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Your NACSDC International Board
Region 6 Representative:
Position Currently Vacant.
Please contact the NACSDC Central Office
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Archdiocese of Detroit |
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305 Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI 48226-2605
Office: (313) 237-5800
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Office for Family Ministry
305 Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI 48226-2605
Ms. Kathleen Tomaszewski, Director
Office Director: 313-237-5894
Office Facilitator: 313-237-5892
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Metro Detroit—Bethany. Several Bethany chapters in the Metro Detroit area offer a wealth of support options and activities. Chapters include East, Suburban West, South, Rochester, North Oakland, and South Oakland. Please visit the Bethany web page or contact the Family Life Office for up-to-date meeting and contact information. |
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Diocese of Gaylord |
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611 W. North St., Gaylord, MI 49735
Telephone: (517) 732-5147 FAX: (517) 705-3589
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The Marriage Enrichment website contains links to Beginning Experience and Retrovaille programs. Additional details of ministry to separated and divorced are not provided. Please contact Marriage Enrichment for more information. |
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Diocese of Grand Rapids |
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Cathedral Square Center
360 Division Ave. S., Grand Rapids, MI 49503-4501
Telephone: 616-243-0491 FAX: 616-243-4910
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Family, Youth, and Young Adult Ministry
Mark Mann, Coordinator
360 Division Ave. S., Grand Rapids, MI 49503-4501
Telephone: 616-475-1243 FAX: 616-551-5638
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The diocese maintains a list of affiliate ministries that are active in the diocese, including Beginning Experience (retreat for recently divorced and widowed persons), New Life Ministry (support for the separated, divorced, widowed and never-married), and Retrovaille (retreat experience to help couples rebuild a troubled or broken marriage). Please visit the web page or contact the Family, Youth, and Young Adult Ministry for more informtion. |
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Grand Rapids—New Life Group. The Catholic Information Center, a community center of the Paulist Fathers, hosts the New Life Group, a support group which ministers primarily to separated, divorced, widowed and never married Catholics — including a New Life Divorce Support Group which hosts ten-week sessions. Visit their webpage for more information. |
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215 N. Westnedge Ave., Kalamazoo, MI 49007-3760
Telephone: (269) 349-8714 FAX: (269) 349-6440
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Office of Marriage and Family
Joe Schmitt, Director
215 N. Westnedge Ave., Kalamazoo, MI 49007-3760
Telephone: (269) 349-8714 ext. 112
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Divorced or Separated Ministry (part of Office of Marriage and Family)
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Portage—St. Catherine of Siena Parish offers a mentoring program for Catholics who are in the midst of a divorce, support groups for Catholics to process and pray about their experiences, on-going educational programs, healing services and an annulment presentation. Programming is open to any Catholic. For more information, please call Stephen Ozminski at (269) 232-0818 or Irene Dunlap at (269) 978-2334. |
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Diocese of Lansing |
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300 West Ottawa St., Lansing, MI 48933-1577
Telephone: (517) 342-2440
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Catholic Charities of Jackson
407 S. Mechanic St., Jackson, MI 49201
Telephone: (517) 342-2440
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Separated and Divorced Ministry (part of Catholic Charities - Jackson)
407 S. Mechanic St., Jackson, MI 49201
Vince Gale, Coordinator for Separated and Divorced
Telephone: 517-782-4430
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The Separated and Divorced Ministry web page list only contact information — ministry detials are not provided. For more information please contact the Coordinator for Separated and Divorced. |
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Diocese of Marquette |
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444 S. Fourth St., PO Box 550, Marquette, MI 49855
Telephone: (906) 225-1141 FAX: (906) 225-0437
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Catholic Charities of the Upper Peninsula
Laurence Ziomkowski, Director
347 Rock St., Marquette, MI 49855
Telephone: 906-227-9116 FAX: 906-228-2469
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Family Life Office, Catholic Charities
Colin Jenkins, Coordinator
347 Rock St., Marquette, MI 49855
Telephone: 906-227-9178, 800-562-9745, ext. 178 FAX: 906-228-2469
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At present, New Dawn, the peer support ministry for separated and divorced which was overseen by the Family Life Office, has suspended meetings. For more information, please contact the Family Life Office. |
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Diocese of Saginaw |
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5800 Weiss St., Saginaw, MI 48603-2799
Telephone: (989) 799-7910 WATS (800) 453-2081 FAX: (989) 797-6670
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Marriage Ministry/Grief Ministry/Social Ministry
Sandy Buza
5800 Weiss St., Saginaw, MI 48603-2799
Telephone: (989) 797-6652 or (800) 453-2081 ext. 652 FAX: (989) 797-6670
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At this writing only the Marriage Ministry has its own web page. The page provides information on the Retrouvaille program for couples that are separated, divorced, or in troubled marriages, but does not specifically mention ministry to separated or divorced individuals. Please contact the Ministry office for more information. |
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Shields—Holy Spirit Parish, 1035 N. River Rd., Saginaw 48609-6864. The parish hosts a support group for divorced and separated every Thursday from 7:00–9:00 p.m. Contact Mary Jo at (989) 781-2947 for details. |
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Michigan Resources