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South Phila. parish dedicates shrine to addiction recovery patron
Faithful pray before a statue of Venerable Matt Talbot at a newly dedicated shrine in St. Gabriel Parish in South Philadelphia. The parish has long been a “hub of devotion” to the saint in the making, who has become a popular patron of addiction recovery for his renunciation of alcoholism and his profound spirituality. (Gina Christian)
By Gina Christian • Posted May 12, 2021
A South Philadelphia parish has just dedicated a shrine to a former alcoholic now on the path to sainthood.
Some 160 faithful gathered May 2 at St. Gabriel in the city’s Grays Ferry section, where a new statue of Venerable Matt Talbot commissioned with the generous assistance of the DiCocco Family’s St. Jude Shop in Havertown was unveiled after the 10 a.m. Mass.
The Portiuncula Chapel on the campus of the Franciscan University of Steubenville. / Robert Pernett via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0). Tacna, Peru, Apr 12, 2021 / 19:08 pm (CNA). A Franci.