The Lepers of Molokai
Charles Warren Stoddard
Read by dave7
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This is the story of the lepers of Molokai and of the Roman Catholic missionary, Father Damien, who ministered to those who languished in that desolate place, waiting for death to release them from a most intense form of physical and mental suffering. Fr. Damien, born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious order. He won recognition for his ministry to people with leprosy (Hansen's disease), who had been placed under a government-sanctioned medical quarantine on the remote island of Molokai in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He, himself, contracted and died of this dreaded disease after caring for the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of the people in the colony for sixteen years. (Adapted from Wikipedia) (1 hr 52 min)
Chapters
1 - Prologue, Chapters 1-3 | 35:04 | Read by dave7 |
2 - Chapters 4-6 | 24:22 | Read by dave7 |
3 - Chapters 7-9 | 16:42 | Read by dave7 |
4 - Chapters 10-12 | 15:47 | Read by dave7 |
5 - Chapters 13-15, Epilogue | 20:57 | Read by dave7 |
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A LibriVox Listener
Excellent book. Well read and very moving story .