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November 2, 2011
BETHESDA, Md. -- Dr. Ira Byock, a pioneer in palliative and hospice care, believes Catholic health care has a unique role to play as the nation's understanding and acceptance of end-of-life care begins to turn a corner. "Catholic health care has a lot to contribute to helping our culture grow the rest of the way up," the director of palliative medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., told Catholic News Service... |
October 27, 2011
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October 26, 2011
The archdiocesan Office of Laity and Family Life is sponsoring an enrichment day for grief ministers and others involved in the ministry of consolation from 9:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Holy Spirit Parish, 3130 Parkwood Lane in Maryland Heights. Deadline to register is today, Oct. 28. Several presenters will address a number of topics related to grief. They include: • Father Joe Kempf, pastor of Assumption... |
October 26, 2011
The Crosier family understands that love cannot be counted by chromosomes alone. Last September, Scott and Sheryl Crosier welcomed into their family a son, Simon Dominic Crosier, who was born with trisomy 18, a genetic disorder that includes an extra chromosome 18. Less than 10 percent of all babies born with trisomy 18 live until their first birthdays, according to the trisomy 18 Foundation. Simon, who was born into the loving... |
October 26, 2011
When a parish family reaches out to its members who are grieving, it's a form of evangzelization. That's what Michelle Ritter believes. The parish nurse, who splits her time between two north St. Louis County parishes, St. Martin De Porres in Hazelwood and St. Ferdinand in Florissant, has spent the last several years developing a grief support ministry for parishioners there. "We need to embrace everybody and let them know that... |
October 26, 2011
When members of the National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved convened here last week, they were brainstorming ways to expand the organization into an umbrella of services for those involved in bereavement ministry. Based in St. Louis, NCMB was founded in 1990 to provide pastoral and spiritual guidance to the bereaved, caregivers, agencies, congregations, dioceses and others through educational efforts and resources. The organization... |
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October 26, 2011
Father Sean Martin will be the main celebrant at the annual Mass, "In Memory of Our Children," on Sunday, Dec. 11. The Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. at the Old Cathedral, 209 Walnut St. Downtown on the Riverfront. The Mass is an annual tradition that started in the 1980s and provides families who have lost a child a way to include them in their Christmas observance. Bereaved parents have said the Mass helps them celebrate... |
October 26, 2011
The Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis offers a memorial Mass every month for those buried at all of its cemeteries. Msgr. Dennis Delaney, director of Catholic Cemeteries, celebrates the 9 a.m. Mass on the second Saturday of the month in the chapel of the Shrine Mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery, 5239 W. Florissant Ave. in north St. Louis. For more information on the memorial Masses at Calvary, call (314) 381-1313... |
October 26, 2011
It's a work of fiction that grabs readers and takes them for a ride. The book focuses on a police officer whose "protect and serve" efforts reach far beyond the world of the living. He is forced to deal with numerous tragic incidents where people have died, all seemingly unrelated. As the story progresses he eventually learns there is a connection among the deceased that becomes apparent beyond life. It takes the reader into the... |
October 26, 2011
The Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis offers a grave decoration removal service at all of its locations. Removals take place beginning the second Wednesday of the month and continuing the following day, on Thursday, from February through November. Removals will begin at 7:30 a.m. There will be no removal period in December or January to allow more time for holiday memorials to remain at grave sites. Silk or... |
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