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Office of Family Life

Pastoral Services

Bereavement Ministry offers consultations and trainings in the parish for both grief caregivers and the grieving.

Caring Presence at the End of Life is a parish-based program that trains and supports volunteers who keep vigil with dying parishioners.

Elizabeth Ministry is a parish-based outreach to families during the childbearing years. The purpose of this ministry is to affirm, support, encourage, and assist families.

Parish Nursing is a parish-based ministry of professional registered nurses who provide for holistic education regarding health, prevention of illness, and growth toward wellness.

Pastoral Care Network supports those involved in the ministry of visitation to the homebound, hospitalized, and residents in nursing homes.

Project Rachel offers post-abortion reconciliation and healing through counseling and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. For more information please call 1(800) 367-0702 or visit www.hopeafterabortion.com.

Rachel's Vineyard is a weekend retreat that offers healing for men and women who have been wounded by abortion. Click here for the latest Rachel's Vineyard Brochure and order form.

For more information please call 1 (800) 367-0702 or visit www.rachelsvineyard.org.

Widowed & Divorced Diocesan Advisory Board meets monthly in order to give oversight and to implement the diocesan outreach to those widowed and divorced. For information on procedures and grounds for annulment, please visit the Office of the Tribunal. Click here for the latest Advisory Board Brochure.