Saint Damien and the Bells
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The story of the saintly Father Damien, who in 1872 went to the island of Molokai, where lepers had been exiled to live in miserable surroundings. Damien earned the trust of the lepers, and his appeals for help resonated throughout the world. He spent his life caring for all the needs of the outcast lepers, and even after Damien himself contracted leprosy he carried on working for his "fellow lepers" to the end.
From the Vision Books lives of the saints series for youth 9-15 yrs.
by Arther and Elizabeth Sheehan
Paperback; 180 pages. Illustrated.
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