Mental health ministry opens at Phoenix diocese
The ministry will train priests and deacons in the basics of mental health awareness
From William Pitts at 12 News:
PHOENIX — John Dolan literally wrote the book on dealing with suicide.
The book is called “When a Loved one Dies of Suicide,” and it sits on a table in the newly-opened Mental Health Ministry at the Phoenix Catholic Diocese.
Dolan wrote the book…because he’s lived it. Three times.
“I lost three siblings,” Dolan said in the courtyard outside the office. “One sibling just two months ago through suicide.”
“I’ve gone through my conversations with God,” Dolan said. “Acceptance, denial, anger, depression, bargaining…all that stuff I did.”
And then, Dolan did something else. He decided his new job, the Diocese of Phoenix, needed a ministry focused on mental health and its effects.
