Welcome-

Our Mission Statment- We Bring the Healing Love of Christ to our brothers and sisters who wear the "Crown of thorns" of mental and emotional suffering; we are their prayerful spiritual support. 

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We pray twice every weekday on Zoom

Friday's Dedicated to Mental Health

• Morning Prayer from the Divine Office - 9 AM Eastern Time

• • Followed by Litany to the Mercifcul Mother of the mentally ill and a blessing with the relic of St. Benedict Joseph Labre

  • Click Here to be taken to Zoom Prayer Meeting

  • Link for those who need it: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89606510938?pwd=TXABUHD66DDz9mTOFFoZ1AzSFhOmXT.1
  • Meeting ID: 896 0651 0938
  • Passcode: 148467

• Evening Prayer from the Divine Office-  5 PM Eastern Time

• • Followed by a blessing with the relic of St Benedict Joseph Labre

  • Click Here to be taken to Zoom Prayer Meeting

  • Link for those who need it: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85480478973?pwd=K9TW1RkcOA2k1rza4QTUlLqF8KwFOn.1 

  • Meeting ID: 854 8047 8973

  • Passcode: 127712

• Friday's Dedicated to Mental Health

New Update for 2025

Our Offical Ministry- MMOMI Support Groups

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

Zoom meeting 

Meeting ID: 854 8047 8973
Passcode: 127712  

To Join Click Zoom Meeting Link
us06web.zoom.us/j/85480478973?pwd=K9TW1RkcOA2k1rza4QTUlLqF8KwFOn.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

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We provide spiritual and emotional support:

Prayer, Education and Advocacy

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• 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 all of our groups are over the Zoom Platfrom)

• 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

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

  Confession a place of Victory