In 2024, the Grief to Grace site in Perth, WA is continuing to offer financial support to individuals in Australia or New Zealand who want to access the Grief to Grace program overseas. This funding is provided by Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries Perth Inc, the parent organisation of Grief to Grace in Perth.
If you are interested, please:
- Read about the program below to see if you think it might be a good fit for you;
- Consult the international retreat calendar or the UK retreat calendar to make contact with a site where you would like to attend the retreat program;
- Read the attached Grief to Grace Fund FAQs to make sure this funding option is right for you.
Grief to Grace is a Christ-centred residential healing program for anyone who has experienced abuse – clergy spiritual or sexual abuse, domestic abuse, abuse in Church employment, or other forms of abuse by those in positions of trust and spiritual authority. It is best suited to people who are willing and able to work in a group setting. The program is structured, confidential, and runs for five days, and uses large and small group work combined with somatic healing approaches.
- Grief to Grace is fully residential and is group-based.
- The retreat fee includes accommodation, all meals, retreat materials, after-care materials, and the presence of qualified specialist counsellors.
- Both men and women, lay, clergy, and religious are welcome to apply.
- Each site undertakes a comprehensive intake process for each applicant to make sure that the program is right for them.
- The program is team-led and is guided throughout, and includes rest and private time.
- The program has a Judeo-Christian spiritual framework, but we welcome people of all faiths and none.
- Visit the international website for FAQs about the program
- Read about us in Church Life Journal, 2019
- Read a 2023 article in The Catholic Weekly (Sydney)
- Read a 2024 article in The Catholic Weekly (Sydney)
- Email us at rvmpsec@gmail.com
In 2024 we are offering the following financial assistance:
- If you apply to and are accepted into a Grief to Grace program overseas, we will pay your retreat fee up front in full directly to the site. We can also cover any application or processing fees charged by the site.
- If you complete the program, we will then reimburse you for the cost of an economy return air fare to and from the site of the program from any Australian airport once you return, on presentation of receipts.
- You will be responsible for your own travel insurance, transfers, hotels, visas, and other related expenses.
- If you are interested in accessing this assistance, please complete the form below, and we will contact you to discuss your plans.
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