Finding Support Through Grief

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee has released a directory of parish and community grief support programs to assist individuals and families navigating loss. The resources include various groups that meet either on a regular schedule or at specific times throughout the year.

In Fond du Lac County, Holy Family Parish offers a GriefShare group through Mary Denzin at 920-579-2788. SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital hosts a grief support group on Tuesdays from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. and can be reached at 920-926-4221.

Kenosha County programs at the Piasecki-Althaus Family Services Center include a grief support group on the first and third Saturdays from 9 to 11 a.m., contact Judy Francois at 262-654-0937. A survivors of suicide support group meets the first and third Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m., contact Debbie Rueber at 262-605-6722. The St. Alphonsus Bereavement Committee holds Grief Is Love Remembering meetings on the last Thursday of the month at St. John the Evangelist in Twin Lakes from 10 to 11:30 a.m., or at St. Alphonsus School in New Munster from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Contact Julie Seegers at 262-537-8087.