For many people, the joyous season of Christmas is NOT a time of joy. For them, it is a time of depression and sorrow. Why would such a joyful time as the annual celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ be a time of depression and sorrow? For some, it…
A Woman’s Testimony to Healing After Abortion
On October 28th, Fr. Ben Cameron was on “The Inner Life” radio show on Relevant Radio; the subject was “Healing and Holiness After Abortion.” We would encourage everyone to listen to this short segment with an anonymous woman from Texas giving her testimony to healing:
Why Rachel’s Vineyard Works: Love
When we ask the question, “why does Rachel’s Vineyard work for the healing of the wounds of abortion?” the answer comes down to one word: Love. Unlike our broken world, which all too often equivocates the word love (“I love Mom” “I love ice cream” “I love God”, etc.), we…
Our New Facebook page
Rachel’s Vineyard of Kentucky now has a Facebook page: facebook.com/hopeafterabortionky Please visit our Facebook page, and share it with your family and friends — we want to reach as many women and men as possible with the message that there is both Hope and Healing after abortion! And please feel…
Why Rachel’s Vineyard: Healing of Broken Relationships
When a woman goes to an abortion clinic, it is usually the end result of a whole string of circumstances in her life — in other words, it is not NORMALLY a “cold hearted decision to kill her baby” as some pro-lifers might be inclined to think. Some of these…
Joy on their faces
What is it like to meet with a group of women and men who have been through a Rachel’s Vineyard retreat? Joy on their faces — that is what I saw last week when our Kentucky Rachel’s Vineyard team had a little “reunion” meeting for our past retreatants. It was…
Why Rachel’s Vineyard (Part VII): Healing of our Emotions
The philosopher Aristotle and his greatest disciple, St. Thomas Aquinas, discerned that our human emotional life can be broken down into eleven basic emotions: Love, Desire and Joy are three emotions that we experience toward things that we perceive as good for us. Hatred, Aversion and Sadness are three emotions…