To read the captivating history of Joseph (Jozef) de Veuster who went by the nickname "Jef" and was known to the world as
Father Damien, and now as St. Damien de Veuster, click
here. Also to view portraits of Damien at ages 20, 33, 48 and 49, click
here. Father Damien gained world renown for caring for the victims of leprosy at the leper colonies at Kalawao and Kalaupapa on the Island of Molokai in the late 1800s before Hawaii was part of the United States of America.