Welcome-

We offer shared hearts of compassion for those with mental illness and brain disorders

Our Mission:

We Pray, Educate and Advocate for those affected by this human tragedy

• The aloneness that Christ experienced can be a great sign of hope. This holds true especially for those with depression and other emotional difficulties. You or your loved one can be enrolled as a member of our Our Guild to receive spitiutal benefits  (click )
• We are their spiritual support. - Over 400 Catholic religious communities are offering their prayers for us. Many people with mental illness have great moral courage in dealing with the challenges that come with the illness but sometimes they feel alone and abandoned. They do need our encouragement and prayers. Read on: find out how to join us in prayer. 
• Spiritual Advocacy- (click image to left)

• Come Pray With Us- click

Our Offical Ministry- MMOMI Support Groups

 ON ZOOM- THE LAST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH 7 PM ET

Zoom meeting 

Meeting ID: 746 6452 6825
Passcode: N3J4P2  

To Join Click Zoom Meeting Link
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/74664526825?pwd=bktoLa331DFjICJryYdPJjC49CFmZU.1

Click Here to Connect by Phone: Visit Support Group Page and Scroll Down

Monthly Bulletin: Under Her Mantle for MMOMI Spiritual Support Groups- visit blog to read and download your own copy

We provide spiritual and emotional support:

Prayer, Education and Advocacy

Scroll down to learn more

• I was sick and you visited me- (Mt. 25:36) "But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” (LK 14:13,ver. RC,RSV) We offer a special spiritual care named:

  • Our Treatment of Love click for more information.

• We are Family Advocates- Aloneness, Misconceptions and Feeling Overwhelmed are common experiences of family members supporting their loved ones with mental illness. We realize the spiritual needs of these holy people and the gap that exists in our Church to address the needs of families who suffer with mental illness. Through our support groups we strive to provide, Hope, Healing and Comfort. - scroll down 

Timothy visits his brother Scott

at a state psychiatric hospital- (Scott was hospitalized for 50 years.)

"May we start a new spiritual movement of prayer and support for those with brain disorders and all types of mental and emotional illnesses".

Timothy Duff, STM, Board Certified Chaplain (Guardian/ Co Founder)

What are our spiritual support Groups? "MMOMI"

(TO JOIN US: VISIT SUPPORT GROUP PAGE BY CLICKING ON THE ICON OF MMOMI)

Named after - The Merciful Mother of the mentally ill

(Currently We are Re-establishing all of our groups over the Zoom Platfrom- Planning a re-start Spring 2024)

• Our groups are not therapy - Spiritual support groups are different from therapy groups.

• Our groups offer the sacred space to share and speak about our relationship with God.

  • We learn from reflecting on our spiritual experiences in light of the teachings of the Catholic Church.

• We don’t prescribe a certain diagnosis or treatment plan.

  • Instead, we encourage a focus on spirituality as a means to find meaning, hope and comfort.

• We invite anyone to attend who is searching for a way to be at peace with God

  • while having an illness themselves or experiencing a family member or friend with a brain disorder or mental illness.

• We are Catholic and ecumenical.

  • We welcome everyone

• Each Group embodies Prayer, Education and Advocacy

A Sample Agenda

Prayer Time in Adoration: Reflections on our patron’s life - 15 min.

“Under Her Mantle”: Our monthly bulletin - 5 min.

Supporting one another: Become people with three hearts - 30 min.

Reflection on Catholic Teaching:

Compassion & Understanding - 20 min.

Time of Compassion: Our educational piece - 15 min.

Advocacy: Voice for the voiceless - 5 min.

Question and Answers:

Close with chaplet prayer:

Total: 1 to 1½ Hours

INFORMATION ON HOW TO JOIN THE MMOMI SUPPORT GROUP

"Listen to Jesus Saying to you, I LOOKED FOR SOMEONE TO COMFORT ME AND I FOUND ONE."

St. Teresa of Calcutta's letter to our Guild

• Join us: Become the "ONE COMFORT" to Jesus Suffering in those with mental illness

"Our comfort is not in this world. God afflicts us because he loves us; and it is very pleasing to Him, when in our afflictions he sees us abandon ourselves to his paternal care."

Saint Benedict Joseph Labre (1748-1783)

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News - Spring 2024

• We Pray the Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe

• Cardinal Burke's 9 Month Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe  Click text: CardinalBurke.com below to join novena and watch the first video reflection 

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• Bishop Robert Barron from Word on Fire addresses the current mental health crisis

• Confession a place of Victory

• PRAY WITH US THIS LENT

• Currently 4 Opportunities to pray with us- Click Here and see the list on my blog

• Stations of the Cross for Persons with Mental Illness and their Family and Friends- Lenten Friday's on Zoom or by Phone- Click to be taken to blog for a Link to join us-Fridays at 3PM ET

• 2024 Newsletter Now Under Construction- Click Here and see my blog about it- Coming Soon

• Pray the Chaplet to the Merciful Mother - Sunday's on Zoom 7PM EST

• Click or Copy the Link to your browser to join us on Zoom

• • https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74664526825?pwd=bktoLa331DFjICJryYdPJjC49CFmZU.1

    Meeting ID: 746 6452 6825
    Passcode: N3J4P2

  • Click on Image to save the chaplet to your computer (pdf file)

• Join Cardinal's Burke's Nine month Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe- Starts in March

Cardinal Burke is calling upon all Catholics to join him in a significant Novena seeking Our Lady’s intercession. Our Lady has not forgotten her children: her care for us is as strong today as it was 500 years ago. Will you answer the call? (click image to watch his video)