Parishes defining the topics and leading the discussion about healing. One local parish gathered to participate in “an evening of prayers and dialog on Eucharistic communities and the effects of clergy sexual abuse, including table discussion to discern next steps.” The emcee for the event explained the purpose was...
St. Barnabas organized a parish mission to talk about the Catholic abuse scandals and about ways the Church can recover - from Seeds of Hope in The Healing Voices Magazine.
We are inviting all our readers to consider submitting an article to Praxis, An Interdisciplinary Journal of Faith and Justice published through Cabrini University. The next issue is due out in the Fall of 2019: Catholic Leadership Beyond the Abuse Crisis. Teresa Pitt Green has been invited to be...
Teresa Pitt Green, Founder Meditation has proven to offer improvements and even relief from symptoms related to acute or chronic mental and physical illnesses as well as to post-traumatic symptoms associated with abuse. Survivors often agree. So do family members, chaplains and health care professionals who also grapple with...
A Novena for Healing, Atonement During the fall of 2019, for “nine consecutive nights culminating with the Sept. 29 feast of the archangels, Bishop Mark Bartosic visited a different church in Vicariate II <including Chicago’s North Side and some northern suburbs in the Archdiocese of Chicago> and joined the...
One diocese has created good resources to share with everyone. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island in Nebraska has created well-regarded resources for parents to use to promote child safety in their child’s surroundings. These resources are being used by parents as well as educators and many others...
Creating a Sacred Space in Clare Valley, Australia The Sacred Space garden and its chapel provide a model of how “prayed-in places,” holy spaces, bring consolation, peace, and healing to victims of abuse by clergy as well as by others. It is one image of what healing from clergy...
By Teresa Pitt Green, Founder The impact of abuse on health is of signal interest to many of us who have survived trauma. Over the years, I have come to read research that relates the two with a personal cautionary note, based on first-hand experience of how medical care...
A survivor of clergy abuse reflects on the far-reaching impact of each Healing Mass which celebrants and concelebrants will never know. When Church leaders express remorse for failure to protect victims, it can inspire healing in hearts of people whom the cardinals, archbishops, eparchs, and bishops will never meet....
Building a sacred place as an act of love A prayer labyrinth has been constructed by Missionaries of the Precious Blood, along with their lay associates and other volunteers, to offer a place where victims of abuse by clergy may come and pray, meditate, and seek healing. It is...