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Are you suffering the loss of a loved one due to homicide? If so, the Office of Restorative Justice invites you to a monthly healing circle support group.
The Office of Restorative Justice
People who have lost a loved one to homicide often live in isolation and overwhelming grief. The immensity of such emotional suffering can seem unbearable, leaving them feeling alone or abandoned, including within our church. The Office of Restorative Justice seeks to help heal the relational harm caused by crime and violence that includes providing caring support for those suffering such a tragic loss.
If you are suffering the loss of a loved one due to homicide, the Office of Restorative Justice invites you to a monthly healing circle support group in a safe and caring environment. gatherings are temporarily virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic until we are allowed to resume meeting again in person.
For more information, contact Office of Restorative Justice Director Fred LaPuzza at (714) 282-4261 or via email. You can also contact Anne Buchanan at (714) 393-4389 or by emailing her.
The department is offering free U.S. immigration services and consultations for a variety of needs, including citizenship applications, green cards, petitions for alien relatives and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) renewals.
Please contact their offices at (714) 347-9610 or email ccocimmigration@ccoc.org for additional information.
Click Here for a complete list of their services in English and Spanish.
Hope & Healing After Abortion
Hope & Healing After Abortion
This ministry provides emotional, spiritual, and sacramental support to women who have had an abortion, significant others who were part of the decision to abort, as well as professionals who may have assisted in this procedure. All conversations are held in the strictest confidence. To speak with a companion minister who has been specifically trained in this very sensitive area of ministry, please call 1-800-722-4356.
Whether your abortion was a few days ago or several years ago, our companion ministers are here for you. There is no cost for this service. It is our gift to you, as church, because we care about you. Call us at our toll free number today at 1-800-722-4356. All calls are confidential.
If you are hurting from this act; if you are experiencing feelings of shame, guilt, isolation, remorse or despair, please call us today. A specially trained Hope & Healing After Abortion Companion Minister can provide you with emotional support and directed conversations to help you in your healing process. Call us at 1-800-722-4356. We are here for you
Serve Hope Hotline
Feeling down? Do you have a need for prayer? Maybe a desire for a spiritual guide at this time? Or maybe you just want to pray with someone?
We can help! Call our Serve Hope Helpline to talk to and pray with a religious, priest, deacon or other lay spiritual guides. The helpline is a free service available across the Diocese of Orange.
Phone 1-844-279-0105
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Spiritual Guidance and Prayer Helpline
Feeling down? Do you have a need for prayer? Maybe a desire for a spiritual guide at this time? Or maybe you just want to pray with someone?
We can help! Call our Spiritual Guidance and Prayer Helpline to talk to and pray with a religious, priest, deacon or other lay spiritual guides. The helpline is a free service available across the Diocese of Orange.
Call: 1-844-279-0105
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