Caring Friends

Support and Comfort for Those Mourning

Caring Friends is a group that offers grief support and comfort to
widows, widowers and friends who are mourning the loss of a loved
one. Some in our group have been widowed for many years and some
very recently. We meet on Monday mornings at 9:00 in Parish Meeting
Room "A" with welcoming smiles, hugs, and lots of hot coffee. Each
new person joining the group is given the book Healing After Loss, by
Martha Whitmore Hickman. The book has daily readings that are quite
often the subjects of conversations at the meetings.

Our goal is to encourage one another on this journey and to be ever
mindful of the personal and private sufferings of all. As a group, we
end our meetings praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet for the repose of
the souls of our loved ones as well as for all recently deceased friends
and parishioners. We also pray this Chaplet for all of the eleventh
grade parishioners at St. Ignatius preparing for Confirmation. This is
all done as part of our mission to be responsible and involved
members of our St. Ignatius family and the surrounding community.
Our meetings are open to non-parishioners as well.

Rosemary C. Johnson
Caring Friends Facilitator
251-533-3460
thomas.johnson70att.net