St. Gabriel's Grief Support Ministry offers a variety of support groups, including an English-language General Bereavement Support Group, a Spanish-language General Bereavement Support Group, and a support group uniquely for those who have lost a loved one to suicide ("When A Loved One Dies by Suicide" support group).  These groups are limited in size and require pre-registration.

We also offer monthly, beginning Thursday, May 15, 2025, a once-monthly drop-in group, that does not require pre-registration, open to anyone who is grieving the death of a loved one, whether recent or some time in the past.  While this drop-in group was first conceptualized for those who wanted more after their 8 or 10-week support group finished, we also welcome anyone who has NOT been through one of our support groups but wants occasional support on their grief journey.  You can attend once or attend regularly. This Grief Support Gathering, to be held on the THIRD THURSDAY of each month, will be mostly social in nature, to accompany and be accompanied by others going through a grief journey themselves.  It is intended to be a safe space to share.  Each meeting will open with a prayer and scripture reflection, followed by 10 to 15 minutes of education on a grief topic to start discussion.  Afterwards, our hope is that participants make connections among themselves and find understanding and hope on their shared journey.  Grief support facilitators will be present.

St. Gabriel’s 10-week Grief Support English and Spanish Groups for the bereaved uses various video programs to initiate discussions on different experiences topics grievers encounter in their healing journey after the death of a loved one.   Each 90-minute Grief Support Group meeting begins and ends with prayer and includes a Scripture Reading & Reflection from the Bible that deals with grief.  The intention of the facilitators is to gently walk participants on a path where healing begins, hope is renewed, and love endures.  In the discussion segment of each meeting, participants are free to share their experiences or to say nothing at all. No one is asked to share if they do not want to. We also offer supplemental materials for use outside the group, including a list of books, articles, and other information for those in grief.  Each 10-week Grief Support Group is limited in size to 12 participants. Spouses are considered as one.  Groups are kept small so that the members are comfortable sharing their stories with a smaller group whose bonds with one another are strengthened over the course of the ten weeks.

All St. Gabriel’s Grief Support Groups are to be regarded by all participants as “sacred spaces” where no one reveals anything shared within the group outside of the group.  These Grief Support Groups are intended for adults 18 and older.  The groups are open to all,  regardless of parish or religious affiliation; advance registration is required because of the limited size of each group. If you are interested in joining a future group, please contact Linda at [email protected].  

SPANISH-LANGUAGE GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP, 10-week support groups to be held Thursday evenings from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.  Please phone the St. Gabriel office at 719-528-8407 for more information or email [email protected]  AUTUMN 2025 SCHEDULE BELOW

"WHEN A LOVED ONE DIES BY SUICIDE" SUPPORT GROUP, for those who have experienced the suicide of a loved one, 8 weeks on Tuesday evenings from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.  Please contact Linda at [email protected] or at 719-528-8407 for more information.  AUTUMN 2025 SCHEDULE BELOW.

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Contact

Linda Popolano
  [email protected]
  719-528-8407