Here is your “Marriage Moment” courtesy of your Office of Family Life Ministries:
Love is about many things but in any enduring relationship it ultimately involves sacrifice and the cross. What has my spouse sacrificed for me? (For example: time, career, hobbies, having his/her own way, where we live.) Thank your spouse and share how the sacrifice makes you feel. It will add to your gratitude.
Here is your “Parenting Perspective” courtesy of your Office of Family Life Ministries:
His mother treasured (pondered) all these things in her heart.: (Luke 2:51) You don’t have to be a mother to watch and ponder your child’s progress and set backs. Silently watch your child (ren) today and marvel at the ups and downs of their lives.
Understanding the Six Needs of Mourning: Accept the reality of the death. Let yourself feel the pain of the loss. Remember the person who died. Develop a new self-identity. Search for meaning and let others help you now and always. Join us April 7, 2010 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at St. Edmund Campus, Father Smiroldo Center, 530 Ellicott Creek Road, Tonawanda, NY. FREE. For your FREE bereavement packet or parenting packet to assist your children as you and they grieve, contact your Office of Family Life Ministries at 716 847-2210 or email familylife@buffalodiocese.org.
Circle of Daughters, Inc. offers counseling for men, women and children for grief related issues as well as depression, anxiety and parenting concerns. Also offered are a variety of groups including a group for women who have lost their mother, the only such group in WNY. Program director Day Cummings LMSW RN has worked with groups and individuals for over 30 years. Located in Hamburg. For more information, the new phone number is 716 507-6281 or email momspirit@aol.com.
‘A weekend away for a LIFETIME of change’. The Beginning Experience is a weekend program meant for persons who have worked through the initial anger and despair which occurs in the first stages of grief after the death or separation or divorce of one’s spouse. One can turn the pain of loss to an experience of positive growth. Beginning Experience is a Christian based non-denominational program under the auspices of the Diocese of Rochester. The program takes place at Camp Stella Maris on Conesus Lake. Open to all. For more information, call the Beginning Experience Hotline 585 987-1750 or Stephen and Liz Wascak at 585 237-5155. The next weekend is April 9, 10 & 11, 2010.
Buffalo Diocesan Marriage Preparation Brochure through 2010
E-Mail the Family Life Department: familylife@buffalodiocese.org