao in the Hawaiian Islands. — What is the best way to tell his — story... more »? The best way, the truest way, is also the simplest way: in
his own words. Damien's words
are the heart and soul of this
book vital testimony, all the
way to his innermost thoughts,
the meditations of his heart.
Together with photographs, other
images, and the voices of those
who knew him best colleagues,
patients, clergy, and physicians,
Damien: The Making of a Saint
brings us as close as we can come
to the man himself. Damien went to Kalawao in 1873. Among hundreds of doomed men,