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EPISODE · Sep 3, 2026 · 53 MIN

The Healing Power of the Sacraments – What’s Really Driving Ireland’s Despair – Deacon Don Devaney and Aidan Byrne

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Deacon Don Devaney and Aiden Bourne open with a photograph from Guatemala that stopped a Galway audience cold: a family's entire food supply laid out on a dirt floor beneath a galvanized roof. From there the conversation turns to a harder question closer to home, what's actually driving Ireland's rates of depression, self-harm and suicide, and why Aiden keeps landing on the same word: fatherlessness. Scripture readings on grief and gratitude follow, along with why Aiden believes unresolved grief is often mistaken for something else entirely. If you have been affected by any issues raised in this episode, Samaritans can be contacted free, anytime, on 116 123. L'articolo The Healing Power of the Sacraments – What’s Really Driving Ireland’s Despair – Deacon Don Devaney and Aidan Byrne proviene da Radio Maria.

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