Handbook for Those Who Grieve: What You Should Know and What You Can Do during Times of Loss

Auz, Martin M; Andrews, Maureen Lyons

ISBN 10: 0829417931 / ISBN 13: 9780829417937

Published by Loyola Press, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook for Those Who Grieve: What You Should Know and What You Can Do during Times of Loss
• Publisher: Loyola Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0829417931
• ISBN 13: 9780829417937
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A resource for family, friends, ministers, caregivers, and colleagues

 

The path to grief recovery. . .

This valuable resource guide provides practical information for people who are grieving and the people who support them. Material is presented in an easy-to-read format for quick reference and features:

•  Tips for planning funerals and wakes
•  Sample sympathy letters appropriate for a variety of grief situations
•  “Do” and “don’t” lists for family and friends of the grieving
•  Helpful lists of pertinent planning details
•  Information on helping children grieve
•  A comprehensive list of publications and organizations that provide grief support

"After twenty years of ministering to the bereaved and consulting other ministers, this is the first comprehensive book that I would recommend to those who grieve and minister. This truly is a text for life."
—Deacon Ray Deabel, president-elect, National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved

"Reading this book adds to my insight into grief after forty years of ­medical practice. I strongly recommend it for grieving families and the professionals who assist them."
—Thomas S. Patricoski, M.D., family physician, former chief of staff, Little Company of Mary Hospital

"An essential reference, written in laymen’s language. This book is a great service to the grieving."
—Martha Burke Tressler, bereavement ministry coordinator, Family Ministries Office, Archdiocese of Chicago 

About the Author

Martin M. Auz is an award-winning author and Minister of Care for the Parish of St. Joseph in Illinois. He began his studies in grief recovery in 1978 as an undergraduate at De Paul University and has conducted extensive research on the subject of organizational grief recovery. Personal events have focused his interests on sudden death of loved ones and long-term care of a terminally ill parent.

 

 

Maureen Lyons Andrews is a founder of her local parish’s grief recovery program and a chief architect of bereavement programs in the southern suburbs of Chicago. She has conducted support sessions for bereaved families, mourners, and worked with the elderly on issues such as terminal illness and dying.