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	Tremelo - TheBestLinks.com - Tremeloo, Belgium, Dutch language, Flanders, ...
		Tremeloo, Tremelo, Belgium, Dutch language, Flanders, Missionary, Tremolo...
		Tremelo, also known as Tremeloo, is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders.
		Tremeloo is most famous for having been the hometown of Father Damien, locally known as Pater Damiaan, a legendary missionary that had tended to the lepers in the Hawaiian Islands.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Tremeloo.html (175 words)

	Father Damien
		Joseph de Veuster (Father Damien) (January 3, 1840 - April 15, 1888) was a Roman Catholic priest who dedicated his life to ministering to the sufferers of Hansen's disease (leprosy) who lived on the island of Molokai, Hawaii.
		He was born in Tremeloo, Belgium, the son of a farmer.
		He entered the novitiate of the Fathers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary[?] at Louvain, and was admitted to the religious profession on October 7, 1860.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fa/Father_Damien.html (191 words)

	Bl. Damien de Veuster, SS.CC.
		The bishop agreed, and in 1873 sent a young member of the missionary Picpus Fathers (Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary), who had volunteered for the job.
		Father de Veuster was a Flemish Belgian, a native of Tremeloo.
		His was a farming family, and his father expected him to become a trader in grain.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id763.htm (806 words)

	Father Damien - LoveToKnow 1911
		FATHER DAMIEN, the name in religion of Joseph De Veuster (1840-1889), Belgian missionary, was born at Tremeloo, near Louvain, on the 3rd of January 1840.
		He was educated for a business career, but in his eighteenth year entered the Church, joining the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary (also known as the Picpus Congregation), and taking Damien as his name in religion.
		This page was last modified 05:22, 3 Sep 2006.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Father_Damien (290 words)

	Kalaupapa National Historical Park - Father Damien (U.S. National Park Service)
		He arrived during the early days of Kalawao’s history, when people with Hansen’s disease were being rounded up throughout the Hawaiian Islands and shipped to the isolated settlement on Moloka`i.
		Joseph De Veuster was born in Tremeloo, Belgium, in 1840.
		Like his older brother Pamphile, Joseph became a priest in the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts.
	www.nps.gov /kala/historyculture/damien.htm (760 words)

	Leprosy - What is leprosy?, Leprosy today, How does a person get leprosy?
		Because leprosy is much less contagious than once believed, it is no longer considered necessary to prevent the spread of the disease by isolating patients from other people.
		Father Damien (DAHM-yan) was the religious name of Joseph de Veuster, born in the village of Tremeloo in Belgium on January 3, 1840.
		De Veuster knew when he was a young boy that he was meant to be a priest.
	www.humanillnesses.com /original/Kid-Men/Leprosy.html (1160 words)

	Amazon.com: Tremeloo
		away, was the village of Tremeloo, where Father Damien had grown...
		on 3 January 1840 in Tremeloo, near Louvain in the Flemish...
		Born in Tremeloo, Belgium, Joseph (as he was...
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Tremeloo&index=blended&page=1 (318 words)

	Auto Blindé N. 7
		Entre Schriek et Tremeloo, une compagnie de cyclistes est laissée, formant repli pour les deux autres qui marchent en avant.
		Nous voici à Tremeloo; dans le village dévasté et désert, le lieutenant Fritz de Menten et un demi-peloton du 2e lanciers nous attendent et nous confirment que Werchter n'est tenu que par une petite force.
		Mais sur la route de Tremeloo, nous rencontrons une vingtaine de pauvres blessés, qui se traînent lamentablement et tendent vers nous des mains suppliantes.
	www.greatwardifferent.com /Great_War/Belgique_Recits/Recits_16.htm (3252 words)

	Eustaquio van Lieshout (1890-1943)- biography
		After reading the biography of Fr Damien de Veuster, Humberto decided to join the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
		He entered the novitiate in Tremeloo, Belgium, on 23 December 1913 and was given the name "Eustáquio".
		He made his temporary vows in 1915 and his perpetual profession three years later.
	www.vatican.va /news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20060615_eustaquio_en.html (661 words)

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		There is also a memorial room with the statue of Damien, which was designed and produced by a local artist.
		Father Damien was born January 3, 1840 in Tremeloo, Belgium and was baptized Joseph de Veuster.
		At an early age he entered the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
	www.damien-duttonleprosysociety.org /ourmission.php (1071 words)

	Father Damien Summary
		The Belgian missionary Father Damien (1840-1889) is known for his work among the lepers on Molokai in the Hawaiian Islands.
		Father Damien was born Joseph de Veuster in Tremeloo, Belgium, on Jan. 3, 1840, of pious and sturdy Flemish peasant stock.
		In 1860 he joined his brother in the Contemplative Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary.
	www.bookrags.com /Father_Damien (2422 words)

	Vluchtelingen 1914
		Zij ontvluchtten de akelige bedreiging van moord en brand, met de vage hoop ergens langs een der verre banen de goede haven te kunnen vinden waar rust zou zijn.
		Wat achter hun rug lag was dood en vernieling en met hun vreedzame dorpjes zou gebeuren wat zij misschien gezien hadden langs hun weg, in het verkoolde Tremeloo.
		En 't schoot ons te binnen, met diepe pijn en schrijnend medelijden, hoe wij zelf die verbrande woningen hadden gezien die hun zwart geraamte opspookten langs de verlaten wegen en zoo hartverscheurend dood waren, voor altijd, te midden der groene, rijke velden en door de zon beschenen boomen.
	www.greatwardifferent.com /Great_War/Belgian_Prints/Vluchtelingen_01.htm (623 words)

	Damian's Grave!
		This Damian's Grave belongs to George Damian who was born in Norway in 1862 and passed away on November 24th, 1932 from a battle with stomach cancer.
		Born in Tremeloo, Belgium, in 1840 by the name of Joseph De Veuster, Father Damien decided his calling in life was one of ministry and service.
		Helping his brother, who also was a priest but was too ill to leave home to do his assignment, Joseph went to the Sandwich Islands, near Hawaii, in place of his brother.
	www.pittsburghnewage.net /ghosthunter/files/damian_grave/index.htm (1987 words)

	Damien High School - Campus Ministry
		Many came, saw the conditions, never took their stuff off the boat, and left." -Former leprosy sufferer Richard Marks.
		Joseph de Veuster, known throughout the world as Father Damien, was born on January 3, 1840, at Tremeloo, (not far from Louvain) Belgium.
		On February 2, 1859, he followed in the footsteps of his brother Pamphile by entering the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary; and on October 7, 1860, he made his religious profession choosing the name of Damien.
	www.damien-hs.edu /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=46 (991 words)

	May 10 2003 Postage Stamps issued by Hawai'i Post
		Chaos ruled the leper colony as there was no strong leader and not much in the way of law and order.
		On May 10th 1873, Father Damien (a Catholic priest, born Joseph de Veuster in Tremeloo, Belgium) stepped ashore for the first time at Kalawao.
		He volunteered for this duty for a short period of time, but stayed a lifetime.
	www.hawaii-post.com /2003-10MAY.html (821 words)

	First World War.com - Primary Documents - Bryce Report into German Atrocities in Belgium, 12 May 1915
		This was done at a distance of 100 yards and for no apparent reason.
		An account of a murder by an officer at Campenhout is given in a later part of this Report, and depositions relating to Rotselaer, Tremeloo, and Wespelaer will be found in the Appendix.
		The Committee is specially impressed by the character of the outrages committed in the smaller villages.
	www.firstworldwar.com /source/brycereport.htm (15874 words)

	NZ Grand Priory of the Order of St. Lazarus - Father Damien of Molokai
		The story of Father Damien de Veuster begins on January 3, 1840, in Tremeloo, Belgium, with his birth.
		He was baptized Joseph, the youngest son and the seventh born of the eight children of Frans and Anne-Catherine De Veuster.
		Frans was a small farmer at Tremeloo, near Louvain, Belgium.
	stlazarus.info.tripod.com /FrDamien.html (2114 words)

	St. Thomas the Apostle - Damien Chapel
		He arrived during the early days of Kalawao's history, when people with Hansen's disease were being rounded up throughout the Hawaiian Islands and shipped to the isolated settlement on Moloka`i.
		Joseph De Veuster was born in Tremeloo, Belgium, in 1840.
		Like his older brother Pamphile, Joseph became a priest in the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts.
	saintthomashollywood.org /stthomas/page.php?ref=damienchapel&ts_hld=parish (1020 words)

	Eustaquio (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Despite the difficulties, which he encountered in the studies, especially in languages, he was very dedicated and his teachers encouraged him given his will and disposition toward the missionary religious life.
		Having finished his secondary schooling, on the 23rd of September 1913, he was admitted to the novitiate, which at the time was in Tremeloo in Belgium.
		He took the name of Eustaquio, and was known by that name thereafter.
	www.ssccpicpus.com /testigos/eustaquio_en.htm (1951 words)

	Devotional November 22, 2006
		I live as an alien in the land; do not hide your commandments from me. (Psalm 119:19, NRSV)
		Born Joseph de Veuster in Tremeloo, Belgium, Father Damien (1840-1889) was indeed "an alien in the land." While he never felt like the Lord Jesus' commands were hidden from him, he did feel like his purposes were -- but those purposes were not hidden for long.
		In 1864, Damien left Belgium to serve as a Catholic missionary in Hawaii.
	www.fumctulsa.org /templates/cusfumctulsa/details.asp?id=22638&fetch=3242 (385 words)

	Catholic Saints - Blessed Damien of Molokai
		He lived for others: those whose needs were the greatest.”
		Born January 3, 1840, in Tremeloo, Belgium, Joseph followed his elder brother August into the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
		On October 7, 1860, as he made his vows, the twenty-year-old novice prostrated himself before the altar and was covered by the fl funeral pall that his congregation used for these ceremonies.
	www.wau.org /resources/saints/saintarchive/damien_molokai.html (1597 words)

	The My Hero Project - Joseph De Veuster (Father Damien)
		Father Damien is originally from Belgium but lived on the island of Moloka`i to help the Hansen patients.
		Father Damien was born on January 3, 1840 in Tremeloo, Belgium and died on April 15, 1889 on the island of Moloka`i, HI.
		Father Damien is an important person to me because he put his own life on the line to help the Hansen patients.
	www.myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=Father_Damien_Kamehameha (481 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Father Damien of Molokai
		The Guide to Life, The Universe and Everything.
		Father Damien was born Joseph de Veuster in Tremeloo, Belgium on January 3rd, 1840.
		His father sent him to college at Braine-le-Comte to prepare for a commercial career but a mission led by the Redemptorists in 1858 pursuaded him to become a priest.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A360839 (342 words)

	Father Damien
		Damien was diagnosed with leprosy but he refused to give up his work or to leave the island for treatment.>>
		He was born Joseph de Veuster in Tremeloo, Belgium, on January 3, 1840.
		He has been quoted as saying: <>
	www.expreso.co.cr /centaurs/posts/bio/damien.html (1102 words)

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