Office of Family & Respect Life

Bereavement & Consolation

Bereavement Consolation Grief Support Groups


 

Parish Name 

Parish Address 

Grief Support Minister Name &   

Contact Info.

Description of Support Group

   Support Groups in Sacramento, CA   

Divine Mercy

2231 Club Center Dr, Sacramento, CA 95835Ramona Aflleje (916) 525-8059                         Email: monaaflleje@gmail.com                    Website: https://divinemercynatomas.com/Bereavement and Homebound Ministry

Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 

4123 Robertson Ave, Sacramento, CA 95821Johnny Garn (916) 481-7441 Website: http://presentationparish.org/Open to Registered Parishioners

St. Ignatius Loyola
 

3235 Arden Wy Sacramento, CA 95825Kent Meyers                                                Email: kentonmeyers1@gmail.com
 Website: https://www.stignatiussac.org/our-services5ee693a6

Group Sessions

FIRST and Second SUNDAY of the Month from 10:45 a.m - 12:15 p.m at the Parish Office

St. Paul

8720 Florin Rd, Sacramento, CA 95828

Ella Baxa ‭(916) 849-0685‬ rbaxalive.com Solett Smith (510) 309-8816‬

Website: https://www.stpaulflorin.org/bereavement-ministry

Two support groups are offered each year (watch your bulletins for dates and times) Each program consists of eight weekly sessions)

St. Peter -

All Hallows

5501 14th Ave, Sacramento, CA 95820Sr. Celina Giron (916) 456 7206
email: celishcjc@hotmail.com
Website: https://www.sp-ah.org/ministry-directory-and-community-activities
 
  

Support Groups City Alphabetical Order

 

St. Teresa of Avila 

11610 Atwood Rd, Auburn, CA 95603Claudia Beckwith (530)-889-2254
Website: https://stteresaauburn.com/grief-support
The Grief Support group meets twice a month on Friday afternoons, from 2 - 4 pm.

St. Dominic

475 E I St, Benicia, CA 94510Patti Erickson (707) 745-3502
email: grief@stdombenicia.org       Website: https://stdombenicia.org/ministries/grief-support/
Grief Ministry team is available for one on one grief support via telephone.

Our Lady of Assumption

5057 Cottage Way, Carmichael, CA 95608Fr. Eduino Silveira  (916) 481-5115               Daniel Hernandez                               email: d315hernandez@gmail.com
Website: https://olaparish.net/bereavement-committee
1st & 3rd Monday of Month from 6 -7:30 PM 

St. John the Evangelist

5751 Locust Ave, Carmichael, CA 95608Pamela Johnson (916) 483-8454
Website: https://www.sjecarmichael.org/
Third Tuesday 10:00am- 11:30am

St. Joseph

32890 S River Rd, Clarksburg, CA 95612Betty Hutchings                                       email: betnbobhutchhappy@gmail.com Website: https://stjosephsclarksburg.org/bereavement/Last Sunday of each month immediately following the 9:00am mass

St. James

1275 B St, Davis, CA 95616Barbara Drushel (530) 753-5730              email: barbdrushgmail.com                Website: https://www.stjamesdavis.org/bereavementEvery Thursday at 1:30 p.m., in the St. Clare room of the Memorial Center

Holy Trinity

3111 Tierra de Dios Dr, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762Carmelinda Moy (530) 677-3234               Wanda Matus                                              email: bereavement.htp@gmail.com                Website: https://www.holytrinityparish.org/bereavement-ministry6-week group sessions twice a year

Good Shepard

9539 Racquet Ct, Elk Grove, CA 95758Hearts of Compassion                              Monica Small email: hoc@gscceg.org   Website: https://gscceg.org/ministries/outreachparish-life 2X a Year -       After Easter & Mid September     Seven Sessions Monday Evenings 6:30- 8:00pm

St. Joseph 

9961 Elk Grove Florin Rd, Elk Grove, CA 95624

Marilyn Petruska (916) 769-5835

Website: https://www.stjoseph-elkgrove.net/community-life

7 weekly grief support sessions July to Aug. Wednesdays from 6 p.m. until 7:30 pm.

St. Maria Goretti

8700 Bradshaw Rd, Elk Grove, CA 95624Tom Eichenberg (916) 582-4075                 email: eichenbergtr@gmail.com
Website: https://smgcc.net/bereavement
 

St. Mel

4745 Pennsylvania Ave, Fair Oaks, CA 95628Fr. Desmond O'Reilly (916) 967-1229
email: office@stmelchurch.org 
Website: https://www.stmelchurch.org/
Tuesdays @ 1pm Parish Center Conference Room

Holy Spirit 

1070 N Texas St, Fairfield, CA 94533

Theresa Yeomans (707) 688-8593

http://www.holyspiritfairfield.org/

Parish Center Room C             Monday 7:00pm - 9:00pm
    

St. Patrick

3109 Sacramento St, Placerville, CA 95667Karen Jones (530) 748.8861                        email: jimkjones@gmail.com                Elizabeth Merrill (530) 903.6996            Website: https://www.stpatpv.org/grief-and-lossHolds 6-week Seasons of Hope support group 
St. Catherine of Siena3450 Tennessee St, Vallejo, CA 94591

Deacon Bobby Peregrino 

email: bperegrino@comcast.net 
Phone: (707) 342 0410   
For In-Person: https://find.griefshare.org/groups/303101 
For On-Line: https://find.griefshare.org/groups/303102 

In-Person: 
Saturdays @ 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon.Parish Life Center, 2nd Floor San Lorenzo Ruiz Room On-Line: 
Wednesdays @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.