Mental Health Ministry Growing in the United States

“I feel a closer walk with Jesus as I carry the cross of mental illness along with some of the most brilliant, charismatic, caring and compassionate people that I would not have had the pleasure to meet if this cross had been absent from my life,” says Marilee George from Scranton, Pennsylvania in the United States, as she reflects on what attending the mental health spiritual support group at her parish means to her. Spiritual support groups for people who live with mental health conditions and illnesses are an important part of the many mental health ministries now being offered by dioceses and parishes throughout the United States. For Marilee, and many others in parishes and dioceses across the United States, mental health spiritual support groups have helped them draw closer to God and to the other members in their parish groups. ...