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…showed last 75 words of 356 total…continued his labours until he was helpless and passed away shortly after fifteen years of work with the lepers of Molokai. He was a man who amassed great spiritual treasure on earth. Today the remote northern peninsula of Kalaupapa is a National Historic Site, an area of breathtaking cliffs and beauty. In 1995, Pope John Paul II beatified Father Damien with the title, "Blessed Damien," the second of three steps before his canonization as a saint.