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title: "St. Damien of Molokai: Feast Day May 10 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-damien-of-molokai/
description: "St. Damien of Molokai, Priest, patron of those with leprosy and outcasts. Remembered on May 10, died 1889. Read their life in Bless."
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Priest · Remembered on May 10

# St. Damien of Molokai

St. Damien of Molokai is remembered on May 10 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of those with leprosy and outcasts.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [May 10](https://blessbible.app/saints/may/#10) |
| Title | Priest |
| Died | 1889 |
| Patron of | [those with leprosy](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#those-with-leprosy), [outcasts](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#outcasts) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Monday, May 10, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-damien-of-molokai/#calendar) |

## Life

A Flemish farmer’s son who volunteered for the Hawaiian mission and then for the one post no one wanted: the leper settlement of Kalaupapa. He built houses, coffins, water lines, and hope, dressed wounds daily, and after eleven years, a leper himself, began to preach to his people as one of them. He died among his people at forty-nine.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Damien of Molokai as patron of those with leprosy and outcasts.

[Those with leprosy](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#those-with-leprosy) [Outcasts](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#outcasts)

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Damien of Molokai. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Monday, May 10, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/05/10/) | Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter | White | Acts 19:1-8 · Psalm 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab · Colossians 3:1 · John 16:29-33 |
| [Wednesday, May 10, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/05/10/) | Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter | White | Acts 12:24—13:5a · Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6 and 8 · John 8:12 · John 12:44-50 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[May 9 St. Pachomius](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-pachomius/) [May 11 St. Ignatius of Laconi](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-ignatius-of-laconi/)

[All the saints of May](https://blessbible.app/saints/may/) [Born on May 10?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#05-10) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Damien of Molokai

Remembered on May 10

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-damien-of-molokai/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-damien-of-molokai/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-damien-of-molokai/#calendar)

In the app

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