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Women's
Commission
Catholic Diocese of Richmond
Resources for Bereavement
for the Loss of a Child
If you are
visiting this page because you or a relative or friend has lost a child,
please accept our sincere sympathy and a promise of prayer. We are
indeed sorry for your loss.
We hope
that some of the people, organizations and other resources listed on the
resource page
will help you as you make this journey through grief. The majority
of the programs listed have to do with bereavement of the loss of a
child through miscarriage or stillbirth. There is another page
with
resources for post-abortion healing.
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Bereavement resources
| Helpful
websites
for Bereavement Support with poems,
reflections, prayers and message boards
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In the Richmond area there are
support group meetings the second Tuesday of the month from
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm in the Sheltering Arms Hospital Conference
Room, 8260 Atlee Rd. Mechanicsville. There are support groups for parents
who have lost a child through S.I.D.S. and another support group
called "Healing Voices" for parents who have experienced loss
through miscarriage, stillbirth or early infant death. For
more information, contact
Pat
Franco.
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| In the
Charlottesville area, you can contact
Kathleen Olowin through Church of the Incarnation. The office phone
number is 434-973-4381. Periodically they host a
workshop gathering women or couples who have lost a child.
After the workshop there is a Memorial Mass. Also
contact Kathleen if you are interested in expanding this
ministry into your area.
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