Joseph Dutton, a convert, spent 44 years serving lepers on the Kalaupapa peninsula of Molokai, Hawaii. He helped St. Damien and St. Marianne Cope.
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Fr. Aloysius Schmitt, Hero of Pearl Harbor
Navy Chaplain Father Aloysius Schmitt had just finished Mass aboard the USS Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He died helping men to escape.
St. Damien of Molokai
Fr. Damien de Veuster arrived in Hawaii in 1864 as a missionary. He ministered to the leper colony at Kalaupapa, Molokai, where he died of leprosy.