Bereavement Rosary 

Our next Rosary will be on May 11.

(Second Wednesday of each month)- 

Project Chrysalis
Monthly Meetings (Last Tuesday of each month)- 7:00 P.M.

Ascension Catholic Church- St. Luke's Room
9500 W. 127th St., Overland Park
St. Mark Room and Via Zoom-

Project Chrysalis is a ministry offering hope through Sacred Scripture and community to parents or grandparents who have lost a child or grandchild. While this ministry is not a bereavement group, our mission is to offer support and hope through scripture in a time of transformation. For more information, including the Zoom invitation link, contact Deacon Ken Billinger at 913-634-4210 or email kbillinger@archkck.org. The group is open to parents who have lost a child or grandparents who have lost a grandchild.

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Beginning Experience Ministry

This is a peer grief ministry for separated, divorced and widowed persons. The loss of a loved one through separation, divorce, or death is one of life’s most traumatic experiences. It can result in nearly unbearable feelings of loneliness and grief. Many people who have suffered this loss feel left out by their church, uneasy around married friends, unsure of themselves and uncertain about their futures.

Beginning Experience of Greater Kansas City, Inc. offers a continuum of programs to help those who have lost a marital relationship due to death, divorce or separation move through the experience of grief and loss into a future with hope renewed. Each program is presented by those who have suffered such losses themselves and are willing to share their experience to help others.

Weekend (In person)

 For more information click HERE.

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If you’re going through a challenging or difficult time, don’t suffer alone. Ask for help. Our parish’s Stephen Ministers have been through extensive training and provide confidential, one-to-one, Catholic/Christian care to parishioners who are experiencing a difficult time. 
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When a loved one dies, grieving that loss can take a long time, but you are not alone. GriefShare is here with support groups, and now daily emails, that provide encouragement and reminders of the recovery process.
Sign Up HERE to receive a daily email.
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You may have learned your unborn baby has a severe medical disorder, you’ve lost a baby, or there are complications in your pregnancy. You are likely scared, anxious and wondering; what do I do or where can I go? 

Right here! Please call us 816-931-2539 or send us an email by clicking  here asking us to reach out to you instead.

At Alexandra’s House you have at your near-immediate disposal a large, compassionate, ever-growing community of your peers. It consists of parents, couples, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, and more, ready to welcome you with open arms and understanding hearts. We each have been skillfully trained to serve you by our own personal losses of our babies from any cause, both expected and unexpected ones. Because we’ve been there, we can truly say 'I/we understand'.

www.alexandrashouse.com/

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The following resources have been recommended by the Bereavement Coordinator for Catholic Charities in NW Kansas. The list is not exhaustive-those listed are geared toward the Johnson County area.

Hope After Suicide
This group is led by two Catholic clinical psychologists who are a husband & wife team. Since the pandemic, the group meets via Zoom (once every six weeks). For more information, contact Josh Ruoff at the Archdiocese at jruoff@archkck.org
Survivors of Suicide Support Group
Cradle of Love Healing Center
2013 Clay Street N. Kansas City, MO
Celina Affolter | (816) 436-4992

Survivors of Suicide Support Group
Shawnee Mission Medical Center-Life Dynamics Building
Bonnie & Mickey Swade | (913) 681-3050

NAMI of Johnson County
Family & Consumer Groups
Shawnee Mission Medical Center-Life Dynamics Building
Phone: (913) 599-9995

Solace House- Center for Grief and Healing
Kansas City Hospice & Pallative Care
(913) 341-0318

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Grief support groups are free and available to anyone in the community who has experienced a loss.  Generally, they meet once or twice a month year round.  These groups are beneficial because they provide a place to begin sharing your grief with others who have suffered a loss. They also promote building long-term supportive relationships.

The following is a list of on-going grief support groups located throughout the area. Contact locations directly for more information. 

Click HERE for location information.

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