Simple Steps Bereavement Group

Support and Encouragement for your Grief Journey

Understanding is the first step to healing.  After the funeral, when all the activities are over, others return to their normal lives.  However, personal grief continues and most people don’t know what to do next. Often our family and friends want to help but unless they have experienced it, they are at a loss. That’s the reason for our group – to reach out to help parishioners who have experienced the death of a spouse, child, father, mother, sibling, or just a really good friend cope with their pain. 

Our group is led by members of the parish who have personally experienced grief and are rebuilding their lives. We are all in different stages of our loss, but just being with others in the same situation can be very supportive and uplifting

Our group starts and ends with prayer and we discuss what is happening in our lives and offer companionship and caring – at all times respecting everyone and observing strict confidentiality during the meetings.  Sometimes we use a video series and around the holidays we try to have a grief counselor come and discuss what will happen during the holidays without their loved ones. 

Most people come for a while and when they feel ready to move on with their lives, they cease coming to the meetings – which is our goal – to enable people to live with their loss. We welcome anyone to come and also to become involved in the group.

We offer two sessions of Simple Steps: one group currently meets once a month on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. A second group will begin on Thursday, April 15 from 10 a.m. to Noon, and continue for 13 consecutive weeks (except for July 1) ending on July 15. Both groups meet in the Sacred Heart Room. We use a program called GriefShare, a parish-sponsored program with a workbook available if you wish to purchase one. 

To register, please complete the registration form below. If there are any questions or for more information, email Jeanice or call 314-398-7557,  email Suzie or call 636-343-1131, or email Ann Marie or call 314-630-7755.