May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and our Mental Wellness Ministry Teams are hosting community prayer services, Masses, and fellowship. The Mental Wellness Ministry teams at St. Gregory the Great and Our Lady of Hope Families of Parishes, kicked off their ministries in May 2024 after forming teams and completing required training. The teams have been offering support groups and events and are accompanying our brothers and sisters with mental illness and caregivers back to the table. This ministry is building awareness, breaking the stigma, and educating our communities.
In 2025, Mother of God, St. Michael, and St. Gabriel the Archangel Families of Parishes began the process of starting Mental Wellness Ministry. After they complete their training, they too will provide opportunities for their Families of Parishes to gather and accompany their community. St. John Paul II said, “Whoever suffers from mental illness ‘always’ bears God’s image and likeness in himself, as does every human being. In addition, he ‘always’ has the inalienable right not only to be considered as an image of God and therefore as a person, but also to be treated as such.”
Please plan to attend one of these events:
Our Lady of Hope Family of Parishes: St. Francis de Sales, Lebanon St. Philip, Morrow
- May 9 — Rosary: St. Francis de Sales, Pastoral Center, St. Luke Rm. 9:00 AM
- May 10 — (MWM walk) Miller Ecological Park 9:00 AM
- May 18 — MWM Rosary Walk St. Philip the Apostle 12:30 PM
- May 20 — Spiritual Support Group, St. Francis de Sales, St. Luke Room 7:00 PM
- May 25 — St. Dymphna Mass, St. Francis de Sales, 11:00 AM
- Thursday, May 15 — St. Dymphna Mass and reception, 7:00 PM Saint John Fisher
- Saturday, May 31 — Wellness Walk, 9:00 AM (location tba)