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

About this episode

Mary Stenson reflects on the legacy of Sister Ignatia Gavin and Pope Francis while discussing themes of alcoholism and spirituality.

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 […]

People in this episode

Host: Mary Stenson

Topics covered

• alcoholism
• spirituality
• Catholicism
• prayer
• recovery

Keywords

• Sister Ignatia Gavin
• Pope Francis
• alcoholism
• prayer
• recovery
• Catholic Church
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Alcoholics Anonymous

Places: Mayo

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