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To be joyful again
To Be Joyful Again is a support group for widows, widowers, or anyone else who has lost a significant other. We meet at Holy Family Parish in Inverness, IL on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at 7 P.M.
Come get the support you need in this difficult time. All are welcome. Contact Renata Riccobon at (847) 252-9036 for more information.
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What We Are About
When people have experienced the death of a loved one, Bereavement Ministers try to make the funeral planning process a healing one. Our ministry is to extend the care and concern of the parish community to the grieving family by meeting with them as soon as possible to:
- Familiarize them with the funeral liturgy and the choices they will be making
- Help them select meaningful Scripture readings and appropriate hymns
- Gather information about the deceased person to assist the ministers who will conduct the wake service and the funeral.
- Pray with them
- Attend the funeral
- Stay in touch with the family over the following year, sending cards and making phone calls to check on how they are doing
- Invite them to the parish’s All Souls’ Day Service of Remembrance
How Can You Help?
We are looking to add members to our corps of Bereavement Ministers. Being present to families in their time of loss of a loved one may seem somewhat daunting, even frightening. Actually those of us in this ministry have found it to be a gift. It’s not what you say but how you listen; it’s not having answers but having faith; it’s not avoiding pain but holding on to each other and to God that are the heart of this ministry.To Learn More
In-service training is available. You will work with experienced ministers and come to a sense of readiness. For more information, please complete the form below.