Walking With Families

Walking with Families St. Louis, an outgrowth of the Walking with Moms St. Louis initiative, provides a larger network of resources and support for families throughout the Archdiocese of St. Louis as they walk through both the joys and challenges of life. 

Looking for Family Support?

Family life is full of blessings, but even when you’re doing your best, there are times you may need extra support.

Do you want to...

• Strengthen and enrich your marriage?
• Educate and nurture your children?
• Provide essentials?
• Grow closer to God?

The many St. Louis area organizations listed below and in our brochure here can help you do that and more. Contact information and the linked web page for each agency is below. Through prayer, guidance, and God’s love, you and your family will find the support it needs whether financial, spiritual, emotional, or housing.

Download our family resource guide here. Free print copies are available upon request from [email protected]. 

Need-Specific Resources (In Progress) 

Adoption 

Human Trafficking - The USCCB considers Human trafficking to be, "an offense against the fundamental dignity of the human person." Here are some resources to bring awareness and to help end this crisis.

• The Covering House - Young women's survivor shelter located in Saint Louis County.
• Eden's Glory - Women's survivor shelter located in Illinois. 
• Rehope - Faith-based organization and shelter working against human trafficking, located in the greater Kansas City-Missouri area.
• Tigerlili Resources - Resources and emergency shelter located in Saint Louis County.
• USCCB Anti-Trafficking Program - national Catholic resources for dioceses, parishes, and schools.

Infertility

Miscarriage & Preborn Loss

• Archdiocesan Catholic Renewal Center Compassion group - prayer and support group for those who have lost children, including the preborn. Contact 314.792.7734 or [email protected]  
• Deceased Children's Memorial - St. Mary Magdalen Church houses a special memorial for lost children, including the preborn
• Mercy HeartPrints - comprehensive program through the Mercy Health System to help parents and families through preborn loss or infant loss, 314.521.6000 (mention program when calling). 
• Naming & Commendation Rite - preborn loss healing prayer service held regularly in Archdiocesan parishes throughout the year (click then scroll for the schedule, or contact [email protected]) 
• Professional Counseling options (mention preborn loss and if a Catholic counselor is preferred)
  • Natural Family Planning office - 314.997.7576
    • Additional resources for those touched by miscarriage loss are available through the NFP office by clicking here. 
  • Mercy HeartPrints - 314.521.6000
  • St. Louis Counseling (Catholic Charities of St. Louis)  
• Reproductive & Child Loss Ministry - parent, couple, or family accompaniment through reproductive or preborn loss based at Immaculate Conception Parish (Dardenne); help also extends beyond the parish. 
• "Solace and Strength in the Sorrow of Miscarriage" - USCCB Pro-Life pamphlet for parents and families touched by miscarriage loss
• Sympathy/solace cards: for those touched by miscarriage loss are available for ordering by clicking here. 

End-of-Life 

Coming soon! Check back regularly for new resources!