GRIEF/Bereavement Ministry

The loss of a loved one can seem like a daunting challenge, but with pastoral care, healthy faith, and friends to support you, God can turn your grief into SACRED GRIEF - a place where the Lord can come very close to your broken heart. Saint Luke wants to help.
 In the early days of your loss (the days leading up to, the day of, and the days of preparing for the funeral of your loved one, we are available to meet with you pastorally/individually  to help you deal with the grief and decisions of the weeks and months directly after your loss.

To schedule an appointment with one of the members of our Pastoral Team, please call 985-641-6648.

After the funeral of your loved one and when everyone has gone home, there can be a profound sense of  silence that can feel like isolation and loneliness. But the silence of Holy Saturday an also be a great time of personal reflection and remembrance and the chance to allow us to make close relationships with God and others. At Saint Luke,, our Grief Ministry Group does more than just "share grief".

We listen, we teach you how to understand the myriad of feelings that are affected by grief, and how to communicate how you feel and receive the comfort you need. Every grief experience is different, and regardless of what you may have heard, grief is not a "process: or felt in "stages".  The goal of SLE Grief Ministry is to accompany you and empower you to heal and mourn in your own healthy and holy way. Grief Ministry at SLE has a particularly Catholic and Sacramental slant, so we help you to find support in the Sacraments and in the consoling Sacred Heart of Jesus through Eucharistic Adoration.

Grief Ministry meets for listening and learning sessions focus on developing new skills to cope with grief and to learn how to communicate the feelings associated with it. Every season, we cover new topics and materials.
SPRING SESSIONS:
Mar. - May: Tuesdays | 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Family Life Center Breakout Rooms

SUMMER SESSIONS:
Summer sessions are less structured and have different goals:

REGISTER FOR SUMMER EVENTS HERE

SUMMER SPEAKERS:
Special speakers are invited to come and present to the parish as a whole on topics that affect grief ministry.

OPPORTUNITIES TO REMEMBER:
We gather at different events to share the great memories of people we lost and still love.

GATHERINGS:
Sometimes the opportunity to gather with people who get the feelings of loss give us the ability to step into

FALL SESSIONS:
Aug. - Oct.: Tuesdays | 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Family Life Center Breakout Rooms
FALL 2025: ARCHBISHOP FULTON SHEEN:  "The Seven Last Words and the Art of Understanding Pain and Suffering"    Throughout this series, we'll  use great homilies in which Archbishop Sheen provides some valuable insights as to why sometimes the innocent suffer, and how Jesus offers us hope to mourn them as Christians.