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   iTHIRST Initiative and Catholic in Recovery Announce Second International Virtual Summit for Addiction Prevention and Spiritual Accompaniment TENNESSEE & NEW JERSEY — iTHIRST Initiative, and Catholic in Recovery two […]

The Road to Hope: The Church’s Response to the Crisis of Addiction Modern Catholic Family Podcast – Episode published 7/14/26 Addiction is messy, addiction is sometimes bloody, and it’s a […]

launch of a groundbreaking new documentary TV series, Unshackled. This 12 part series hosted by iTHIRST Executive Director Keaton Douglas, examines faith’s role in addiction recovery. Through Catholic spiritual tools, real-life […]

The iTHIRST online training seeks to provide a spiritual remedy to those suffering from addiction through the development and implementation of programs designed to educate and prevent, to provide support to treatment facilities and those incarcerated, and to develop an aftercare community for the afflicted and their families.

James Manieri, 53, was raised as a good, faithful Catholic young man in northern New Jersey and had even served as an altar server. But taking a dentist’s prescription of Vicodin […]