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Retrouvaille... A Lifeline for Marriages
Retrouvaille is a program to help couples heal and renew their marriages. It consists of a weekend experience combined with a series of 6-12 post-weekend sessions over 3 months. It provides the tools to help put your marriage in order again. The main emphasis of the program is on communication in marriage between husband and wife. It will give you the opportunity to rediscover each other and examine your lives together in a new and positive way.
Visit HelpOurMarriage.com to find a weekend near you.
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Support for Divorced and Separated Catholics
The Catholic's Divorce Survival Guide
- "We don't encourage or endorse divorce--we simply know it exists and we want to help. The Catholic's DIVORCE SURVIVAL program was created to offer specific books, DVDs, websites, and other timely media to help in the healing of the human family."
- Please contact the Marriage & Family staff if you'd like to bring the 12 week small group Catholic's Divorce Survival Guide program to your parish.
Divorced Catholic
- DivorcedCatholic.com is a great website that offers videos, podcasts, books, a blog, discussion forum, daily email inspirations, and the Recovering from Divorce program. Recovering from Divorce is offered online and includes online chat sessions and a personal coach. It can also be hosted in a parish.
- Please contact the Marriage & Family staff if you'd like to bring the 13 week Recovering from Divorce program to your parish.
The Gift of Self
- The Gift of Self Program is a personal or small group program that reflects deeply on the mission and sacramentality of marriage and how one who is divorced or separated continues to live that mission authentically. The program is a journey that guides the individual through the stages of rejections, sorrow, and forgiveness to a renewal of their marital "yes" to God.
For Your Marriage
- Visit For Your Marriage for a wealth of additional resources and support.
Diocese of Madison Tribunal
- Please visit the Tribunal webpage for questions regarding Declarations of Nullity.
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Support for Catholics with Same-Sex Attractions
Courage in the Diocese of Madison
Courage is an international apostolate of the Catholic Church, which ministers to persons with same-sex attractions.
Web: madisondiocese.org/courage
Phone : (608) 821-3018
E-Mail : courage@madisondiocese.orgEnCourage is a ministry within Courage dedicated to the spiritual needs of parents, siblings, children, and other relatives and friends of persons who have same-sex attractions. Standing by the true teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, EnCourage members support one another and their loved ones through discussion, prayer and fellowship.
EnCourage in the Diocese of Madison
Web: madisondiocese.org/courage
Phone: (608) 821-3019
E-Mail: encourage@madisondiocese.org
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Fighting Pornography
The Porn Effect helps individuals end their pornography addiction. Their mission is to expose the reality behind the fantasy of pornography and to equip individuals to find freedom from it.
Covenant Eyes is the pioneer of Internet Accountability software, empowering members to maintain their online integrity. Aware of an ever-growing need to better equip parents, Covenant Eyes has developed a family Internet filter that restricts usage based on parental controls.
RECLAiM Sexual Health offers a science-based, Catholic Online Recovery Program and other resources for those who desire to reclaim God's plan for their lives and the lives of loved ones impacted by pornography or other unhealthy sexual behaviors. The Online Recovery Program provides a unique integration of Theology of the Body, The Brain Science of Change, proven cognitive tools, accountability, group support, faith practices and prayer all in one, online community. Working at your own pace in an anonymous and safe environment, you can begin to change your unhealthy sexual behaviors and reclaim God's original plan for your life and your sexuality.
The Brushfires Foundation has resources to help those impacted by sexual brokenness to discover, reclaim, and live out their created identify in Christ.
Integrity Restored provides education, encouragement, and resources to break free from pornography, heal relationships, and assist parents in preventing and responding to pornography exposure which is so devastating in the lives of our children. It also hopes to be a resource that assists clergy in assisting families at the parish level, so that the domestic church truly becomes what it is, the human space in which we encounter Christ.
Fight the New Drug is the work of a group of passionate and innovative problem-solvers who want to make a difference in the world. Their mission is to raise awareness of the harmful effects of pornography through creative mediums. -
Sacred Burial for the Unborn
Each diocesan cemetery offers free burial of all children under one year old, including the unborn. There is a nominal perpetual care fee. Please contact the cemetery near you for more information. Resurrection in Madison 608-238-5561, Mount Olivet in Janesville 608-754-3472, and Mount Thabor in Beloit 608-754-3472.
The Miracle of Life Rosary Garden at St. Mary of Pine Bluff Catholic Church is a beautiful place to pray and a sacred burial place for babies who die before birth. Any loss of life, especially before birth, can result in an incredibly painful and confusing time for the families who experience it. The Rosary Garden, however, is not only a place of grieving, but also a place of profound hope and joy. We have the strong hope that all babies who lose their lives before birth are immediately welcomed into the Father's Heavenly Kingdom and become powerful intercessors for both their immediate families and their larger family, witnessed by the members of the Body of Christ.
For more information regarding the burial space for babies who died before birth, please contact Fr. Rick Heilman at St. Mary of Pine Bluff by e-mail at rheilman@yahoo.com or by phone at (608) 798-4664. For more information, click here and here.