The Archdiocese of St. Paul -Minneapolis
Red Bird Ministries has created a page to help bring together support and resources offered in your local Chapter
Chapter Advocate: Therese Drey
Support Offerings
Local Support
To connect with your local Red Bird community, please fill out the contact form above to get in touch with your local leader. While you are waiting, you can visit our digital resources page for immediate support.
Red Bird Virtual Support
If you desire support from the Red Bird team, please register your family for support below. Elizabeth Leon, our director of family support, will customize your support options to fit your needs.
Events Calendar
Stay up to date with our support offerings by visiting our events calendar. Local and national events will be posted as leaders make the details available to our team.
Local Support Services
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Some cemeteries in our Archdiocese offer free burials for babies who have died before birth.
Funeral Homes: Some provide free services, but you must make a request by phone.
The Gone Too Soon Programprovides weatherproof pictures for headstones at much lower prices than those charged by cemeteries.
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https://www.catholictherapists.com/minnesota/saint-paul
Novare Counseling
871 Jefferson Ave
St Paul, MN 55102
https://novarecounseling.com/Kathleen Massmann at Healing Moments Counseling specializes in infant and child loss.
Find Catholic psychological support through the Catholic Psych Institute.
Explore a national spiritual direction resource here.
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Local resources for pregnancy loss:
https://starlegacyfoundation.org/mncsid/
General National Resources available to MN families:
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Listen to Fr. Peter Hughes’ homily on prayer in grief from St. Bonifaces’ Mass of Remembrance.
Updates on the Red Bird support offerings available at St. Boniface can be found on their parish website here.
Subscribe to Formed, a Catholic media resource, to listen to the following reflections and teachings on grief:
https://watch.formed.org/grieving-with-great-hope
Chapter Leaders
Each chapter has a group of leaders to assist in implementing and facilitating Red Bird Ministries grief support programs.
Scroll to find and connect with your local leader.
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Therese Drey
Saint Bonifacius
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Rosemary Vos
Saint Bonifacius
Upcoming events
