Just a clarification, Lumina was begun through a grant from Our Sunday Visitor obtained by Dave Reardon of the Elliot Institute.Dave approached Chris Bell, founder with Fr Benedict Groeschel of Good Counsel Homes, and Lumina was begun. I came to the program 6 months after its inception.
Catholic organizations help women heal through the sacraments and by letting them know they are forgiven
By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller – OSV Newsweekly, 1/15/2012
Out of 53 million legal abortions performed in the United States in the last 40 years, about 10 million of the women identified themselves as Catholics.
“The numbers are staggering,” Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo said at the November meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The Church’s response to them is one of compassion with an invitation to healing.
“Many in our culture wrongly claim that, just as the Church condemns the act of abortion, it also condemns individuals who have been involved in abortion,” he said. “Such mischaracterizations are not only false, they are dangerous, because they discourage women and men in need of forgiveness from seeking sacramental reconciliation and pastoral care.”
Cardinal DiNardo, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley and Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, speaking at the meeting’s Project Rachel Ministry presentation, encouraged bishops, priests, therapists and lay ministers to reach out to those seeking healing.
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/8861/Ministries-extend-compassion-to-those-whove-had-a.aspx
Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion 
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