The death of any loved one is a traumatic and complicated experience. There is a unique impact however of losing a child. Red Bird Ministries mission is to serve those who are suffering from loss.
Our Mission
Red Bird Ministries exists to help parents address the profound healing that needs to happen while also honoring the memory of the child throughout their grief journey.
Red Bird Ministries is mission-driven to touch an area of grief that no other ministry has done so far - by creating a Catholic grief support program exclusively for parents who have experienced the unthinkable, the loss of their child.
Our Vision
To partner, equip and train dioceses and parishes to provide the tools and resources needed to support families who have experienced the loss of a child from pregnancy through adulthood.
Red Bird Ministries is seeking to touch an area of grief that no other ministry has done so far - in creating a program exclusively for parents who have experienced the unthinkable, the loss of their child.
Red Bird Ministries is a 501(c)3 organization, your gift may be tax deductible.
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What’s the story with the name Red Bird?
A local musician group, friends of the Breaux family, Sweet Cecilia, wrote a song to remember five loved ones who had died and deeply touched their lives. The name of the song is called The Red Bird Flies. After listening to the song and being deeply touched, it inspired us always to remember our loved ones when we see the Red Bird fly. Hence the name and mission of Red Bird took flight, and in 2018 we named the ministry Red Bird Ministries.
St. Theresa of Calcutta
Our Patron Saint
St. Mother Teresa Patroness of Red Bird Ministries, pray for us.
It is often said that certain saints have a way of finding us, especially during special times in our lives. That was the case for Red Bird Ministries, through St. Teresa of Calcutta we found the passion and inspiration to serve those who are suffering, specifically through the loss of a child.
September 10, 2006
On September 10, 2006, we baptized our daughter, Emma Grace Breaux. She died exactly three years later on September 10, 2009, joining her twin brother, Talon, in heaven whom we lost at fifteen days old. These events changed our life. Through our suffering, our first divine vocation of parenthood gave birth to Red Bird Ministries. Through personally experiencing the loss of a child and through our own suffering, we share in this same thirst of bringing those who suffer back to the light and to the Lord. Therefore, we look to Mother Teresa (patroness of Red Bird Ministries) for passion and inspiration to serve those who are suffering, specifically through the loss of a child.
September 10, 1946
On September 10, 1946, Mother Teresa, boarded a train while heading to her annual retreat. Upon leaving Calcutta, she heard the voice of God inspiring her to begin a mission of charity, known as her “call within the call.” On that day, Jesus’ love and thirst for souls took hold of her heart, and the desire to satiate His thirst became the driving force of her life.
Mother Teresa then adopted a fourth vow stating: “Chastity, Poverty, and Obedience. I would like to include a fourth vow. To give hope to those who have lost it, and to recognize the face of the Lord in those who suffer. This is our vocation.”
“On August 15, 1982, in Beirut, Mother Theresa of Calcutta saved a group of children in an orphanage in the middle of the war. While discussing the evacuation plan, the leaders of the Church, tried to talk her out of this dangerous mission saying “the risk is too great.” Mother Theresa said “it is not an idea. I believe it is our duty” as the Church to respond to this great need with the words “all for Jesus.”
“I always feel like this, many years back when I picked up the first person, If I didn’t do it that time, I would have never picked up 42,000. In Calcutta, 42,000 from the streets. So I think one, one at a time.”
— Saint Teresa of Calcutta”