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School: Mid-Pacific Institute, Honolulu
Contact: annkondo@midpac.edu
Date: 3-28-2001
Hello
I wanted to let you know that Father Damien is covered in many of our history books because of his involvement with the people of Molokai, Hawaii. As your picture shows, there is a statue of him in front of our State Capitiol building. I do not have books on me now, but our children learn about him in their elementary school years as well as high school years. He is a much respected figure in our state. Hope this helps you.
School: Iolani School Honolulu
Contact: fokumura@koa.iolani.honolulu.hi.us
Date: 4-5-2001
Of the names you list, to my knowledge, Fr. Damien played the most prominent role in Hawaii's history. He is in our books, and there is a statue of his image.
I am forwarding your note to our librarian, who is also co-chair of our social studies department, to see if she can help you.
Good luck! F. Okumura
School: Iolani School Honolulu
Contact: tbrown@koa.iolani.honolulu.hi.us
Date: 4-5-2001
Aloha,
I teach US History, Advanced Placement US Government and Hawaiian History at Iolani School in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. In my first two classes none of the names you mentioned are covered ... for obvious reasons. In my Hawaiian History classes we do cover Father Damien and his impact on the island of Molokai at the Kalaupapa Leper Colony. The book we use in class, The Shoal of Time by Gavan Daws, mentions Father Damien on page 210 of the text. The following is the specific text: "In 1873 a young and earnest Belgian priest went to Molokai -- Father Damien Joseph de Veuster, a member of the Hawaiian mission of the Sacred Hearts. For the next sixteen years he lived among the lepers. He shared their life utterly without fear -- and without discretion or even common sense, so his critics said. In 1883 it became clear that he had contracted leprosy, and after that he was an outcast even from his own church; his fellow priests would not celebrate the Mass with the chalice and vestments he used, and the missionary sisters would not receive communion from his hands. Damien the Leper died in 1889."
I hope this information helps.
Aloha,
Tate Brown
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Mr. Tate Brown History Department Iolani School 563 Kamoku Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96826 (808) 949-5355 (work) (808) 943-2297 (fax) tatebrown@aol.com tbrown@iolani.org
School: Iolani School Honolulu
Contact: kklein@koa.iolani.honolulu.hi.us
Date: 4-5-2001
I am a teacher in Hawaii in the U.S.A. Our textbook mentions the following from your list:
Mercator, Vesalius, Breughel, van Ruysbroek, and Jan Van Eyck. They are not covered in much detail. The book is a survey of European history for 15 year old students. Each of these figures get about one paragraph.
In addition, there are many testbooks in this state on the history of Hawaii, and they all include information on Father Damien.
Kenji Klein
School: Sudbury Maui
Contact: liz@sudburymaui.org
Date: 4-10-2001
To the researchers at Sint-Lodewijk:
We are a very small and new school.
We do not have history classes yet.
However, in Hawaii, Father Damien is very well known as he started a Leper colony on one of our Islands... where he died. He is in all the public school text books and two films have been made and widely publicized here.