英语词汇father damien的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Father Damien. Father Damien, the religious name of Joseph De Veuster (1840–89), is often used to describe “a selfless, he- roic man of God.” Damien de Veuster, a Belgian Catholic mis- sionary of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary, was sent to the Hawaiian Islands in 1863 to replace his ailing brother, and was ordained as a priest the following year. He vol- unteered to be the first resident chaplain for the leper colony on Molokai 10 years later. For many years the courageous priest labored almost single-handedly to improve the condition of the 700 lepers there, contracting leprosy himself but remaining in the colony among his people until he died.

词汇	father damien
词源	Father Damien. Father Damien, the religious name of Joseph De Veuster (1840–89), is often used to describe “a selfless, he- roic man of God.” Damien de Veuster, a Belgian Catholic mis- sionary of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary, was sent to the Hawaiian Islands in 1863 to replace his ailing brother, and was ordained as a priest the following year. He vol- unteered to be the first resident chaplain for the leper colony on Molokai 10 years later. For many years the courageous priest labored almost single-handedly to improve the condition of the 700 lepers there, contracting leprosy himself but remaining in the colony among his people until he died.
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