May is Mental Health Awareness Month. During this time, let us remember to pray for those suffer from mental health concerns. Below are some resources to help families and communities to understand mental illness and support mental health.
- Novena for Mental Health
- Healing and Hope: A Catholic Response to Mental Health – A roundtable discussion reflecting on the needs facing individuals and families, the importance of removing stigma, the role of pastors and parish communities, and the call for the Church to accompany those who suffer.
- USCCB National Mental Health Campaign Resources
- Mental Health and Spiritual Life Resources for Catholic faith communities
- Prayer for Mental Health Ministry in the Church
- Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers
- Welcomed and Valued:Building Communities of Support and Hope with People with Mental Illness and Their Families: Resource from the National Catholic Partnership on Disability
- Hope and Healing – Pastoral Letter from the Bishops of California on Caring for those who Suffer from Mental Illness, May 2018