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Prayer service at holidays consoles those grieving loss of loved ones
- Dec 19, 2019
In an effort to comfort the grieving, St. Meinrad Archabbey in the town of St. Meinrad hosted the Service of the Longest Night Dec. 14. The annual prayer service takes place near the winter solstice, which is the shortest period of daylight during the year.
‘Blue Christmas’ services help Christians in down times in holiday season
- Dec 5, 2019
The precise origins of the Blue Christmas tradition are murky at best, but sporadic reports of Blue Christmas gatherings of varying styles and sizes suggest that Christians have been holding them since at least the mid-1990s.
New survey documents how people deal with grief at Christmas
- Dec 11, 2018
For most people, Christmas is a joyous time for family and friends; but this joy can turn to grief when those family and friends have died.
Catholic family finds healing after son’s drug overdose
- Apr 29, 2018
A family in New Jersey discusses their son’s story of opioid addiction and how their faith helped them deal with his death.
Mass offers mothers, families solace after infant loss and miscarriage
- Jan 14, 2018
For nearly a decade, St. Gianna’s Hope Memorial Mass for Infant Loss, a candlelit vigil Mass, has offered women and families who have lost infant children or miscarried a place to pray together in Houston.
Mass, fellowship helps grieving families recall loved ones at Christmas
- Dec 22, 2017
On Dec. 16, the annual Advent Mass at Holy Cross Mausoleum in Edmonton, it was standing-room only as families came together in grief and in hope, to remember loved ones who have died. Many pinned photo ornaments of their loved ones onto a Christmas tree.
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