Office of Marriage & Family Life Ministry - Diocese of San Bernardino

Catholic Divorce Ministry

Ministerio de separados y divorciados Católicos

RESOURCES:

Journey of Hope

RESOURCES:

FOR YOUR MARRIAGE

"IT IS A MATTER OF REACHING OUT TO EVERYONE, OF NEEDING TO HELP EACH PERSON FIND HIS OR HER PROPER WAY OF PARTICIPATING IN THE ECCLESIAL COMMUNITY AND THUS TO EXPERIENCE BEING TOUCHED BY AN ´UNMERITED, UNCONDITIONAL AND GRATUITOUS´ MERCY'.”

-POPE FRANCIS, AMORIS LAETITIA #297

MISSION:

The Catholic Divorce Ministry, serving under the Office of Marriage and Family Life Ministry, seeks to expand and support ministry programs that will embrace families in transition due to divorce or separation. We will offer a spiritual and emotional path to healing through education and support to those in need of comfort and hope. Working in collaboration with clergy, parish, and lay/peer leadership, we will train facilitators, promote awareness, and offer resources for parish-based groups.

VISION:

Provide guidance and support to parish ministries for separated and divorced to make individuals feel welcomed and loved in the church community.

You’re not alone on the path to healing

DivorceCare is here to help.

This group will be meeting online. Please register or contact the group contact person for more information.

If you are interested or have any further questions, please contact Jerry Pyne msajtp@yahoo.com 714-309-2414, or Susana Castellon susgaby2@gmail.com .

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Registration and More Information

Heartbreak to Hope…Coping with Life Alone

A 10-Week Program for Those Grieving the Loss of a Spousal Relationship

(Being held both online and in person)

September 22nd through November 24th from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

St. Joseph’s Parish in Placentia

The cost is $25.00 per person for the workbook and materials

Please go to www.stjosephplacentia.org to register

or call Carol at 714 528-1487 Ext 221 for more information

Website Link: https://stjosephplacentia.org/heartbreak-to-hope

Adult ministry: https://stjosephplacentia.org/adult-ministry

The Beginning Experience® Weekend is a structured program for people who have suffered the loss of a spousal relationship through death, divorce or separation.

Trained facilitators accompany the participants, as peers, inviting them to take steps towards a brighter, more hopeful future after the pain of loss.

Beginning Experience International Ministry, Inc. (BEIM) offers various copyrighted grief programs and is recognized by the Office of Marriage and Family Life for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

See beginningexperience.org for team locations & programs in the US.

Download Video: Promo Beginning Experience (B.E.)

NEXT BEGINNING EXPERIENCE WEEKEND:

Pro Sanctity Spirituality Center in Fullerton, Oct. 9 - 11, 2026

If you are ready to move through your feelings of grief, into the light of a new beginning and hope, this weekend may be for you.

For more information please contact:

Kim at (714) 336-3221 or Melissa (bilingual, Spanish) at (949) 697-3352

Early registration is encouraged.