Article

• Understanding Your Grief: Ten Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart By: Alan D. Wolfelt, PH.D. 

Books

• A Grief Observed By C.S. Lewis
  
• A Sorrow Shared: A Combination Edition of the Nouwen Classics In Memoriam and A Letter of Consolation 
• Finding Your Way After Your Parent Dies: Hope for Grieving Adults By Richard Gilbert
• Finding Your Way After Your Spouse Dies By Marta Felber 
• May You Find Comfort: A Blessing for Times of Grieving By Joyce Rupp
• Our Faithful Departed: Where They Are and Why It Matters By Leonard J. DeLorenzo  
• Swallowed by a Snake: The Gift of the Masculine Side of Healing By Thomas Golden
  
• Winter of the Heart: Finding Your Way Through the Mystery of Grief By Paula D’Arcy

Course 

• Accompanying Those Who Mourn

Group Guides

• Grieving with Great Hope 
• Seasons of Hope: Brining Comfort through Catholic Grief Support By Donna Macleod

Books

• A Catholic Guide to Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss By Abigail Jorgensen 
• Finding Your Way After Your Child Dies By Kenneth Wezeman and Phylliss Vos Wezeman
• The Grief of Dads: Support and Hope for Catholic Fathers Navigating Child Loss By: Red Bird Ministries  

Organizations

• Grieving Moms Finding Hope
• Red Bird Ministry 
• St. Catherine Ministry 
• Compassionate Friends

Retreats

• Rachel's Vineyard - Emotional and spiritual healing after an abortion 
  • Location: Durward's Glen Retreat Center, near Baraboo, WI
  • Dates: November 8-10, 2024, March 28-30, 2025, November 7-9, 2025
  • Click here for more information and registration.

Books

• Intensive Caring: A Practical Handbook for Catholics about Serious Illness and End-of-Life Care By Natalie King, MD

• On My Way Home: A Hospice Nurse’s Journey with Terminal Cancer By Joyce Hutchison

• While I Breathe, I Hope: A Mystagogy of Dying by Richard R. Gaillardetz 
  
  

Group Guides

• Peace in the Storm Project By Maureen Pratt

Retreats

• Holy Family Healing Retreat - Support for families who have a loved one diagnosed with a chronic or terminal illness.
  • Location: Sparrows Nest in Sparta, WI 
  • Date: February 6-9th; April 9-12th; June 11-13th; August 8-11th 
  • Contact: Donna (608) 477-0765 or Randy (608) 332-4363; [email protected] or visit holyfamilyhealing.org
  • Website: Holy Family Healing Retreat Center

Articles

• Ron Rolheiser, OMI is a Catholic priest, theologian, and member of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He is also an award-winning author who has written many articles on suicide through the lens of Catholicism. Click here for access to his articles addressing suicide loss.

Books

• After Suicide: There’s Hope for Them and for You By: Fr. Chris Alar, MIC and Jason Lewis, MIC 
• Responding to Suicide: A Pastoral Handbook for Catholic Leaders By Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers 
• Understanding Your Suicide Grief Series - Second Edition By Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D (book, journal, and support group guide) 
• When A Loved One Dies By Suicide: Comfort, Hope, and Healing for Grieving Catholics By Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers
  
  

Film Series

• When a Loved One Dies by Suicide 

Organizations

• Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers
• Alliance of Hope
• Bens Hope
• Faith.Hope.Life
• Our Side of Suicide

Prayers

• Prayer After Suicide
• Prayer for Suicide Loss Survivors

Webinars

• A Pastoral Response to Suicide 
• Responding to Suicide: A Skills Based Approach

Red Bird Ministries - Ministering to families going through the painful experience of losing a child (pregnancy through adulthood) 

Support After Abortion - Compassion and support for those impacted by abortion 

Click here to access the Diocese of Madison's Marriage and Family page.

Supporting Marriages & Families in Mental Health Ministry (From Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers) 

Trauma Informed Care Resource Guide