Engage, Learn, & Network
Leadership Forum
Wednesday
November 10, 2021
10:30 AM-11:30 AM
Central Time

TOPIC:
  Grief and the Holiday Season

Dealing with grief during the holidays can be hard as individuals navigate gatherings and changes to holiday traditions. Many people who are grieving find that this time of year can be particularly challenging.

Join us for an insightful presentation and discussion about how to manage grief during the holiday season with Deacon Ed Shoener. Dec. Shoener will discuss the books he co-authors of the books Responding to Suicide: A Pastoral Handbook for Catholic Leaders and When a Loved One Dies by Suicide (Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, IN) and also discuss the grief support group he offers at the Cathedral of St. Peter parish in Scranton.

Presenter:
Deacon Ed Shoener
Permanent Deacon Diocese of Scranton
Presenter Biography

Ed Shoener was ordained a permanent deacon in 2004 and serves at St. Peter’s Cathedral in the Diocese of Scranton. Shoener is a founding member of the Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers and the Catholic Institute of Mental Health Ministry at the University of San Diego. He serves on the Council on Mental Illness of the National Catholic Partnership on Disability and on the Board of Pathways to Promise, an interfaith cooperative that facilitates the faith community’s work in reaching out to those with mental illnesses and their families. Deacon Shoener, along with Bishop John Dolan, is co-author of the books Responding to Suicide: A Pastoral Handbook for Catholic Leaders and When a Loved One Dies by Suicide (Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, IN).

He, along with family and friends, founded “The Katie Foundation” after his daughter, Kathleen, died by suicide in 2016. Katie’s obituary went viral because it spoke to the needs and concerns of people who live with mental illness. He lives with his family in Scranton, Pennsylvania


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