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During the summer months here on C&SI we try to share with listeners reflections and talks which we have come across which we think deserve a wider audience and to provide some thoughtful listening for our listeners.

On this weeks programme excerpt we are sharing a reflection given at the National Novena at Knock in August 2026 by Aidan Gallagher - "From addiction to healing". Aidan is a member of the Cenacelo Communuity and his testimony at the Novena set out his story of descent and recovery from addition. He grew up in a faith-valued family in Dublin, but stopped believing around age 15 or 16 as he began experimenting with drugs and alcohol with peers. Drug use escalated from weekend socializing to a daily habit by age 19, causing him to drop out of college. At age 25, after feeling completely lost, his parents encouraged him to enter the Cenacolo Community outside Knock. Through a demanding routine of physical work, prayer, and mutual support in the international Catholic community, he achieved three years of sobriety and rediscovered his faith and personal dignity.

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