In this issue of Every Day Catholic, main article author Father Jim Van Vurst, O.F.M., offers suggestions for how people of faith should look upon mental illness and those who suffer from it. Frank Frost spotlights the movie A Beautiful Mind and offers insights for reflection and discussion in the "Movie Moments" column. Leanore Lembke, a Montana woman whose adult son suffers from mental illness, shares about her advocacy efforts on behalf of the mentally ill in "Putting Shoes on the Gospel" by Joan McKamey. Jeanne Hunt explores the many ways and people whom depression hurts in "Passing on the Faith" and invites us to touch the fringe of Jesus' garment as we pray for healing in the Prayer. The issue is rounded out with a quote from the Gospel of Mark and questions for reflection and discussion.

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