Tag: Grief
Death is a mystery — grieving, believing, achieving a new spiritual...
“I wanted to be a heap in the corner - but there was too much to do. I mourn my husband. I mourn my...
Help for parents who have lost a child with Red Bird...
On this episode of Catholic Forum, after a news update from The Dialog, we talk with the president and co-founder of Red Bird Ministries, Kelly Breaux.
Kelly and...
Book Review: Multiple faces of grief, grace in short story collection...
By Madelyn Reichert, OSV News
“The Blackbird and Other Stories”
Sally Thomas, Wiseblood Books (2024)
280 pages, $16.50
In her excellent new collection, “The Blackbird and Other Stories,”...
How to offer support to those who grieve — Lorene Hanley...
By Lorene Hanley Duquin, OSV News
Some people know instinctively how to help a grieving person. But for most of us, dealing with someone else's...
What exactly does our faith say to justify Purgatory? — Paul...
By Paul Thigpen, OSV News
"You … must be perfect," Jesus insisted, "as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Mt 5:48). Without such perfect holiness,...
In Ocean Pines, Md., life can still go on is goal...
OCEAN PINES, Md. — Life goes on.
The difficult part can be figuring out how.
A group in Ocean Pines is reaching out to people who...
Grieving parents asking God ‘why’ is not a sign of a...
VATICAN CITY -- Crying out to God and demanding answers when one's child dies is anything but a sign of a lack of faith,...
Father Douglas McKay in Philadelphia buys, dedicates new plots for ‘lost...
Like most priests, Father Douglas McKay has seen a number of people die over the years.
As the founder and chaplain of Our House Ministries...
Indiana artist D. Anne Jones paints portraits of those grieving, deepens...
INDIANAPOLIS — D. Anne Jones knew she wanted to use her gift of painting portraits to help others in some way.
“I was talking to...
Pause and thank God this Memorial Day — Mark Christian
As a child growing up in the 1960s I have fond memories of Memorial Day. Back then, the holiday was always celebrated on May...