The Way of Trust and Love - A Retreat Guided By St. Therese o... by Jacques Philippe

We hope that you will find in ava’s grace the support, consolation, empathy and hope you will need for your journey through grief. If you are here because you have lost a child before or after birth, your suffering saddens us deeply. This saintly couple, whose path to holiness passed by way of this painful cross, can inspire and intercede for other parents who have experienced a similar loss. Thérese of Lisieux, who lost three children in infancy and one in early childhood. Its patrons are Saints Zélie and Louis Martin, the parents of St. Such support is a sign of our solidarity in the body of Christ and a manifestation of God’s abiding love which accompanies us in our suffering and invites us to unite it with His own.Īva’s grace seeks to bring the rich resources of our faith to bear on the heart-breaking loss of a child. We who believe that every human life is sacred from the moment of conception need to surround these grieving parents with spiritual, emotional and practical support at a time when they might feel very much alone. Parents who experience the loss of a child at whatever stage of pregnancy or infancy are often overwhelmed by grief that is intense and isolating, and sometimes invalidated by others. About 15-20% of pregnancies end in miscarriage, resulting in the loss of more than half a million babies before 20 weeks gestation.

Welcome to ava’s grace, a ministry of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend which offers spiritual, emotional and practical support to families who suffer miscarriage, stillbirth or infant loss.Įach year in the United States, about 25,000 babies are stillborn, and approximately the same number of babies die during the first year of life.

The Way of Trust and Love - A Retreat Guided By St. Therese o... by Jacques Philippe