ARCHIVE: The following are excerpts from the thousands of letters we receive from members through the years.
Dear Father:
Here is a gift for you and a thank you to St. Dymphna for her help in my son's recovery from depression. He is doing so much none better now and our relief is great.
Dear Father:
Enclosed is my gift to the Shrine of St. Dymphna for all the special blessings I have received through her intercession for many years.
Dear Father:
I believe that St.Dymphna has helped me and I really do appreciate what the St. Dymphna devotion has done for me and my family.
Dear Father:
Through the intercession of this most powerful saint, I have been granted many blessings this year and have been given the strength to overcome very difficult problems.
Dear Father:
I became enrolled in the League of St. Dymphna in Dec. 88. Since then St. Dymphna has worked miracles for me. I have had nervous trouble since I was 18 years old and thank God, St. Dymphna and you, dear Father that I am not taking any more nerve pills. I have great faith and confidence in St. Dymphna's novena and she has come through for me every time
Dear Father:
Over the years, I have sent prayer requests for my daughter and her mental health. Again, St. Dymphna has been faithful. Our daughter will be moving from California to Ohio. She will surely visit the Shrine and personally thank St. Dymphna.
Dear Father:
I want to mention that a miracle has helped me be cured of my chronic insomnia since I've been praying to St. Dymphna over two years ago. With the help of some medication, I've been sleeping well every night. I can't tell you what a difference it has made in my life.
Dear Father:
This past May and following my novena to this wonderful saint, my personal petition was answered. It was a miracle in my estimation and I am so grateful to be in recovery and to have a second chance at life.
Dear Father:
I have suffered from bi-polar mental illness all my life having numerous hospitalizations. St. Dymphna has helped me to recover! I am off most medications and am working hard daily as a mother and a housewife. I can never thank this wonderful saint enough! She works when medicine fails me. Thank you Lord.
Dear Father:
I praise God, and I give thanks to St. Dymphna for her help in many things that I believe she prayed for me. I'm getting much better. Thank you.
Dear Father:
This year I was operated on for breast cancer followed by 35 radiation treatments. I never would have made it through radiation treatments without St. Dymphna.
Dear Father:
A few months ago I asked you to pray for _________. She was very ill and tried suicides. She is now well and working. Thank you for your prayers that I am sure was what made _________ better.
Dear Father:
Ever since I have received the information from you on St. Dymphna, I began praying the St. Dymphna novena. Within about 2 weeks I could feel and see wonderful changes in myself.
Dear Father:
Please thank St. Dymphna for my medical tests coming back negative. I had several appointments with several doctors, and St. Dymphna right by my side, helped me right through it all.
Dear Father:
I am _______'s mother and have spent the last five years in and out of mental hospitals. My son has kept himself in school, while I was hospitalized. Your beautiful prayers have kept us together.
Dear Father:
St. Dymphna has helped me get over my anger, grief and crying. I never lived alone and I was frightened, but St. Dymphna gave me the courage to not be afraid to live alone.
