The following are resource recommendations from the Diocese Office of Marriage & Family Life:
Divorce & Annulment:
+Catholic Divorce Survival Guide: diolaf.org/divorcerecovery
+Office of Tribunal: diolaf.org/tribunal
+Beginning Experience: beginningexperience.org
Grief/Bereavement:
+ Red Bird Ministries: Red Bird Ministries is a Catholic grief support ministry that focuses on couples who have experienced the loss of a child of any age by loving them through their loss. Our goal is to help couples living this nightmare to not just survive their loss, but to love them through it by sharing our own experiences and healings, in hopes of helping them to survive and thrive in their marriages and in life. Please contact Kelly Breaux at (337) 223-2019 or at kelly@redbird.love for more information. Visit our website at www.redbird.love.
+ A Catholic Journey Through Grief: diolaf.org/grief
+ Companions Along the Journey (support group, Scott area): (337)654-8917
+ Grief Share (support group, Broussard area): (337)837-1864
+ LA Grief Support Group (New Iberia area): (337)367-8003
+ St. Monica’s Society (support group for widowed women, Lafayette area): (337)235-0465
+ Healing House (Hope for Grieving Children): healing-house.org; (337)234-0443
+ Hospice of Acadiana (support group): (337)232-1234
Infertility/NFP:
+ diolaf.org/nfp
+ USCCB webpage on infertility: usccb.org/issues-and-action/marriage-and-family/natural-family-planning/resources/infertility
+ catholic-fertility@yahoogroups.com
Marriage Enrichment:
+ World Wide Marriage Encounter: wwwme.org
+ For Your Marriage: foryourmarriage.org
Mental Illness:
+ National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: name.org
Pregnancy & Infant Loss:
+ elizabethministry.com
+ aplacetoremember.com
+ nationalshare.org
+ maddiesfootprints.org
Struggling Marriages:
+ Retrouvaille Weekend: A program for troubled marriages. The weekend provides a safe setting; encouraging couples to learn communication in marriage in a respectful manner. Visit the website for more information and to register www.helpourmarriage.com.
+ Codependents Anonymous (a fellowship of men and women whose common purpose is to develop health relationships: (337)261-5607
Suicide Survivors:
+ diolaf.org/suicide-survivors
+ Jacob Crouch Foundation: injacobsmemory.org
+ American Association of Suicidology: suicidology.org
+ American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: afsp.org
+ Suicide Awareness Voices of Education: save.org
+ Yellow Ribbon Program (Prevention of Teen Suicide): yellowribbon.org