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Orange County ChapterCreating a culture of encounter, spiritual support, and care for persons with mental health conditions -
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If you have mental health emergency, please call 911. If you are looking for resources for mental health in Orange County, please see our resources pages in English or Spanish or contact your health insurance company.
If you do not have health insurance and live in Orange County, please contact OC Links at 855-625-4627.
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Calendar
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Sunday, October 21st and 3rd Sundays of the month, 6:30pm EST For zoom links write to [email protected]Read More
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Sunday, October 2, 3:00 PM - 5:30 PMat St. Catherine of Siena, 1647 Kingsley Ave., Orange Park NAMI Family-to-Family is a free, 8 session educational program for family, significant others and friends of people living with mental illness. Learn more.Read More
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Saturday, October 8, 3:30 PM2nd and 4th Saturdays at 3:30pm, at 307 S Royal St., Alexandria, VA, 22314Read More
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Sunday, October 9, 3:00 PM - 5:30 PMat St. Catherine of Siena, 1647 Kingsley Ave., Orange Park NAMI Family-to-Family is a free, 8 session educational program for family, significant others and friends of people living with mental illness. Learn more.Read More
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Tuesday, October 11, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM2nd and 4th Tuesday every month 6:30-8:00, McGowan Hall Room E The purpose of the support group is to provide a safe and spiritually nourishing environment where we can share our story and struggles, to give and receive comfort and encouragement, and to receive God's perspective and peace.Read More
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Parishes with a Mental Health Ministry
Anaheim St. Anthony Claret Anaheim St. Boniface Cypress St. Irenaeus VISIT WEBSITE Costa Mesa St. Joachim VISIT WEBSITE Dana Point St. Edward the Confessor Lake Forest Santiago de Compostela VISIT WEBSITE Mission Viejo St. Kilian VISIT WEBSITE Newport Beach Our Lady Queen of Angels VISIT WEBSITE San Clemente Our Lady of Fatima Westminster Holy Spirit, Fountain Valley & Blessed Sacrament Yorba Linda St. Martin de Porres VISIT WEBSITE
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News
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Host Deacon Steve Greco and Fr. Steve discuss the important topic of mental health, with an emphasis on depression.Read More
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Host Rick Howick interviews guests on a variety of topics. Our guest today is someone who has been on the frontlines in helping people during these times of the coronavirus pandemic.Read More
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Between a deadly pandemic, economic uncertainty and civil unrest, many parishioners find themselves stressed and stretched, turning to their faith for guidance amid an uncertain future. Fortunately, the Diocese of Orange and its parishes are here to help.Read More
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The Diocese of Orange California is Doing More to Help the Mentally Ill During these Stressful TimesIf you fell off a ladder and broke your arm, you’d seek immediate medical assistance. Suppose, however, that your mind was broken. Would you ask for help? Given the social stigma that views mental illness as some sort of personal weakness, you might be reluctant to reach out – even if your life depended on it. Sadly, mental illness continues to remain largely hidden from our collective awareness. The result: thousands of people here in Orange County – those struggling with mental disorders and their loved ones – are suffering because of it.Read More
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Resources
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Resiliency in Times of Crisis - Free expert training for clergy and pastoral ministers
SLIconnect is the education ministry of Saint Luke Institute.Ongoing formation is the foundation for healthy ministry. SLIconnect offers resources for Catholic clergy, religious and lay leadership designed by experts in psychological and spiritual health. During COVID-19 they have offered the following trainings for free, available here.
- Making Meaning: Resilient Responses to Trauma
- Spiritual Growth in Times of Crisis
- Managing Interpersonal Tensions
- Finding Meaning in Challenging Times
- Finding Your Inner Contemplative
- Keys to Psychological Stability
- Transformative Grief
- Participating in the Sacraments during Social Distancing
- Building Resilience to Beat Burnout
- Managing Coronavirus Anxiety
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New Hope Crisis Hotline
New Hope Crisis Hotline provides telephone intervention and telephone suicide prevention counseling. Trained crisis workers provide peer counseling to those who are struggling to cope with day to day life. Services are free, and are available 24 hours a day/7 days a week.
Call 714-New Hope or 714-639-4673.
If you want to be trained as a volunteer, contact Dr. Louise Dunn at [email protected]
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About Us
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We are lay ministers who are there to be a good listener and to help each other get to mental health resources and care when we need it. We know there is hope for healing in mental health.
Reaching out to those who are trying to hide their mental health condition or to those who live on the margins is part of our call to evangelization and it strengthens our faith. Mental illness is diagnosed individually, but its prevention and reducing its pain are in the hands of the community. Jesus calls us to love one another as he has loved us. We see our ministry as a pathway for the laity to learn better how to love one another—even when suffering seems unspeakable. We also believe this ministry will allow people to be truly seen and known as beloved children of God who belong and have a purpose.
We are a chapter of the Association of Mental Health Ministers made up of faithful Catholics who live within the boundaries of the Diocese of Orange in California.
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