Bereavement Committee

The Bereavement Ministry  team offers practical, compassionate and spiritual support during a fmaily's time of greatest crisis and confusion.  At the time of immediate loss and grief, we are Christ's hands and heart as we walk with the bereaved through the details of funeral preparaitons and the recption, as requested.  We attempt to accommodate the fmailies as they personalize the funeral for their loved one.  The bereavement ministry provides greeters for the Rosary and the Mass.  As a healing process, home visits to the family are encouraged during the first year.  Because grieving is a process that is unique to the individual and takes time, caring notes are sent out several times a year to remind the widows, widowers, and families that they are not alone.

"He whom we love and lose is no longer where he was before.  He is now wherever we are." - John Chrysostom