Divorce Recovery

It's true . . . there's no such thing as "Catholic Divorce" . . .but millions of Catholics DO get civilly divorced, and it affects and hurts us all.

Maybe you or someone you know has suffered the breakdown of their marriage and family, or maybe they are going through it right now.  The Office of Marriage and Family Life has a 6-week divorce recovery program based on The Catholic's Divorce Survival Guide.  Those who have been through the program have commented on how helpful it was for them, especially to be with other people going through similar experiences.

The program is facilitated by Michelle Hernandez, Licensed Professional Counselor.  Michelle is a parishioner at Our Lady of Wisdom Church and trained at Loyola University in New Orleans.  She returned to her hometown of Lafayette with her three children after divorce.  She has done work in the areas of relationships, marriage and family life and will combine her professional and personal experience to help other Catholics on the journey after divorce.  

Want to have the Catholic Divorce Recovery Program in your parish? Ask your Pastor if he would be willing to sponsor one or two parishioners to become a trained facilitator for the program.

The cost is $185 per parish kit, which will include one trained facilitator, a Leader’s Guide, Leader’s Journal, one set of The Catholic’s Divorce Survival Guide DVD’s, a participant journal,  and lunch for one trained facilitator. If the parish wishes to send more than one person to become a trained facilitator but only receive one parish kit, the additional cost will be $75 per person to cover their lunch and materials for the day.

To inquire about upcoming faciltator training opportunities, please contact the Office of Marriage & Family Life at 337-261-5653. 

Our Lady of Fatima Church in Lafayette now also offers a 6-week divorce recovery program based on The Catholic's Divorce Survival Guide.  For further details please visit the parish's website.

St. Mary Church in Lafayette now also offers a 6-week divorce recovery program based on The Catholic's Divorce Survival Guide.  For further details please contact Trudy Trahan at trudydt@cox.net.

St. Pius X Church in Lafayette now also offers a 12-week divorce recovery program based on The Catholic's Divorce Survival Guide.  For further details please contact the parish by telephone at 337-237-5130 or email at evangelization@stpiusxchurch.org.