God's Image In the Mentally Ill Person
Cardinal Lozano Barragán's Address at World Day of the Sick
ADELAIDE, Australia, FEB. 18, 2006 Here is an excerpt of an address Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, prepared for World Day of the Sick. The main events of the World Day were held Feb. 9-11 in Adelaide.
http://penitents.org/mentalillness.htm
National Shrine of St. Dymphna (pronounced Dimf-nah) is located on the grounds of the Heartland Behavioral Healthcare (formerly Massillon State Hospital) and was the first Church in America dedicated in her honor. She is the patroness of those afflicted with mental and nervous disorders. Although many have never heard of St. Dymphna, she is becoming increasingly popular during these days of worry, fear and tension. Then, too, there are few people in the world who are not at some time or another troubled with their nerves.
A Brief Story of St. Dymphna,
Patron of Victims of Nervous Disorders*
The success of the Colony of Gheel, Belgium,
all these years can be attributed to
the intercession of St. Dymphna.
https://www.natlshrinestdymphna.org/history.php