Last summer, I explored weekly issues from 1891 (and blogged enthusiastically about them here, here, here, here, and here), all of which fall roughly within the term’s historical timeframe, but I’m now two decades earlier and so fully in the anachronistic zone. Unless I’m not. The ...
Devotion to Dymphna has not only persisted but grown well beyond Belgium and Ireland, likely because of increased awareness of mental health issues andadvocacyfor abuse survivors. Her feast day is celebrated every year on May 15 in Geel, aprocessionbeing held every five years. The festivities inc...