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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

St. Damien


There aren't many days in the year when I can really say I am unabashedly grateful to the Church.

Just once in a while.


Hollywood does it right:

I had always liked Fr. Damien de Veuster and admired beyond words what he did. But it was not until I saw this film that I really understood the heights he reached.
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3 comments:

  1. Steve T.1:23 am

    Hilary,

    Have you ever read this? It's amazing: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/281/281-h/281-h.htm

    Robert Louis Stevenson's take-down of a critic of St. Damien's.

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  2. Anonymous3:53 am

    I loved this movie and I'll always love David Wenham for his performance in this. I didn't know anything about Fr Damien until I saw the movie, but I'm incredibly happy about the canonisation.

    St Damien, pray for us.

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  3. Richard - USA2:29 pm

    Here's a Lutheran, proud to lift up the example of St. Damien in his sermon this All Saints! Thank God for such faithfulness as his... a remarkable story.

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