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Special Mass offered for those suffering from addiction

The night before Thanksgiving has become one of the biggest binge drinking nights of the year, according to Father Ryan Brady, associate pastor at Our Lady of the Ridge and St. Linus Parish in the South suburbs.

Spiritual support, retreats help those on the road to recovery from addiction

Pope Francis described the church as a “field hospital,” and Father Thomas Hoar, who has worked with individuals with addiction at St. Edmund’s Retreat in Connecticut since 1993, says this is an apt description for working with those in recovery from addiction.

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