Women, couples, families – they all suffer when a baby dies by miscarriage. Often those suffering feel isolated because not many people know of the loss. Great comfort comes when someone says “we had a miscarriage, we are so sorry for your loss”.
A miscarriage is defined as “the spontaneous loss of a fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy”. This is a loss of life. The parents already love this child and have hopes and dreams for this baby. Statistics say 25% of pregnancies end in miscarriage. That means there are families around us, in our community mourning the loss of a child.
In the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon, we join in praying for those who mourn, especially those who feel alone in their grief.
In 2024 the diocese launched Red Bird Ministries to support individuals and couples facing the complexity and trauma that happens with the death of a child at any age — from pregnancy through adulthood.
The program was launched in April 2024 with a couple’s workshop – Loving Through Loss – to help couples understand how the trauma of child loss affects the family, and how to love each other through the complexity of the death of a child. Finding the Passion of Christ in Our Story is a 10-week Grief Group Study from Red Bird Ministries that will begin in the diocese on Sept. 26, 2024. To register, please contact Monique and Ryan LeBlanc at westcoastleblancs@gmail.com or 306-850-1596.
On this page you will also find links to resources and reflections from a Miscarriage Awareness Committee that operated in our diocese for a number of years (see below).
For more information, please contact: Marilyn Jackson, Director of Ministry Services, mjackson@rcdos.ca
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart.” – Jerimiah 1:5
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