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Office of Formation and Discipleship
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Bereavement Ministry
Bereavement ministries are parish-based. Call your parish for support from your clergy and to find out if the parish has an active bereavement ministry. This may include funeral ministries offering practical help as well as emotional support when a loved one dies. Some parishes offer support groups or other caring ministries for the time a loved one is dying or for help living without the one who died. If your parish does not have an active ministry, they may be able to refer you to sources of help. Click here if you need to find a phone number for a parish near you. ResourcesFunerals Your parish will offer you support and assistance
with funeral planning. The Archdiocese of Atlanta’s Office for Divine Worship
has also created a helpful brochure entitled We Believe in the Resurrection
of the Dead: A Guide to Catholic Funerals in both English and Spanish.
For the brochure and for additional information on related topics, visit
their webpage at http://www.archatl.com/offices/odw/ceremony/funeral/funerals.html. The Village of St. Joseph Counseling Services of Catholic Charities Atlanta offers individual, family and group therapy. The main office is located at Suite 600, One Georgia Center, Atlanta. For help in English call 404-733-3527. For help in Spanish call 404-733-3528. Confidentiality is respected, and all faiths are welcome. A sliding fee scale is available. http://www.catholiccharitiesatlanta.org/services/vsj/ National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved: their goal is to offer spiritual support and the healing comfort of God to all who mourn a loss through death. They have helpful reading material on their website and they develop and provide resources and training programs to support ministries of consolation. Visit their website at www.Griefwork.org Rainbows: Children and youth can experience emotional healing by participating in Rainbows, a structured program with their peers led by trained adults. Rainbows is intended for children and youth who are grieving due to death, divorce or painful transition in their family (adolescent and adult programs called Spectrum and Prism are available but not as common). This is a well-established and well-researched program. If your parish or school does not have a group, contact Brenda Johnson, the head of the Georgia state chapter, for information on other locations. Office: 770-236-8494 Cell: 404-372-5027 or rainbowsgeorgia@bellsouth.net. The website is www.rainbows.org. Beginning Experience: Beginning Experience is a national program for adults grieving loss through death, divorce or separation. A Beginning Experience weekend, usually Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, can be very helpful for adults who are ready to come to terms with their loss and begin to move forward with their lives. The weekend is presented by teams that include clergy and people who have participated in weekends to help resolve their own loss and are now trained to lead. Established in the 1970's, Beginning Experience has its roots in the Catholic Church. The programs are open to people of all faiths. Weekends are not offered in Georgia, but are available in Alabama and South Carolina. Some locations also offer programs for children. Some follow-up programs may also be available. Call 1-866-610-8877 or visit www.beginningexperience.org for scheduled dates and/or a contact person to answer your questions about what a weekend would be like. Page last modified: December 6, 2011
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The
Office of Formation and Discipleship supports parish ministry to the bereaved and the people
in the Archdiocese of Atlanta whom those ministries serve by providing resource
information and ministry training.