Elena Zuniga didn’t go searching for the patron saint of anxiety, depression and mental illness, but St. Dymphna found her anyway. First, a small St. Dymphna charm showed up in her jewelry box without ...

MASSILLON − St. Dymphna will be celebrated May 25 at Divine Mercy parish. The service will honor the feast day for St. Dymphna, and the 87th anniversary of the opening of the National Shrine of St.

The story of Dymphna -- the patron saint of the mentally ill -- involves such horrors as incest and decapitation. However, her legacy launched a community of unprecedented and unrivaled compassion for ...

The St. Dymphna, the patron saint for mental health, shrine at St. Mary Catholic Church in Massillon. (IndeOnline.com / File Photo June 2015) YOUNGSTOWN — The Diocese of Youngstown has filed legal ...

Cait Dohmeier clutches the silver medal that dangles from her neck, moving her thumb along its raised surface to outline the face of St. Dymphna. She uses the token, a souvenir she bought in 2007 from ...

The grounds of a psychiatric hospital may seem an unlikely site for a pilgrimage, but the National Shrine of St. Dymphna is right at home sharing space with Ohio's Massillon State Hospital. Nor is the ...

A Mass at 1 p.m. May 25 at Divine Mercy parish in Massillon will honor St. Dymphna. The National Shrine of St. Dymphna is located on the St. Mary's campus in Massillon. MASSILLON − St. Dymphna will be ...