Tips for responding to people in grief can be learned from people grieving loss of many types, including this facilitator for Christian Survivors of Suicide.
The Painted Brain is a worthy model as your parish, diocese or group looks at ways to support survivors of abuse and trauma. The Painted Brain creates lasting community-based solutions to mental health challenges and the impact of social injustice through arts, advocacy, and enterprise. It is a peer-support...
On April 26, the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph celebrated its 5th annual Day of Prayer as an opportunity for all to share in praying for victims and survivors of childhood sexual abuse, particularly those who have been abused by someone in the Catholic Church, and for their families,...
The Missourian (April 22, 2021) featured a profile of Spirit Fire written by Jay Nies, opening with a quotation from Teresa Pitt Green which sums up a key belief of Spirit Fire: “There’s a lot more hope than people dare to feel.” Spirit Fire is in its fourth year...
Learning about trauma-informed pastoral care for abuse survivors will continue - after a short break.
This continues The Healing Voices Series on Alice Miller: Icon & Ideas Bishops are committed to meeting with survivors of abuse by clergy in accordance with The Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, a document ratified by all the bishops of the United States in 2002...
Victim Assistance Coordinators and Survivor Ministers are the Enlightened Listeners in healing abuse in the Catholic Church.
Mayra E. Flores, the Safe Environment Coordinator for the Archdiocese of Chicago, had some inspiring words for Catholics, in particular diocesan ministries, considering whether and how to offer healing prayer services locally for survivors, their families, parishes, and the Church. Maya participated in the Archdiocese’s prayer service, which was...
Excerpted from Amid Pandemic, Clergy-Abuse Support Groups Go Virtual, by Barb Umberger in The Catholic Spirit (catholicspirit.com), the diocesan newspaper of the Archdiocese of Minneapolis – St. Paul. “Since starting in June 2019 as the archdiocese’s outreach coordinator for restorative justice and abuse prevention, Paula Kaempffer has developed a...
By Rev. Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield A Spirit Fire friend raises the Eucharist to help the agony of betrayal heal. Spirit Fire survivors offer friendship to priests in a mission which cultivates true healing in the Church person to person, heart to heart. We are blessed to encounter priests...