This program is for adults who have experienced the loss of a spouse, parent, or other loved one. The purpose is to offer understanding, suggestions for coping, support, friendship and, most of all, hope to bereaved adults. We all will have to face the death of someone we love sometime. Surviving the feelings of sadness and loss is a process that involves both emotional and behavioral reactions.

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This grieving process takes us through the initial response of shock and sadness, through acceptance and understanding, and eventually to the rebuilding of our lives. This group will hopefully help you understand the grieving process and give you some ideas about how you may be able to help yourself through this difficult time. For more information contact 716-845-8051.

Upcoming Grief Support Educational Evenings

• Hands Across the Sky: Stories of Love, Grief and Growth
  Thursday, June 13, 2013  
  Roswell Park Cancer Institute • Research Studies Center • 6:30 p.m.

The Department of Pastoral Care in collaboration with the Palliative Care Team would like to invite you and your family to an educational evening on grief. Carol Rosen M.Ed., Founder of the Healing Story Alliance in Baltimore Maryland will present Hands Across the Sky: Stories of Love, Grief and Growth. This evening is being funded by the Jayne and Phil Hubbell Family. The session will begin with 6:30 p.m. Registration, followed by the presentation, with a reception to follow. Members of the Palliative Care Team will also be present for the evening’s program. The evening will be held at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in the Research Studies Center Building on Carlton Street. Download the brochure describing the program and the registration process. This program is complimentary. If you have any questions, please call the Pastoral Care Office at (716) 845-8051.