Thanks for posting. There is a very interesting statue at our nation’s Capitol of Father Damien (duplicate at the State House in Hawaii). A true Saint on earth.
The priests and religious who worked on Molokai are all blessed.
http://www.hawaiicatholicherald.org/BlessedDamien/tabid/311/newsid916/1567/Default.aspx
.... and the ACLU hasn't ordered it torn down yet. Why not?