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TV Series Debut July 11th: Unshackled: Healing Addictions Through Faith, hosted by Keaton Douglas

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 stories, and compassionate guidance, Unshackled offers a path to lasting freedom in Christ. All 12 episodes will be made available on-demand, word-wide on the Shalom World online platform beginning July 11th. Beginning September 6th, Shalom World will launch a weekly broadcast of episodes Sunday nights at 9:30 p.m. Eastern. Additionally, through a collaboration with a tablet provider, Shalom World will make this series available on tablets distributed throughout 615 correctional facilities across the United States. Men and women who are incarcerated will have access to quality Catholic and Christian programming as part of their rehabilitation, healing, and restoration.

Full details here.

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Unshackled-Shalom World TV Show

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Hope Zone: Thursdays, 5 p.m. ET

Meets each Thursday at 5 p.m. Eastern Time.  Join via Zoom
We discuss our heartaches and our hopes, and how our spiritual lives really do matter in our recovery! This recovery and faith fellowship welcomes those whose lives have been affected by any addiction in any way, and those who are ‘recovery allies’ – who just want to do their part in finding a solution to this deadly scourge. After all…it takes a village!

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Hope Zone: Thursdays, 5:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. ET

Meets each Thursday from 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time.  Join via Zoom
We discuss our heartaches and our hopes, and how our spiritual lives really do matter in our recovery! This recovery and faith fellowship welcomes those whose lives have been affected by any addiction in any way, and those who are ‘recovery allies’ – who just want to do their part in finding a solution to this deadly scourge. After all…it takes a village!

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Hope Zone: Thursdays, 5 p.m. ET

Meets each Thursday at 5 p.m. Eastern Time.  Join via Zoom
We discuss our heartaches and our hopes, and how our spiritual lives really do matter in our recovery! This recovery and faith fellowship welcomes those whose lives have been affected by any addiction in any way, and those who are ‘recovery allies’ – who just want to do their part in finding a solution to this deadly scourge. After all…it takes a village!

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Classes Start April 8th: Spiritual Companionship Training Certification

Register

Register today to attend Monday & Wednesday evening classes!

https://www.shu.edu/academics/ithirst-spiritual-companionship-training

Registration is open
Mon/Wed evenings, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Cost of Program: $675

Discounts are available for Seton Hall alumni. Interested alumni should email CEPS@shu.edu for more information. 

Addiction is a defining problem of society, with physiological, and mental health components that must be addressed. Ultimately, however, the desolation, the abandonment and the guilt which are all “hallmarks” of the addicted life are in many ways spiritual problems which require a spiritual remedy.

The iTHIRST online training seeks to provide this spiritual remedy to those with substance-abuse disorders 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.

The words “I thirst” were among the last words of Christ on the Cross, as well as the words painted in every Chapel belonging to the Missionaries of Charity, St. Teresa of Calcutta’s order. St. Teresa said these words are a reminder that the Missionaries were there to “quench the thirst of Jesus for souls, for love, for kindness, for compassion, for delicate love.” 

The iTHIRST training curriculum was created by Keaton Douglas, author of The Road to Hope: Responding to the Crisis of Addiction and founder of the iTHIRST initiative, which is an acronym for “The Healing Initiative—Recovery, Spirituality, and Twelve Steps.” The initiative seeks to give people in recovery the spiritual tools they need to stay clean and lead the faith-based fight against substance-use disorders, especially opioid use. It also educates the clergy and laity about substance abuse disorders so that the Church might be a resource for the afflicted and their families. Read more about Keaton in the articles linked.