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Separated or Divorced

 

Hope and healing are available for those who are separated or divorced.

For the newly separated and divorced, as well as for those still struggling with issues many years later, we invite you to join us for Surviving Divorce. Together we will help each other answer questions, restore hope, and begin authentic healing from the pain and loneliness of a broken marriage. Program facilitators Cathie Cassano and Deacon Josh McDonald have been through it and are here to help.

Join us at St. John Vianney Church in South Burlington, for this twelve-session program, beginning Wednesday, Sept. 13, at 6:30PM. To register, or for more information, contact Deacon Josh at jmcdonald@vermontcatholic.org or 802-857-8841.

7 Things Catholics Should Know About Divorce, from Franciscan Media

  1. Non-divorced Catholics often come across as judgmental of the divorced.
  2. Not every marriage was “joined by God” even if it took place in a church.
  3. The divorced do not have to justify themselves.
  4. Sometimes, divorce changes one’s life for the better.
  5. Divorced persons don’t need to marry again to be happy.
  6. Some divorced persons hope their experiences makes you question assumptions about your marriage.
  7. Every marriage ends.

Read the full article from Franciscan Media

Resources from: Hope, Healing & Outreach for Catholics Who Are Separated or Divorced Workshop

November 8, 2018 in Burlington

Keynote speaker Lisa Duffy is a Catholic author, speaker, and divorce recovery expert who experienced an unwanted divorce in the early 1990s. She has nearly 20 years of personal experience helping people rebuild their lives after divorce. Author of many books on divorce recovery, most recently, Mending The Heart: A Catholic Annulment Companion, she has also instituted the Journey of Hope program for Catholic divorce support groups in parishes across the US and Canada. Aside from her dedication to her family, Lisa speaks at conferences, appears on television and radio, coaches one-on-one and in groups and holds online events. Learn more at lisaduffy.com.
 

Resources for separated and divorced Catholics

“Such persons need to feel not as excommunicated members of the Church, but instead as living members, able to live and grow … along the path of life and the Gospel.”  —Pope Francis, Amoris Laetitia, 299

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