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