May is Mental Health Awareness Month

A mental illness is a condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling, behavior or mood. These conditions deeply impact day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others. If you have — or think you might have — a mental illness, the first thing you must know is that you are not alone. For a list of Catholic mental health therapists, visit
https://www.archindy.org/marriageandfamily/therapists.html

Mental Health Awareness Month:  May 1-May 31

May is Mental Health Awareness Month as well as the feast day of St. Dymphna, the patron saint of those with mental illnesses. To help bring awareness to the pervasiveness of mental illness in our society, please join Catholic Charities- Social Concerns in a month long walking challenge to nourish both our mental and spiritual health.

The Challenge: Each day in the month of May, take a walk as an offering for the daily mental-health intention that is listed on the Walking In Hope Calendar. Whether you pray a Rosary or a Divine Mercy Chaplet, or simply lift up in prayer those specific names that have been placed on your heart of individuals or families who are struggling with the disease of mental illness, your prayers will bring healing to others. Feel free to invite others to walk with you on your journey. Share your experience and a picture on Facebook. Don't forget to tag Catholic Charities - Social Concerns. Just know that you are not alone on your journey to better mental, spiritual, emotional and physical health.

Download Walking In Hope Daily Offerings for Healing HERE. 
 

More info about Catholic Charities Bloomington and Catholic Charities Indianapolis 

 

Catholic Social Teaching and the Saints

May 2022 - St. Dymphna, Patron Saint of those Suffering from a Mental Illness. (Learn more about her)

 
Catholic Social Teaching principals:  

  • Life and Dignity of the Human Person
  • Option for the Poor and Vulnerable

Download how you can Pray, Learn, and Act with St. Dymphna

 

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