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Catholic Ministries and Organizations
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National Catholic Partnership oN Disability
Council on Mental Illness And WellnessAssisting the Catholic community by providing resources and education for spiritual and pastoral support.
Sanctuary ministries Course For CatholicsThe Sanctuary Course for Catholics is designed to raise awareness and start conversations in local parishes regarding mental health. The sessions are accompanied by compelling films that feature the stories of Catholics living with mental health challenges, along with the insights of archbishops, theologians, and psychologists. Partnered with University of Aberdeen in Scotland, Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries is a registered charity in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Catholic Institute for Mental Health MinistryOur method is to develop, provide and facilitate an effective and responsive network of trained mental health ministry leaders in Dioceses and parishes throughout the United States.
Fiat Program on Faith and Mental HealthRooted in the efforts of the McGrath Institute for Church Life to form faithful Catholic leaders, the Fiat Program on Faith and Mental Health generates research, teaching, and formation opportunities to inform and strengthen sacramental and pastoral care for persons with mental challenges and their families. By uplifting the dignity and goodness of each person, the Fiat Program assists dioceses, parishes, and communities in fostering a culture of communion wherein the whole person is embraced and can experience the grace of Christian friendship and the sacramental life.
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Nourish's mission is to support & empower caregivers through the gift of faith. Cost-free, essential support offered inlcudes: Join Private Communites Groups, Access their Extensive Caregiver Resources Online, Prayers and Reflections Specific to Needs Personal, Nourishment for Your Soul Monthly Newsletter, and Weekly House Calls Virtual Check-ins
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St. Luke Institute ConnectSLIconnect is the education ministry of Saint Luke Institute. SLIconnect offers resources for Catholic clergy, religious and lay leadership designed by experts in psychological and spiritual health. Our programs are affordable, accessible worldwide and consistent with Catholic teaching. Online learning through monthly live webinars and on-demand courses offers convenient opportunities for individual skill development as well as group learning and discussion.
Red Bird was founded on helping parents address the profound healing that needs to happen while also honoring the memory of the child. Our unique value is in the attention given to protect the individual, the marriage, and other relationships from a spectrum of issues that can compound and lead to dysfunction. Red Bird Ministries partners with dioceses and parishes to provide the tools and resources to support families who have experienced the loss of a child from pregnancy through adulthood.
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Our mission is to help young adults and adults with divorced and separated parents give voice to their pain and find deep spiritual healing. We do this as a Catholic, peer-led ministry by providing unique means for Christ to transform their life-draining wounds into life-giving resources of faith, hope, love, and joy for themselves, their relationships, and the Church. We also seek to help them make and sustain a life-long gift of love in either the vocation of marriage or consecrated life.
Catholics For Family Peace Education and Research on Domestic Abuse - We aim to inform everyone on ways for the Catholic community can promote family peace and prevent and respond to domestic abuse. We provide resources and promote prayer for all families.
Catholic in Recovery is a nonprofit organization that seeks to serve those suffering from addictions and unhealthy attachments (including alcoholism, drug addiction, pornography addiction, sex and relationship addiction, compulsive overeating and food addictions, gambling addiction, codependency and the impact on family, and general fear, control, and anxiety). The organization was started by the passion of Scott Weeman as he found healing and new life through the help of twelve-step recovery and the sacramental love and mercy provided by the Catholic Church. We support parishes and communities with group resources that draw people closer to these two powerful sources of grace. It is the aim of Catholic in Recovery to share the Good News that God can bring about healing and recovery, even in the most hopeless of cases.
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The Hem of Christ is a ministry of care that supports those living with dementia and their professional and family care partners, to re-discover and continue the practice of the faith, regardless of the stage of dementia one is living in, or the physical and financial limitations one might experience.
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Our Mission: We offer a special spiritual care ministry for those who suffer from the “Illness of the Human Mind”
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Catholic Mental Health Professionals
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Many Dioceses have trained and licensed therapists and counselors on staff in their Office of Catholic Charities or Catholic Social Services. You can contact your Diocese for more information.
Below is a list of private practitioner organizations that have expressed their commitment to the Catholic faith that you may want to evaluate. (Note: This listing is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation.)
The mission of the Catholic Psychotherapy Association is to support mental health practitioners by promoting the development of psychological theory and mental health practice which encompasses a full understanding of the human person, family, and society in fidelity to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church.Catholic Psychotherapy Association
A private resource provided to help you find a qualified therapist of the Catholic faith in your area. Our mission is to provide therapy referrals and information that are faithful to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
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