Visitng St-Dymphna

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Hi Everyone,

Tomorrow I will be leaving Canada to go to Belgium and visit the shryne of St-Dymphna. I have been feeling a range of emotions from fear, wanting to change my mind to excitment. I have travelled a lot before but never to a religous shrine with a purpose/hope.

Please pray my trip will go well

CM

 

[theotikos]

Hi Everyone,

Tomorrow I will be leaving Canada to go to Belgium and visit the shryne of St-Dymphna. I have been feeling a range of emotions from fear, wanting to change my mind to excitment. I have travelled a lot before but never to a religous shrine with a purpose/hope.

Please pray my trip will go well

CM

I prayed for you but if you want more prayers I suggest you go to the prayer forum and post this again there. Have a fun and safe trip. And God bless.

 

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I just got to Belgium and the trip was safe. I will be going to Dymphna tomorrow

CM

 

[AnotherFriend33]

Maybe You can find answers to my Questions:

Question about: Chaplet to St. Dymphna

 

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Sorry, I read this post after my visite and the disappointing truth is, no one there knew a thing about her. Just where the statue was

 

[AnotherFriend33]

Sorry, I read this post after my visite and the disappointing truth is, no one there knew a thing about her. Just where the statue was

I am very sorry about your disappointment. I don’t know if You’re still in Gheel, maybe You could have better luck with:

St.-Dimpna Parochie (St. Dymphna’s Parish)
geel.be/parochies/default.aspx?id=604

Sint-Dimpnacollege Geel (St. Dymphna’s Catholic School at Gheel)
kogekascholen.be/kogeka/english/description.asp?projectID=3

The ‘Openbaar Psychiatrisch Zorgcentrum (OPZ) – Geel’ (integrated psychiatric centre from Gheel)
opzgeel.be/en/algemeen/htm/history.asp

This ‘Openbaar Psychiatrisch Zorgcentrum (OPZ) – Geel’ was the one created after the Miracles Cures related to St. Dymphna.

There is a General Hospital there too:
I translated the page with google from Dutch to English, but I guess it is not as helpful as the rest of the Links.
azstdimpna.be/html/introductie.html

I hope this is helpful, and maybe not too late.

In any case I’d like to tell You that St. Dymphna knows You tried, and that matters.

God Bless You,

AF33.

 

[AnotherFriend33]

Sorry, I read this post after my visite and the disappointing truth is, no one there knew a thing about her. Just where the statue was

I was surprised when You said that people from Gheel only knew where St. Dymphna’s statue was…

So, I e-mailed several people, and I found there is a festival every 5 years re-enacting the history of St. Dymphna and St. Gerebernus. This year, 2010, was the latest, next one will be on 2015.

Here there are links with lots of pictures from previous festivals, and also information (in Dutch, but using google translate You can translate it into English/French).

St. Dimpnakerk geel.be/product.aspx?id=359
Geel, Sint-Dimpna ommegang 2010 fotoalbum.seniorennet.be/tonyverbeeck/geel_sint-dimpna_ommegang_2010
Sint Dimpna Ommegang in Geel album.gva.be/foto-album/sint-dimpna-ommegang-in-geel.aspx
St.-Dimpna Ommegang geel.be/product.aspx?id=1549
Gheelamania 2010 luccrea.be/gheelamania2010.html
Gheelamania 2010 webhuisje.zenfolio.com/p830838533
Gheelamania 2005 youtube.com/watch?v=F-xhwyoyXZE
Gheelamania 2005 geel.be/fotoalbum.aspx?id=48
Gerebernus nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerebernus

You can also find more about it by googling for sint-dimpna ommegang and gheelamania.

In any case, before a visit, You could contact the tourist department of Gheel at: toerisme@geel.be
They should have info about Gerebernus and Dimpna on Gheel.

 

[AnotherFriend33]

Hi,

Here there are some Information Brochures that I have just received about Gheel, its Museums, and Festivals related to St. Dymphna:

geel.be/thema.aspx?id=1797

Monuments & Musea

** * Gasthuismuseum Sint-Dimpna
* Brochure Geelse musea (Nederlands-, Duits-, Engels- en Franstalig). Download de brochure hieronder.
* Gids Sint-Dimpnakerk
* Gids Sint-Amandskerk**

***Brochure Art Nouveau Wandeling 2.8MB (pdf)**
  [geel.be/file_uploads/13710.pdf](http://www.geel.be/file_uploads/13710.pdf)
  This brochure explains a promenade through Geel passing by some old art nouveau houses.
***Brochure Geel, altijd uitzonderlijk 2.3MB (pdf)**
  [geel.be/file_uploads/11267.pdf](http://www.geel.be/file_uploads/11267.pdf)
  is partly in English
***Brochure Geelse musea 2.5MB (pdf)**
  [geel.be/file_uploads/11281.pdf](http://www.geel.be/file_uploads/11281.pdf)
  is partly in English
***Geel Natuurlijk - Tips voor Trips 3.4MB (pdf)**
  [geel.be/file_uploads/10176.pdf](http://www.geel.be/file_uploads/10176.pdf)
  is in Dutch but certainly worth looking at with pictures of Dimpnadagen, Gheelamania, St. Dimpnachurch, Gasthuismuseum and other thing that can be visited in Geel.

Cheers,

AF33.