Parishes can: demonstrate sensitivity to the impact of painful experiences on its members and their loved ones; help parishioners recognize their experience of, and responses to, pain; and provide restorative spiritual and professional resources in a variety of ways.
Summary
Catholic Charities USA’s Whole Hearted is a parish-based resource focused on the impact life’s painful experiences have on mental health. It integrates spirituality and religious practices with behavioral health.
The Facilitator Guide walks the leader through their role of establishing and maintaining a safe, trustworthy place that holds participants’ thoughts, feelings, comments and experiences in a respectful and authentic way. Parishes and organizations can offer Whole Hearted as a day of reflection or four weekly sessions.
Whole Hearted is meant to provide basic and helpful mental health awareness. It is not a substitute for clinical or professional therapy.
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Whole Hearted Series
The Whole Hearted series integrates spirituality and religious practices with behavioral health. It informs participants of the impact painful experiences have on mental health and how one might begin to move forward, both mentally and spiritually.
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