Description
This 25th volume in the acclaimed Vision Books series of saints' lives for youth 9-15 years old is the story of the saintly Fr. 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. Illustrated
Author: Leonard Everett Fisher, Elizabeth Odell Sheehan
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 10/01/2004
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.50w x 0.52d
ISBN13: 9781586170332
ISBN10: 1586170333
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Living | Inspirational