Families During Times of Difficulty

 

Bereavement

Bereavement Support Groups

Carbondale, Marian Community Hospital
For information call 281-1000

Clarks Summit, Our Lady of the Snows Parish
First Wednesday of each month, 10:00 A.M.
Every other Sunday 2 P.M.
Convenes at Our Lady of Snows Parish Center (301 S State Street/US 6 & 11, church lower level)
Registration not required; for information call 586-1741 and ask for Nettie Goldate.

Lake Ariel, St. Thomas More Parish Center
Thursdays at 7 p.m.
Convenes in St. Thomas More Conference Room
Registration is essential: Madeline Gardiner, RN, Coordinator at 698-5812

Mountaintop, St. Jude Parish
May and November series
For information contact the parish office, 474-6315  

Pittston, Parish Community of St. Casimir, St. John the Evangelist, and St. Joseph
Healing Hearts
Tuesday evenings, May & June, 7:00 P.M.
Tuesday evenings, September & October, 7:00 P.M.
Convenes in the Parish Dining Room
For information, call 654-0053

Pocono Pines, Our Lady of the Lake Parish
Second Wednesday of every month, 9:00 a.m.
Convenes in Maloney Hall, lower level of the Church
For information, call 646-6424 (weekdays) or 839-9346 (evenings)

Scranton, Mercy Hospice
Family and Friends Grief Support Group:
We meet on the second Wednesday of each month.
There will be two sessions, 10:00 - 11:00 A.M., and 6:00 - 7:00 P.M.
Group will meet at Mercy Hospital, 746 Jefferson Ave Scranton, PA
East Wing Conference Room, located on the second floor of the main hospital off the cafeteria.
For more information, contact Millie Lloyd, 340-4981.

West Hazleton, Transfiguration Parish Rectory (213 W Green St., West Hazleton)
Booster Club for those suffering a death of family or friends; 9 sessions
Registration is required. Call 570-454-3933 between 8 A.M. and 4 P.M.
weekdays.

Wilkes-Barre, Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish
Annual series in November
For information, contact the parish office at 824-7832.

Bereavement support for parents
Our Lady of the Snows, Clarks Summit
Contact Susan Brier, 586-2162

 

Loss of a Spouse

The Beginning Experience

     Level (support) groups and a weekend experience to help heal from loss of a spouse through death, divorce, or separation. The cost of a weekend registration is $150 including non-refundable deposit.

Weekends:     
        


Information and registration:

Ann - 587-2851
Mary - 629-0651
http://www.beginningexperience.org

                 Beginning Experience Support group (Level I)
                       Third Friday every month, 7 - 9 P.M.
                       St. Ann Parish Center
                       1200 St. Ann Street, Scranton 
                       For information and registration, call 570-489-7769.    

Special programs and events

     Winter gathering for divorced, widowed, and separated persons

     Summer picnic for divorced, widowed, and separated persons

     Occasional educational programs as announced


Diocesan Marriage Tribunal


          For information, call 207-2246.

If you are contemplating separation or divorce without having sought    
competent help for your marriage, please consider these possibilities:

Retrouvaille

        March 12 - 14, 2010 at Fatima Renewal Center
       
Fatima Renewal Center, Dalton

A weekend and follow-up sessions for stressed marriages put on by trained priest and married couples who have survived marital difficulties; not counseling or group therapy. A registration deposit is required and a donation will be requested; finances should not prevent attendance.  

For more information, contact:
     
Bob and Nettie Goldate
     703 Lilac Lane
     Clarks Summit, PA 18411
     570-587-0415 or 570-586-1741 for info/register
     Net530@comcast.net
     Retrouvaille Website:  www.retrouvaille.org

Individual or marriage counseling offered through Catholic Social Services

Ask your pastor or the Office for Parish Life for the name of a Catholic counselor in private practice.

 

Special Assistance

 

Catholic Social Services

    For information about individual, marriage or family counseling, adoption, financial assistance and other services, call 822-7118 (Wilkes-Barre) or 207-2283 (Scranton) or click on Catholic Social Services.


Victim Assistance

    
The role of the Victim Assistance Coordinator is to provide, directly and through others, for the immediate pastoral care of persons who claim to have been sexually abused when they were minors by a priest or deacon. The coordinator is also charged with informing those who have suffered such abuse that the diocese stands ready to assist them.
     For more information, you can contact:
     Joan Holmes, Victim Assistance Coordinator, 344-5216

 

Domestic Violence

     "When I Call For Help" is the US Bishops’ message regarding domestic violence, including advice for battered women.

    

Post-abortion support:

    
Project Rachel www.hopeafterabortion.org 
    
and Rachel’s Vineyard diocesan retreat

    Contact: Catholic Social Services
                 Denise Rowinski Mengak, Coordinator, 822-7118
                 Ed Casey, Coordinator, 207-2283