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EPISODE · Apr 23, 2026 · 42 MIN

All Things Legion – The Nun Who Co-Founded Alcoholics Anonymous – Mary Stenson

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Mary Stenson marks the first anniversary of Pope Francis’s death with a prayer for his repose, then turns to two figures whose stories stopped her in her tracks. The first is Sister Ignatia Gavin — a Mayo woman, a nun, a nurse — who admitted the world’s first officially recognised alcoholism patient to a hospital […] L'articolo All Things Legion – The Nun Who Co-Founded Alcoholics Anonymous – Mary Stenson proviene da Radio Maria.

Mary Stenson marks the first anniversary of Pope Francis’s death with a prayer for his repose, then turns to two figures whose stories stopped her in her tracks. The first is Sister Ignatia Gavin — a Mayo woman, a nun, a nurse — who admitted the world’s first officially recognised alcoholism patient to a hospital […]

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