St. John's Bereavement Ministry offers the bereaved a safe place to tell their story and a helping hand along the difficult path toward healing.

Working through grief to a better place is hard work.  There is no "getting over" the death of a loved one—only acceptance and, finally, peace.

The Bereavement Ministry provides support to bereaved individuals at the time of loss and afterward. A member of our ministry calls the bereaved and offers consolation and help. Throughout the first year, we send out several mailings, including newsletters and an invitation to the parish’s annual Memorial Mass, which is celebrated each fall.

Monthly Support Meetings

We also offer a monthly meeting to support adult parishioners and community members who are grieving. We welcome people of all faiths.

We are a peer ministry. Members who take turns leading the meetings are not professional grief counselors. Although we have attended training sessions to learn the basics of the grief process, most of what we have learned has come from our own personal experiences with the death of a loved one.

We meet in the Mother of Providence Regional Catholic School Library on the St. John Chrysostom campus from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Our meetings are very informal. The group leader offers a five- to 10-minute discussion starter and invites those in attendance to respond. Attendees are most welcome to participate as listeners only.

Our meeting schedule for the rest of 2017 is as follows:

• June 27
• July 25
• August - no meeting
• Sept. 26
• Oct. 24
• Nov. 28
• Dec. 12

We welcome you at any time.

View our ministry's current objectives here.

Contact:

Theresa White twhite@sjcparish.org 610.874.3418 x 110