Entries for July 2023

Why Should We Meditate on the Seven Sorrows of Mary? Image: St. Anthony's Messenger September 2017  Hello Everyone, I am in the process of developing a series of blogs on the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady. I have just finished writing the new meditations on this devotion and how we can receive support for mental illness....

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          Saints who battled mental illness Meg Hunter-Kilmer - published on 05/16/20 - updated on 10/10/21   Those who suffer aren’t in any way less holy than those who don’t. With the stigma surrounding mental illness, many Christians feel quite sur...

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Our Guild's Spiritual Advocacy- Embrace those with Mental Illness- No Euthanasia!   When I left the seminary in the early nineties, I spent almost an entire year writing hundreds of letters to religious communites asking to join me in Spiritual Advocacy praying for those with mental illness and advocating for them ...

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 Pope Francis Shares His Concerns Regarding Euthanasia Let us join with Pope Francis in raising concern about Euthanasia.  It has affected my life and in particular my brother Scott. In fact,  this was how our Apostolate came about in 1996. Have you read our story lately? Go to the About Us page on our website for a...

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Recent Rise of Euthanasia in Holland for People Living With Disabilites  As I was searching the internet today, I saw two articles on Aleteia I thought might be relevant for us as advocates for those with mental disabilities which includes mental illness. These are very concerning times we live in. We need to step up our a...

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Pray- the Chaplet to the Merciful Mother for those with mental illness- Starts Sunday July 16th- 7PM EST Hello Everyone, I am going to start praying the Merciful Mother of the mentally ill (MMOMI) Click image to be taken to home page and scroll down to save a copy 0f the chaplet to your computer     &nbs...

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Have I Failed?- I Don't Think So- God's Taking Care of this Apostolate I am going to share my honest feelings.  Over the years, I have often struggle with asking myself if I have done the right things with the Guild. People have come and gone asking me why not do fund raisiing or get involved with this or that ministry and...

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Happy Fourth of July, Hello Everyone,  Happy Fourth July,  its been hard for me as you all know, but I am still going to remain on the Apostolate as long as I can. I am asking for your help going forward.  I am happy to say that I am still here and I do intend to carry on as I have said. If we are to st...

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