Red Bird Ministries serves ordinary families who have been given an extraordinary cross to carry.
An organization that systematically guides individuals and couples through the complexity and trauma that happens with the loss of a child from pregnancy through adulthood.
Red Bird Ministries is growing.
Red Bird Families are at the heart of our ministry. Serving families of child loss is the greatest gift that the Lord has asked us to give. We are humbled and honored to walk with families through their loss and to sit with them in the sacredness of their grief. Your broken heart matters to us. Let us love you each step of the way.
Red Bird Ministries is a Non-Profit Catholic Grief Support Ministry
It is Catholic because of the critical role the Church’s Sacraments play in the healing process.
Red Bird Ministries (RBM) is a non-profit, pro-life, and pro-family, Catholic grief support ministry serving individuals and couples who have experienced the loss of a child from pregnancy through adulthood. We help ordinary families who have been given an extraordinary cross to carry.
The organization was formed to help people understand grief, how to navigate through it, and most crucially, how to begin the healing process. It is Catholic because of the critical role the Church’s Sacraments play in conjunction with the other disciplines in our approach.
How Ryan and Kelly’s personal journey propelled them to founding Red Bird
Ryan and Kelly Breaux gave birth to a set of twins in 2005, a son Talon and a daughter Emma Grace. Talon died after 15 days with Emma Grace joining her brother in Heaven three years later.
Their lives were propelled onto a personal journey of both discovery and recovery after battling a decade of darkness in their marriage.
By the grace of God, their marriage was saved. Through the Sacraments of the Catholic Church, the Breaux’s found healing and restoration. Ryan and Kelly felt called to help others navigate the pain and unexpected challenges that come from the loss of a child, and through their first divine vocation of parenthood, Red Bird Ministries was born.
Video and Editing done by Blake Bolgiano with Bolgiano Media.
Red Bird Ministries is the only ministry that systematically guides individuals and couples through the complexity and trauma that happens with the loss of a loved one.
Our approach consists of.
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Powerful
Storytelling
Sharing our stories is one of the most powerful means to teach, learn, and inspire our families on their journey.
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Multimedia
Approach
Our multimedia based program is developed to make connections between verbal and visual representations of content.
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One-on-One
Mentoring
Our one-to-one mentoring programs are designed to create and develop a strong support community.
Who do we serve
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Diocese or Parish
Red Bird Ministries provides local dioceses and church parishes with the tools, programs, systems, and resources to help families understand grief, how to navigate through it, and take practical measures to begin the healing process.
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Family
Red Bird Ministries helps parents of child loss from pregnancy through adulthood by providing community, offering online and in-person support, tools, and resources to find healing and restoration through the beautiful gifts of Our Mother Church.
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Advocate
Help us bring Red Bird to your diocese, parish, or family. Our hope is to provide local churches with the training, tools to existing or new grief support group programs that foster both parish connection and nurture authentic accompaniment for bereaved families.
All we need is love and a bit of fundraising!
Our 2023 Case For Support is a comprehensive review of Red Bird Ministries’ advancement since its inception. It also includes an overview of our many programs and resources as well as the financial needs of the ministry.
We invite you to take a look inside.
We invite you to make a donation to support our ministry.
Our supporters have been graciously carrying Red Bird Ministries through their time, talents and treasure. We are about to embark on a national outreach and need additional donations to help us to get to the finish line of the program production.
Become a monthly supporter or make an impactful one-time donation!
Text an amount to (337) 216-1200
The methodology was developed to help with the loss of a child by providing key insights into the nature of grief. As our grief support resources grow, we hope to provide other reaches to families of loss beyond parents of child loss.
How to get involved?
Become a friend of Red Bird by helping us reach families of child loss.
Help us bring Red Bird to your diocese, parish, or family. Our hope is to provide local churches with the training, tools to existing or new grief support group programs that foster both parish connection and nurture authentic accompaniment for bereaved families.
Ways to get involved:
Become a mentor to accompany our families through loss as an individual or companion couple.
Support our families in spiritual direction or through Catholic Counseling.
Share your testimony or words of wisdom as a podcast guest or through our blog.
Sign up to become a volunteer.
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Please browse our carefully curated merchandise and shop your little heart out in support. As a non-profit organization, Red Bird Ministries understands that as the world settles into a "new normal" and "in this economy?!", it is the right time to be looking for some inspiration to sustain our mission.
"Hiding In The Upper Room,” is a book that speaks to the heart of anyone who has experienced deep hurt, trauma or loss. Kelly’s story is heart-wrenching, beautiful and filled with hope. As she welcomes you into some of her most vulnerable moments, you find yourself taking a journey alongside of her, feeling her pain and leaning into the healing that comes with letting down walls and allowing God to relentlessly pursue the heart through the gifts and the grace found in the sacraments. This is truly a must read, especially for those who are hurting and in need of hope.
BOOK REVIEW by Michelle Hillaert author of
“Let Go of the Fear” book
In the Two Hearts Press released Kelly Breaux’s autobiography,
Hiding In the Upper Room
Our Impact Testimonials
"For 18 years, I never felt like I was going to be okay, and I told my husband when I walked out of the workshop that day, we are going to be okay."
— Parishioner of St. Pius X, Lafayette, LA
“My wife and I needed this workshop so much, thank you for opening up your hearts and sharing your loss with us.”
— Anonymous
“I thought that I was okay for a long time, but I realized after the workshop that I had stopped talking to God.”
— Parishioner at St. Bernard, Breaux Bridge, LA
“I have been sitting back and watching Red Bird this past year, and I think Red Bird is a sleeping giant in our Church.”
— Red Bird Volunteer Team Member
“It is part of the discipline of God to make His loved ones perfect through Trial and Suffering. Only by carrying the Cross can one reach the Resurrection.”
— Blessed Archbishop Fulton Sheen