God promises healing from generation to generation, but to those who are suffering from the effects of family abuse and dysfunction, the hope of such healing can be so hard to believe. As Erin McCole Cupp writes in an essay for Our
Erin McCole Cupp, who writes about trauma from a Catholic perspective, writes a new essay as the Church honors the Holy Souls in purgatory throughout the month of November. We are called to pray for the loved ones who have gone before
After several years in sobriety, Scott Weeman felt a call to establish a ministry that serves Catholics seeking healing recovery from all offenses against temperance. Thus he began Catholic in Recovery, a nonprofit organization that offers Catholic spiritual tools to help those
Erin McCole Cupp writes about the pains she endured from an abusive childhood. She writes: “Jesus provides in the Beatitudes a new law, a positive law that teaches survivors of family abuse and dysfunction what to do to unlearn bad scripts.” She
“Do you number yourself among those who approach family holiday gatherings with sadness rather than joy?” asks Erin McCole Cupp. For survivors of family abuse or dysfunction, the Christmas season can promise more hurt than hope. But thankfully, tucked into the Christmas
As we face hardships because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the faithful can look at the witness of St. Maria Gortetti, whose feast the Church celebrates on July 6. St. Maria died at the age of 11 while trying to protect herself as