daughter of an Irish chieftain, the patron saint of runaways, victims of domestic abuse, incest , and mental health

1. Saint Dymphna

2. The earliest historical
account of the
veneration of St.
Dymphna dates from
the middle of the
thirteenth century.
Under Bishop Guy I of
Cambrai (1238-47),
Pierre, a canon of the
church of Saint Aubert
at Cambrai, wrote a
"Vita" of the saint,

3. Her biography was
first recorded in
the 13th century
by a canon of the
Church of Aubert
of Avranches at
Cambrai, France.
It was commissioned
by Guiard of Laon,
the Bishop of Cambrai
(1238–1248)

4. she had been venerated for many years in a church at Gheel
(province of Antwerp, Belgium), which was devoted to her

5. Ireland in the
7th century.
Dymphna's
father Damon
was a pagan
king of Oriel.
Her mother
was a devout
Christian

6. the daughter
of a pagan
king of Oriel
(Airgialla)
Ireland,
she became a
Christian and
was secretly
baptized.

7. When Dymphna
was 14 years old,
she consecrated
herself to Christ
and took a vow
of chastity.

8. Eventually the
king's counsellors
advised him
to remarry.
Damon agreed,
but only on the
condition that his
bride would
be as beautiful
as his deceased
wife.
her mother
died. Damon
had loved his
wife deeply,
and in the
aftermath
of her death
his mental
health sharply
deteriorated.

9. After searching fruitlessly, Damon began to desire his
daughter because of her strong resemblance to her mother

10. she swore to
uphold her vows
and fled the court
along with her
confessor Father
Gerebernus, two
trusted servants,
and the king's
jester, landing in
what is present-
day Gheel
Belgium

11. she fled with the priest Gerebernus and landed near Antwerp.

12. One tradition states that
once settled in Geel,
Dymphna built a hospice
for the poor and sick of
the region. However, it
was through the use of
her wealth that her
father would eventually
ascertain where she was,
as some of the coins used
enabled her father to
trace them to Belgium.

13. a hard worker and had a compassionate heart. She and
her friends established themselves in the town and
Dymphna began caring for the sick and the poor.

14. they went to the village of Gheel, where there was a chapel
of St. Martin, beside which they took up their abode.

15. She had
a special
sympathy
for people
suffering from
mental illness

16. The messengers
of her father,
discovered their
whereabouts;
the father
folllowed her
and renewed
his offer.

17. Damon ordered his soldiers to kill Gerebernus and tried to force
Dymphna to return with him to Ireland, but she resisted.

18. furious, Damon drew his sword and
struck off his daughter's head.

19. She was 15
years old when
she died.
After Dymphna
and Gerebernus
were killed, the
residents of Geel
buried them in
a nearby cave.

23. Years later, her remains were discovered
and moved to a more suitable location

24. The corpses were put in sarcophagi and entombed in a cave where they
were found later. The body of St. Dymphna was buried in the church of
Gheel, and the bones of St. Gerebernus were transferred to Xanten

25. The people of Gheel built a church over where Dymphna was
buried. Over the years it began to be noticed that healings
happened at her tomb, especially healing from mental illness.

26. In 1349 a church honouring Dymphna was built in Geel. By 1480, so many
pilgrims were coming from all over Europe, seeking treatment for
psychiatric disorders that the church housing for them was expanded.

27. The old church of St. Dymphna in Gheel was destroyed by fire in 1489.
The new church was consecrated in 1532 and is still standing. Every year on
the feast of the saint and on the Tuesday after Pentecost numerous pilgrims
visit her shrine. In Gheel there is also a fraternity under her name

28. The remains of Dymphna were later put into a silver reliquary and placed
in a church in Geel named in her honour. The remains of Gerebernus
were moved to Xanten, Germany. During the late 15th century the
original St. Dymphna Church in Geel burned down. A second "Church of
St. Dymphna" was then built and consecrated in 1532. The church still
stands on the site where her body is believed to have first been buried

29. There were numerous
accounts of miraculous
cures, especially
between 1604 and 1668.
As a result, there has
long been a colony
for lunatics at Gheel;
even now there are
sometimes as many as
fifteen hundred whose
relatives invoke St.
Dymphna for
their cure.

30. Inspired by St. Dymphna’s special concern for the mentally ill the people of Gheel
began to take into their homes the pilgrims who came to visit Dymphna’s tomb. –
In a time when the mentally ill were chained, beaten and locked away the families
of Gheel made these sufferers part of their households with acceptance, freedom,
dignity and whatever level of responsibility they could handle. Some stayed for a
short time, some for the rest of their lives becoming members of the family

31. in the beginning that they are placed in an institution for observation;
later they are given shelter in the homes of the inhabitants, take part in
their agricultural labours, and are treated very kindly. They are watched
without being conscious of it. The treatment produces good results.

32. the townspeople began taking them into their own homes.
Thus began a tradition for the ongoing care of those with psychiatric
conditions that has endured for over 500 years. they are called
boarders, and are treated as ordinary and useful members of the town.

33. They are treated as members of the host family. They work, most often in
menial labour, and in return, they become part of the community. Some stay
a few months, some decades, some for their entire lives. At its peak in the
1930s, over 4,000 'boarders' were housed with the town's inhabitants

34. Gheel became famous for this model of family care that seemed to
work so well. This tradition is still ongoing though now combined
with a hospital that is only used when absolutely necessary,
and with modern medicine as part of overall treatment

35. During the 2022 season, the St Dymphna's Church, in Geel, Belgium,
commemorated her by hosting an exposition showing the restored
altarpiece venerating Dymphna by Goossen Van der Weyden

36. The US
National Shrine
of St. Dymphna
is located
inside St.
Mary's Catholic
Church in
Massillon,

37. St. Dymphna's Special School is located in Ballina, County Mayo,

38. Dymphna is known
as the Lily of Éire,
due to her
spotless virtue.
She is traditionally
portrayed wearing
a crown, dressed
in ermine and royal
robes, and holding
a sword

39. St. Dymphna’s feast day is May 15th. She is the patron saint of
runaways, victims of domestic abuse, incest , and mental health

40. PRAYER TO SAINT DYMPHNA
St. Dymphna, healer of mental and
emotional suffering, pray for us.
Pray for everyone in mental or
emotional pain, especially those left
on the outskirts without resources.
You inspired a whole town to take
people with mental suffering into
their homes so that they might live
near you and the place you are
buried. They still come and stay
with you and the people of your
town today. Help us build a culture of
compassion and acceptance so these
children of God can live with dignity
among us as the people they are and
so that the rest of us don’t miss out
on what they can give, on their
potential part in building community.
Show us the way. Amen

42. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
CHRIST
Resurrection – according to the gospels
Christ the King
Christ lives
Body of Christ - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Christ and his Kingdom
Sacred Heart 1 + 2 – bible and doctrine –
Haurietis aquas – the cult of the Sacred Heart
Vocation to beatitude
Vocation to evangelize with Christ
CHURCH
Divine Revelation
Priestly Ministry
Human Community
Church, Mother and Teacher
Signs of hope
youth synod
CULTURE and HISTORY
Columbus and the discovery of America
Confraternities and processions– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival of lights – Hindi feast
Football in Spain
President Trump
Russian Revolution and Communism 1, 2, 3
Sevilla's fair
Virgen del Pilar and Hispanicity
FAMILY, CHILDREN
Grandparents
Love and Marriage 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignity of women – John Paul II
God of Love (sex)
World Meeting of Families Rome 2022 – festival of families
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
GOD
Angels
Come Holy Spirit
God is Love 1,2– Benedict XVI
Man, image of God
Trinity
LITURGICAL YEAR
Advent and Christmas, 1 + 2
All departed souls
All Saints – Halloween for Christians
Carnival and Lent
Christmas – the birth of our Lord
Holy Week for adults
Holy Week for children 8+ years
Holy Week - drawings for children
Holy Week – Views of the last hours of JC – the passion
Sunday – Lord's Day – JP2
Thanksgiving
POPE FRANCIS – TRAVEL
Pope Francis in Africa
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in Bahrain 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Brazil WYD 2013
Pope Francis in Bulgaria and Macedonia
Pope Francis in Canada 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Central African Republic
Pope Francis in Chile 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Cyprus
Pope Francis in Colombia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Congo 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Cuba 2015
Pope Francis in Egype
Pope Francis in Slovakia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Europe – parliament
Pope Francis in Fatima
Pope Francis in Greece
Pope Francis in Holy Land,
- Israel, Palestine Jordan
Pope Francis in Hungary 2021 + 2023
Pope Francis in Iraq 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Ireland
– world meeting of families
Pope Francis in Kenya
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Kazakhstan 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Malta
Pope Francis in Mexico
Pope Francis in Mexico 2016
Pope Francis in Mongolia
Pope Francis in Morocco
Pope Francis in Panama – WYD 2019
Pope Francis in Peru
Pope Francis in Poland - Auschwitz
Pope Francis in Poland WYD 2016
Pope Francis in Portugal 2021 + WYD 2023
Pope Francis in Romania
Pope Francis in Sudan
Pope francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Uganda
Pope Francis in United Arab Emirates
MARIA
Fatima – History of the Apparitions of the Virgin
Mary and the Bible
Mary Doctrine and Dogmas
Medjugore pilgrimage
Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico – apparitions
Virgen de Pilar – Hispanic festival
Our Lady of Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explores Jupiter
Parker Solar Test
MORAL AND ETHICAL
Christian holidays - JP2
Conscience, human community,
human freedom and salvation
justification and grace, Life in Christ, merit and holiness
moral law, Morality of human acts, Passions, Sin, Sincerity
social justice, Social Life – participation, Virtue, vice
United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Human Dignity – declaration of dicastery for doctrine of faith
Vocation – www.vocation.org
Vocation to evangelize
Vocation to beatitude
Pope John XXIII – Peace on Earth
Pope Paul VI
Pope Juan Pablo II –
Redeemer of man,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Pope Benedict XVII - in Germany WYD 2005
POPE FRANCIS – DOCUMENTS
love and marriage - Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4 –
5.6
Christ lives - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8
LAUDATE Sii
1 – care of the common home
2 – gospel of creation
3 – The root of the ecological crisis
4 – integral ecology
5 – lines of action
6 – Ecological Education and Spirituality
LAUDATE DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI – chapter 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Face of Mercy
Dear Amazonia 1,2,3,4

43. SAINTS and MARTYRS
Martyrs of Albania
Martyrs of Algeria
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of Libya
Martyrs of Japan
Martyrs of Uganda
Martyrs of Vietnam
Martires North American
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori
Saint Ambrose of Milan
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Anthony of the desert (Egypt)
Saint Bruno, founder of the Carthusians
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Clement of Rome, Pope and Martyr
Saint Ciyil y Methodius
Saint Columbanus 1,2
Saint Daniel Comboni
Saint Damien of Molokai
Saint Donnán, irish mok and missionary to Scotland
Saint Dominic de Guzman, Dominican founder
Saint George and the legend of the dragon
Saint Dominic Savio
Saint Stephen, proto-martyr
Saint Philip Neri
Saint Fidelis of Simaringen, martyr
Saint Francis of Assisi 1,2,3,4
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint Joaquin and Saint Ana
Saint Joseph, worker, husband, father
Saint John Bosco, founder of the Salesians
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint John of Damascus
Saint John of God
Saint John of the Cross
Saint John Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
Saint John Henry Newman, Cardinal
Saint John N. Neumann, of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint John Ogilvie, Scottish Jesuir Martyr
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke the Evangelist
Saint Mark the Evangelist
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Nazarius and Celsus
Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus)
Saint Paul, 1 + 2
Saint Padre Pio of Pietralcina
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saint Perpetua and Felicity
Saint Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint James the Apostle
Saint Simon and Judah Thaddeus, apostles
Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops, martyrs
Saint Zacharias and Elizabeth,
- parents of John the Baptist
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Valentine
Saint Vincent of Paul
Saint Zacharias and Saint Elizabeth
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Saint Brigid of Ireland
Saint Catherine of Alexandria,
- virgin and martyr
Saint Catherine of Siena
Saint Cecilia
Saint Dymphna
Saint Faustina and divine mercy
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Lucia, virgin and martyr
Saint Margaret of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalene
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine
Saint Rita of Cascia
Saint Teresa of Avila
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Therese of Lisieux 1 + 2
Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
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44. LISTA de PRESENTACIONES en ESPAÑOL
CRISTO
Resurrección – según los evangelios
Cristo Rey
Cristo vive
Cuerpo de Crito - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Cristo y su Reino
Sagrado Corazón 1 + 2 – biblia y doctrina–
Haurietis aquas – el culto del Sagrado Corazón
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Vocación a evangelizar con Cristo
IGLESIA
Revelacíon Divina
Ministerio sacerdotal
Comunidad humana
Iglesia, madre y maestra
Signos de esperanza
Sinodo jovenes
CULTURA Y HISTORIA
Colón y el descubriento de America
Confraternitdades y processiones– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival de luz – Fiesta Hindi
Futbol en España
Presidente Trump
Revolución y el Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Feria de Sevilla
Virgen del Pilar y Hispanicidad
FAMILIA, HIJOS, NIÑOS
Abuelos
Amor y Matrimonio 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignidad de la mujer – John Paul II
Dios de Amor (sexo)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias - Roma 2022 – festival de ls familias
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
DIOS
Angeles
Ven Espiritu Santo
Dios es Amor 1,2– Benedicto XVI
El hombre, imagen de Dios
Trinidad
AÑO LITURGICO
Adviento y Navidad 1 + 2
Todos las Almas
Todos los Santos– Halloween para Cristianos
Carnival y Cuaresma
Navidad– el nacimiento del Señor
Semana Santa para adullos
Semana Santa para niños 8+ años
Semana Santa – dibujos para niños
Semana Santa– Vistas de las ultimas oras de JC – La Pasión
Domingo– Dia del Señor – JP2
Accion de Gracias - Thanksgiving
MARIA
Fátima – Historia de las Aparitciones de la Virgen
Maria y la Biblia
Maria Doctrina y Dogmas
Medjugore peregrinación
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico – aparitciónes
Virgen del Pilar –festival hispanica
Nuestra Señora de Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explora Jupiter
Parker Sonda Solar
MORAL Y ETICA
Vacaciones Cristianos - JP2
Conciencia, Comunidad Humana, Libertad Humana y
Salvacion
Justificación y gracia, Vida en Cristo, Merito y Santidad, Ley
moral
Moraliidad de actos humanos, Pasiones, Pecado ,
Sinceridad
Justicia social ,Vida Social– participacion,Virtud
Las Naciones Unidas y la declaración universal de los
derechos humanos.
Dignidad Humana – declaracion del dicasterio por la
doctrina de la fe
Vocación– www.vocation.org
Vocación a evangelizar
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Papa John XXIII – Paz en la tTerra
Papa Paul VI
Papa Juan Pablo II –
Redentor del hombre,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Papa Benedicto XVII – en Alemania JMJ 2005
PAPA FRANCISCO – DOCUMENTOS
Amor y matrimonio- Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4
– 5.6
Cristo vive - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8 (somos todos hermanos)
LAUDATE Sii
1 – cuidado de la casa común
2 – evangelio de la creación
3 – la raiz de la crisis ecologica
4 – ecologia integral
5 – lineas de acción
6 –Educación y Espiritualidad Ecological
LAUDATUM DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI – capitulo 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Rostro del Perdón
Querida Amazonia 1,2,3,4
PAPA FRANCISCO – VIAJES
Papa Francisco en Africa
Papa Francisco en America
Papa Francisco en Bahrain 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Brazil WYD 2013
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria and Macedonia
Papa Francisco en Canada 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Central African Republic
Papa Francisco en Chile 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Chipre
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Congo 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba 2015
Papa Francisco en Egypto
Papa Francisco en Eslovaqiia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Europa – parliamento
Papa Francisco en Fatima, Portugal
Papa Francisco en Grecia
Papa Francisco en Tierra Santa, Israel, Palestine Jordan
Papa Francisco en Hungria 2021 + 2023
Papa Francisco en Iraq 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Ireanda – encuentro mundial de familias
Papa Francisco en Kenia
Papa Francisco en Japón
Papa Francisco en Kazaquistan 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Malta
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco en México 2016
Papa Francisco en Mongolia
Papa Francisco en Panama – JMJ 2019
Papa Francisco en Peru
Papa Francisco en Polonia- Auschwitz
Papa Francisco en Polonia – JMU - 2016
Papa Francisco en Portugal 2021 + JMJ 2023
Papa Francisco en Romania
Papa Francisco en Sudan
Papa Francisco en Suecia
Pope Francis en Tailandiia
Papa Francisco en Uganda
Papa Francisco en United Arab Emirates

45. SANTOS Y MÁRTIRES
Mártires de Albania
Mártires de Algeria
Mártires de Corea
Mártires de Libia
Mártires de Japón
Mártires de Uganda
Mártires de Vietnam
Mártires de Nortd America
San Alberto Magno
San Alfonso Maria Liguori
San Ambrosio de Milan
San Andrés, Apostol
San Antonio de Padua
San Antonio del desierto (Egypto)
San Bruno,
- fundador de los cartujos
San Carlos Borromeo
San Ciril and Metodio
San Clemente de Roma, papa y martir
San Columbanus 1,2
San Damian de Molokai
San Daniel Comboni
San Domingo de Guzman,
-fundador de los Dominicos
San Dominic Savio
San Donnán, misionario a Escocia
San Esteban, proto-martir
San Felipe Neri
San Fidelis of Simaringen, martir
San Francis co de Asís 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
San Francisco Xavier
San Ignacio de Loyola
San Joaquin y Santa Ana
San Jorge, y la leyenda del dragón
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Bosco, fundador de los Salesianos
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan Damascene
San Juan de Dios
San Juan de la cruz
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
San Juan E. Newman, cardinal
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Filadelfia
San Juan Ogilvie, Jesuita, Escosés, Martir
San Juan Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
San Juan, Apostol y Evangelista
San Leon el Grande
San Lukas, Evangelista
San Marcos, Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliana Kolbe
San Nazareo y Celso, martires
San Nicolas (Santa Claus)
San Pablo, 1 + 2
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio de Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
Santa Perpetua y Felicidad
San Roberto Bellarmino
Santiago, Apostol
San Simon y Judas Tadeo, apostoles
Santos Timoteo y Tito, obispos, mártires
San Zacharias e Isavel,
- padres de Juan el Bautista
San Tomás Beckett
San Tomás de Aquinas
San Valentino
San Vincent e de Paul
San Zacharias y Santa Isabel
Sant’ Agueda, virgen and martir
Santa Bernadita de Lourdes
Santa Brigid a de Irlanda
Santa Caterina de Alexandria, virgen y martir
Santa Caterina de Siena
Santa Cecilia, virgen e martir
Santa Dinfna
Santa Faustina and divine mercy
Sant’ Agnes of Rome, virgen y martir
Sant’ Isabel de Hungria
Sant’ Inés, virgen y martir
Santa Lucia, virgen y martir
Santa Margarita de Escocia
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa Maria Magdalena
Santa Marta, Maria y Lazaro
Santa Monica, madre de San Augustine
Santa Rita de Cascia
Santa Teresa deAvila
Santa Teresa de Calcutta
Santa Terese de Lisieux 1 + 2
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