The Beginning Experience

Note from Ron:  This event will be taught from an ecumenical Christian perspective. Christians and non-Christians are welcome. The Sacrament of Reconciliation and a Mass will be offered at the very end of the weekend for those who wish to participate.

 What is the Beginning Experience Program?

The Beginning Experience Program is an ecumenical program designed to help the widowed, separated and divorced and other persons who have experienced a significant loss to make a new beginning in life. The Beginning Experience helps people to deal with the psychological grief process and also offers an opportunity for turning pain into an adventure of grace.

 Who should attend the Beginning Experience Program?

The loss of a spouse through divorce or separation is a devastating experience. Life patterns change permanently. The death of the marriage involves all the pain and grief that accompanies death. Adding to the burden are the feelings of failure, worthlessness and alienation. The pain of the separated and divorced is equaled only by the loss of one's spouse in death, especially if that death was premature or sudden. The manner of loss is different between these groups but the pain of loss and sense of alienation in a couple-oriented society involve a similar adjustment process. The Beginning Experience Program is designed to be a time of closure on the past and a new beginning in the present. 

National website: http://www.beginningexperience.org/

Brochure: http://www.beginningexperience.org/Brochure_web.pdf

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