February 28, 2025

Marriage and Family Life Supplement

Office of Marriage and Family Life website offers miscarriage resources

By Natalie Hoefer

The website for the archdiocesan Office of Marriage and Family Life offers several miscarriage-related resources at marriageandfamily.archindy.org/miscarriage.

Such resources include a link to Covenant Resources Miscarriage Ministry (see related article); a link to an at-home delivery guide for parents who learn their pregnancy will end in miscarriage; information about an in-person support group at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis for miscarriage and loss of a child 12 months or younger; a link to a list of local natural family planning instructors, and more.

The page also includes a list of parishes in the archdiocese that have offered—and might still offer—a memorial Mass for miscarriage and child loss. The list includes:

  • All Saints Parish, Dearborn County
  • St. Joan of Arc Parish, Indianapolis
  • St. Mary Parish, Greensburg
  • St. Mary Parish, Indianapolis

Any parish can plan a such a Mass. Contact the parishes above to learn about the liturgy they prepared and promotional materials they used, or contact the Office of Marriage and Family Life at 317-592-4007for planning support and help promoting. †

 

Related story: Greensburg couple says miscarriage ministry ‘has definitely been God’s doing’

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