Category: Saint Dymphna

Novena to Saint Dymphna

8 May 2016

The great novena in preparation for Pentecost runs concurrently this year with the novena in preparation for the feast of Saint Dymphna, Virgin and Martyr. ...

Saint Dymphna and Teenaged Girls

14 May 2015

Teenaged Girls Among her many other attributes and advocacies, Saint Dymphna is the patron saint of teenaged girls. Most accounts of Saint Dymphna place her...

Saint Dymphna

7 May 2015

Praying With Confidence A fervent crowd filled our oratory to overflowing for the first evening of the Solemn Novena to Saint Dymphna. Ireland’s Lily of...

Novena to Saint Dymphna Begins Today

6 May 2015

Prayer cards with the text of the Novena to Saint Dymphna are available from the priory upon request. ...

Turning to Saint Dymphna

20 January 2015

Several times a week I receive requests to pray for persons suffering from depression, anxiety, or various forms of mental illness. Again this evening I...

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