Bereavement

Throughout the year, St. Jude and other area churches offer multiple bereavement (often known as "grief") support groups. These groups meet in an environment of confidentiality, trust, and safety.   Please contact Patti Collins at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 317-786-4371 for more details.

 

Additional Resources 

St. Vincent Hospice Grief Care

For more information about St. Vincent bereavement services, call 317-982-3573 or toll-free 888-780-7284. 

To subscribe to the St. Vincent Ascension at Home Bereavement Newsletter, The Road to Healing,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Sarah Merritt, or call 317-982-3573.

Crisis, Grief and Healing 

Webhealing.com, the first interactive grief website on the internet, offers discussion boards, articles, book suggestions, and advice for men and women working through every aspect of grief. The site’s founder, Tom Golden LCSW, has provided book excerpts and contact information to help those healing from loss.

Willowgreen   

Willowgreen offers support and information for those dealing with life transition & aging, illness & caregiving, loss & grief, and hope & spirituality.  The site offers advice, products, and inspirational materials.

Grief and Loss   

The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) website contains a Grief & Loss section with grief-related articles and information.

Growth House  

Growth House is an award-winning website that offers international resources for life-threatening illnesses and end of life care. The site features hypertext topic pages that explain major issues across the spectrum of hospice and home care, palliative care, pain management, grief, death with dignity, and quality improvement. It also offers disease-specific guides, an online bookstore, and even their own radio station.

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization   

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s website provides a host of information and resources for people facing a life-limiting illness or injury and their caregivers.

 

Free Support Groups & Workshops

Free support groups and workshops provide education and a supportive environment to learn how to address the negative aspects of stress and common responses to grief. Contact St. Vincent Hospice to learn more about these programs and events.

  • The Road to Healing is a six-week support group for those who have experienced a loss through death
  • A Daughter's Grief is a six-week support group for women who have experienced the loss of their mothers through death.
  • Safe Haven is group for parents who have experienced the death of a child.
  • Widow/widower Group is for men and women who have lost a spouse.
  • Grief 101: When Grief is New provides support for anyone who is grieving the loss of a loved one.
  • Grief Through the Lens of Love - A Six Week Photography and Gallery Night Program
  • A Mother's Day Tea - Daughters remembering their Mothers before Mother's Day
  • The Empty Chair - A Holiday Grief Support Workshop
  • Finding Your Way - Support Series for Loss of A Younger Spouse
  • I AM the Legacy - Seminars for Loss of A Parent
  • Mind-Body-Spirit Workshop - Toward the Healing of Grief: A summer workshop to enhance understanding of physical health, spiritual practice, and mindfulness

 

Support Groups for Loss: Community Health

In-Person Groups (6-Week)

In-person support groups now available! Groups run for six consecutive weeks. Groups are free, but registration is required (maximum 8 participants per group). To register, please call 317-621-4646 or email Julie at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Loss of Spouse

Loss of Parent

 

Virtual Groups

Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 317-621-4646 if you would like to schedule an individual virtual counseling session with a grief counselor. Remember, all our bereavement support is FREE. Our virtual support groups are safe, confidential, and open to anyone in the community. Please see the virtual schedule below. Click the JOIN link to attend the meeting when it's time.

Loss of Sibling - Coming August 2023

  • First Monday of the month, 6:30 to 8 p.m. - JOIN

Loss of Spouse or Significant Other; Widow/widower

  • Tuesdays, 1 to 3 p.m. - JOIN

Loss of Parent

  • Thursdays, 6 to 8 p.m. - JOIN

Loss of Adult Child

  • Fridays, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. - JOIN



 

St. Francis Grief Care

Please contact for information about classes:

Karla Riggs Norton, MATS, MACC
Franciscan Bereavement Coordinator and
FranciscanCaregivers Support Group
8414 Franciscan Lane
Indianapolis, Indiana  46237
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Direct office:  317-528-2636

 

Children’s Grief Support

Brooke's Place

8935 North Meridian Street, Suite 200
Indianapolis, IN 46260
317-705-9650

Transforming Grief to Hope at Brooke's Place: 

The death of someone you love can be one of the most difficult experiences of your life. When a child experiences the death of someone significant, his or her feelings and thoughts may become confusing and overwhelming. Brooke’s Place provides an environment where children and their families have the opportunity to share their story and begin to heal. 

Children, teens, young adults, and their families living with grief feel supported and understood. 

Children and teens grieve differently than adults. A 5-year-old boy can only grieve with his 5 years of experience in life. The same is true for a 15-year-old grieving girl. She now has to manage teenage life, while also deeply grieving her loved one. In the long term, unrecognized or unreconciled grief may negatively impact a child as he or she enters adulthood.

Designed to Provide Hope

At Brooke’s Place, children learn to honor and cherish the loved ones that they carry in their heart. Through peer support groups and therapy services (individual/family counseling), children learn they are not alone. Together, they learn to recognize, express and embrace their thoughts, questions and feelings about grief and loss. We provide caring programs to support grieving children and their families in a safe and confidential atmosphere. Learn more about our Grief Support Group Program,  Therapy Services,  BP-8 Program and Camp Healing Tree.

 

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