CHAPLET OF SAINT DYMPHNA

THE CHAPLET OF SAINT DYMPHNA - Patroness of those Suffering Nervous and Mental Afflictions as well as Victims of Incest. Dymphna was born in Ireland sometime in the seventh century to a pagan father and devout Christian mother. When she was fourteen, she consecrated herself to Christ and took a vow of chastity. Soon afterward, her mother died and her father - who had loved his wife deeply - began to suffer a rapid deterioration of his mental stability. So unhinged was Dymphna’s father, Damon, that the Kin