Pastoral Ministry

Below you will find some suggested resources that can help you bring the light and tenderness of Christ to people in your community who are struggling with various life issues.  These resources have been vetted for soundness and fidelity to Catholic teaching.  For a list of adult faith formation resources, click here. For a general list of local Catholic ministries, click here.

If you have suggestions of resources that should be added to this list, please email us at phillyevang@archphila.org.

Resources for Specific Areas of Pastoral Care

Addiction (Drug, Alcohol, Sex, Pornography, etc…)

• Website: Hope in Christ: Spiritual Support for Addiction
• Website: RecoveryandHope.org

Baptism Preparation

• Reborn, Baptism Preparation, Augustine Institute

Bereavement

• Office for Life and Family Bereavement Resources

Caring for the Caregiver

• Nourish for Caregivers, for pastoral care for caregivers

Christian Initiation (RCIA)

• CREDO, St. Benedict Press, for Christian Initiation (RCIA)

Disabilities

• Office for Pastoral Care for Persons with Disabilities and the Deaf Apostolate

Divorce

• Catholic’s Divorce Survival Guide, Ascension Press
• St. Raymond Nonnatus Foundation

End of Life

• Life-Affirming Choices, presentations and videos
• National Catholic Bioethics Center
• Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network

Infertility

• Gianna Center for Women’s Health and Fertility, Philadelphia
• Springs in the Desert, apostolate for those struggling with infertility

Healing & Freedom

• Unbound Deliverance Ministry

Marriage and Family Enrichment

• Beloved: Finding Happiness in Marriage, Marriage Enrichment or Marriage Preparation, Augustine Institute
• Communio, helps your parish evangelize through relationship health ministry
• Find a Catholic Moms Group
• ForYourMarriage.org
• Worldwide Marriage Encounter, Spiritual support for married couples

Marriage Healing

• Institute for Marital Healing
• Retrouvaille Retreats
• Book: Marriage 911: How God Saved Our Marriage (and Can Save Yours, Too!)

Marriage Preparation

• Archdiocesan Marriage Preparation

Post-Abortion Healing

• Project Rachel
• Office for Life and Family Resources

Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation

• Video series: Forgiven: The Transforming Power of Confession, Augustine Institute

Same-Sex Attraction

• Courage Apostolate
• Video: Invited to Courageous Love: The Catholic Church and Homosexuality, Courage Apostolate
• Video: The Third Way: Homosexuality and the Catholic Church, Blackstone Films

Suicide

• Book: After Suicide: There’s Hope for Them and for You, Fr. Chris Alar and Jason Lewis, MIC

Vocation Discernment

• Avow , discipleship and vocation discernment small groups for young women
• Melchizedek Project, discipleship and discernment for the priesthood groups for young men