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The Healing Journey

November 22, 2024 As a Hospice nurse, Trudy Harris was there to comfort many dying people. From her experiences, she wrote two best-selling books that have sold millions of copies. She recounted one of her experiences in her first book, “Glimpses of Heaven: True...

The Healing Journey

November 21, 2024 “What becomes of the broken-hearted who had love that’s now departed?”— Jimmy Ruffin Dr. Mary Neal chronicled her near-death experience from a kayaking accident in Chile in a 2011 bestseller titled, “To Heaven and Back: A Doctor’s Extraordinary...

The Healing Journey

November 20, 2024 For those who are grieving, the holidays can be incredibly challenging and emotionally difficult, according to Carolyn Killian, Director of Bereavement. “I’ve seen so many people whose grief is heightened because of the isolation they feel over the...

The Healing Journey

November 19, 2024 Claudy Philips was a Welsh violinist who died in poverty. However, because of his renown, he has a monument in St. Peter’s Collegiate Church in Wolverhampton, England. His epitaph reads: “Near this place lies Charles Claudius Philips, whose absolute...

The Healing Journey

November 18, 2024 “We all have an obligation to pray for the souls in purgatory and our deceased family members and friends. This litany was written by Dr. Blanche Jennings Thompson, a Franciscan Tertiary. It has the imprimatur of Most Rev. Samuel Stritch, former...

The Healing Journey

November 17, 2024 “Pick somebody to pray for who is in pain … and don’t stop praying for them.” — Author unknown Rob just couldn’t get over the death of his wife. It had been a couple of years, and the second year seemed worse than the first. From the moment he got...