The Darker the Night, the Brighter the Stars

An informative and uplifting insight into handling grief and loss through guidance, coping exercises, reflection and heart-warming stories. This day will benefit anyone who anticipates loss, who has already experienced the loss of a loved one, or who wishes to learn about loss from a professional point of view. Attendees will receive valuable resources and their own personal transformation journal.

9 a.m. Registration, coffee, pastry
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Program
4:00 p.m. Mass & healing service
Cost is $25 Registration deadline October 17
About the Retreat Presenters
Patti Alisauskas, CHPN, BSN
Twenty two years of hospice experience in both clinical and administrative roles.
Sister Margaret Mary McAuliffe, SIW
A Sister of the Incarnate Word and Director of Pastoral Care for Holy Family Home residential/in-patient hospice.
Erin Hout, M.Ed., LPC
A bereavement counselor and trained grief support group facilitator.
Amanda Lehner, MSSA, LSW
A counselor for children, youth and adults in bereavement and mental health care settings and trained in therapeutic crisis intervention, school crisis intervention and group facilitation