Abortion Healing Ministry

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Are you feeling the heavy weight of shame, guilt, or isolation?

Grief for the children lost. The inability to forgive yourself or others. Unworthy to receive forgiveness, help or love from God or the Church. At the time, abortion may have seemed like the only answer. Pressure may have come from everywhere and support from almost nowhere. It was legal. It seemed sensible. But now it hurts. This pain comes in part from unresolved grief and loss. Abortion can cause physical, emotional, mental and spiritual wounds. These wounds can be healed. 

You are not alone.

In Christ, There Is Always Hope.

While the Catholic Church is against abortion, we as a Church value all life, including yours. We also stand FOR the wounded, offering Jesus’ love, understanding, and forgiveness to all who suffer abortion trauma, Catholics and non-Catholics alike.

Please contact us for healing or support if you:

• Lost a child to abortion
• Are a parent, grandparent, sibling or friend of someone who has
• Have been impacted by abortion in a personal way  
  
  

Begin your healing journey today 

About Your Healing Journey & Opportunities for Healing:

Just as every person is unique so is each healing journey, The Abortion Healing Ministry (AHM) of the Archdiocese of St. Louis offers many different resource to help you. Our trained, compassionate team will meet you where you are at with the confidential care you need every step of the way.

Our integrated approach to healing combines spiritual, emotional, and psychological support through:  

Begin your healing journey today!

Contact us:
Abortion Healing Ministry, Archdiocese of St. Louis
Confidential Hopeline: (call/text): 314.778.0628
Confidential email: hopehealing@archstl.org

Testimonies of Hope, Healing and New Beginnings 

“There was a hole in my soul that could only be filled with God… At my one-day retreat, I thought I was sitting in a room with other women. I really was sitting in a room with Him, loving me and welcoming me home. I have found peace and forgiveness and mental wellness… I know that my child is with God. I know that my living children and my husband and I are also with God. We are all together today, in God’s hands.” - Brenda

“Being wounded by an abortion in our teens, we went through decades of silence, deep pain, and regret. But God wasn’t done with our story. Our healing began when we attended a retreat and sought His forgiveness. We prayed together about our aborted son and named him Ryan Paul. Now we minister together to help other men and women wounded by abortion to find the same healing we did in Jesus Christ.” - Chuck & Linda

“It took me months to muster up the nerve to call…The voice on the other end was full of hope. My journey of healing began that day. Project Rachel literally lit the path for me. …the warmth of God’s love engulfed me. I was able to connect with other women who knew the despair that I knew, and we were able to experience the joy of receiving the gifts of hope and healing together...I will always regret my decision, but it no longer defines who I am. – Abby 

Watch video testimony of hope and healing here. 

Hope After Abortion Additional Resources 

Hope After Abortion
The Abortion Healing Ministry follows the model of Project Rachel, the U.S Catholic Church’s abortion healing ministry. It is a diocesan-based network of specially trained priests, religious, therapists, and laypersons who provide a team response of care for those suffering in the aftermath of abortion. In addition to referring for Sacramental Reconciliation, the ministry provides an integrated network of services, including pastoral counseling, spiritual direction, support groups, retreats, and referrals to licensed mental health professionals. 

Catholic Renewal Center
The AHM offers one-on-one spiritual direction and healing prayer through the Catholic Renewal Center of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. The Catholic Renewal Center facilitates the awakening of the Holy Spirit in our lives through prayer, conferences, spiritual direction, Life in the Spirit seminars, teaching, retreats; witnessing to the spiritual gifts that come from surrendering to the Holy Spirit. These spiritual gifts are for the building up of the Church bringing forth wholeness for the Body of Christ.  

Support After Abortion
The AHM is a part of the Support After Abortion healing network as well, which exists to see the world restored from the impact of abortion by ending the demand for abortion through healing people impacted by abortion. Support After Abortion's innovative, research-centered, options-based model gives everyone, regardless of their circumstances or barriers, an opportunity to live the life they were created for by breaking free from guilt, shame, and condemnation. What began as a grassroots project in 2018 quickly evolved into a national innovative and influential healing network.

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¿Sientes el peso de la vergüenza, la culpa o el aislamiento?

Duelo por los niños perdidos. La incapacidad de perdonarte a ti misma o a los demás. Indigna de recibir perdón, ayuda o amor de Dios o de la Iglesia. En aquel momento, el aborto pudo parecer la única solución. La presión puede haber venido de todas partes y el apoyo casi de la nada. Era legal. Parecía sensato. Pero ahora duele. Este dolor proviene en parte de un duelo y una pérdida no resueltos. El aborto puede causar heridas físicas, emocionales, mentales y espirituales. Estas heridas pueden curarse.

No estás sola.

En Cristo, siempre hay esperanza.

Por favor, contacta con nosotros para sanación o apoyo si:

Comienza tu camino de sanación hoy mismo 

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 Oportunidades de sanación: 

• Grupo de Apoyo Espiritual para Hombres:

  • Contáctanos para más información

 ¡Comienza tu proceso de sanación hoy mismo!

Contáctanos:
Ministerio de Sanación del Aborto, Arquidiócesis de St. Louis

Línea confidencial de esperanza: (llamada/mensaje): 314.792.7645
Correo electrónico confidencial: hopehealing@archstl.org