| | We offer support in various ways, and as possible will add more ways as we continue this ministry. - Peer Contacts
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Find help when one feels alone, is very important. Priests, overcome by sorrow, have died from not reaching out. Depression, anger, loneliness, sorrow, all forms of grief or frustration sap the life from a person who is convince s/he is all alone with a personal burden. Peer support is healing. Peer support brings one back to reality. Peer support saves lives. Don't go it alone. We respect confidentiality. No names need be used. No locations. Just don't remain alone, locked inside your own head and heart suffering from shame or fear. Peer support is not to pass judgment, it is to share from experiences and group wisdom. We try to remember that where two or more are gathered in Jesus' Name, He is there. Contact us for peer support. It may not be local, but we will locate it for you.
Spiritual Direction - As part of a healthy honest discernment process, spiritual direction is very important step. It can be a frightening decision for a priest or woman to risk confiding in another, yet it is vital to have this spiritual element in any decision making being done. There is more peace, regardless of the outcome, if it is done honestly before God. We can help find you a spiritual director.
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- Counseling
The help of a counselor can ease the mind and lift a burden because it is shared, and there is someone who listens and can help you be honest with yourself. Good Tidings has a counselor available, and we also have the assistance of other counselors through the marriedpriests.org website.
- Holy Innocents
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Some priests have children. Some priests abandon their children as well as their mothers. Holy Innocents is here for the mothers to contact one another and gain strength and vital experience from each other as they raise their children. The children also come to know each other and discover their own voices as they mature. See this recent article on this topic: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7100920.ece -
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- BUENAS NUEVAS para sacerdotes y mujeres que se aman.
SANTOS INOCENTES para ninos de sacerdotes o para madres de ninos de sacerdotes .
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