Life-Giving Wounds Chapters
Below are listed the locations where trained Life-Giving Wounds leaders, retreat teams, and/or support groups exist that aim to offer our ministry programs on an annual basis. Listed below the chapter location is the current point of contact if you would like to inquire about more information regarding upcoming programs in that diocese, sign up for local newsletters, and get plugged into the local community. All the chapters are active, but are in various stages of development, and therefore have different program offerings and frequency. Also, all chapters can provide local resources to you, such as trusted Catholic counselor referrals.
We have also listed dioceses who have upcoming retreats and programs scheduled, meaning they will have trained teams soon.
In addition to these chapters, you are also always welcome to join us for our online ministry events if a local chapter doesn’t exist yet in your area! For all of our upcoming events and programs through our various chapters and our national online ministry, please click the button below for our ministry’s full calendar!
Established Chapters:
1) Washington, D.C. / Maryland
Founding chapter in 2015
Programs: Retreat, Support Group (online), Masses and Holy Hours, Gatherings
Next event: Retreat, May 24-26, 2024 at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Clinton, MD
Contact: Daniel Meola, Ph.D., Life-Giving Wounds co-founder and President
Dan@lifegivingwounds.org // Lacy Prebula, LGW-DC coordinator: lacy@lifegivingwounds.org
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2) Diocese of Arlington (VA)
Programs: Retreat, Support Group (online), Book Club, Gatherings
Next event: Retreat, September 13-15, 2024 - landing page here (will be updated closer to the dates)
Contact: Alexander Wolfe, Assistant Director for the Office of Marriage, Family, and Respect Life
Alexander.Wolfe@arlingtondiocese.org
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3) Archdiocese of Denver
Programs: Retreat, Support Group, Holy Hours, Gatherings
Landing page here
Contact: Beth Sri and Deacon Don Weiss, coordinators
lgwdenverco@gmail.com
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4) Archdiocese of San Francisco
Program: Retreat, Support Group
Contact: Ed Hopfner, Director of Marriage and Family Life Office
HopfnerE@sfarch.org
Support the San Francisco chapter through a donation - go here!
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5) Archdiocese of Atlanta
Program: Retreat
Contact: Patrick Metts, Associate Director of Evangelization and Discipleship, pmetts@archatl.com
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6) Dioceses of Grand Rapids and Lansing (MI) Combined Chapter
Program: Retreat
Next event: Retreat, May 17-19, 2024
Contact: Rich Budd, Director of Marriage and Family Life Office for Lansing, rbudd@dioceseoflansing.org; DJ Florian, Director of Pastoral Services, dflorian@grdiocese.org
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7) Diocese of Ogdensburg
Program: Retreat
Contact: Steve Tartaglia, Director of Marriage and Family Life Office, startaglia@rcdony.org
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8) Dioceses of Evansville (IN) and Owensboro (KY) Combined Chapter
Program: Retreat
Contact: Danny May (Danny.May@pastoral.org)
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9) Archdiocese of Miami
Program: Retreat
Contact: Stephen Colella, Cabinet Secretary of Parish Life, scolella@theadom.org // Claudia Shaw, cshaw@theadom.org, Marriage and Family Life Manager
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10) Diocese of Boise
Program: Retreat
Contact: Jay Wonacott, Director of Marriage and Family Life Office, jwonacott@rcdb.org
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11) Benedictine College (KS)
Program: Retreat, Support Group
Contact: John Kenney at jkenney@benedictine.edu
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12) Archdiocese of Kansas City (KS)
Program: Retreat, Support Group
Contact: Brad and Libby Dupont at bdupont@archkck.org
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13) Diocese of Metuchen (NJ)
Program: Retreat - coming up August 23-25, 2024
Contact: Cristina D'Averso-Collins, cdaverso@diometuchen.org
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14) Diocese of Birmingham (AL)
Program: Retreat
Contact: Fr. John Paul Mary, MFVA, Father John Paul fr_johnpaul@ewtn.com
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15) Diocese of Wichita (KS)
Program: Retreat - upcoming, October 11-13, save the dates!
Contact: Jake Samour, samourj@catholicdioceseofwichita.org
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16) University of Louisville Catholic Campus Ministry (KY)
Program: Support Group
Contact: Fr. John Baptist, O.P., chaplain@uoflcatholic.org
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17) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Program: Retreat - upcoming, April 26-28, 2024
Contact: Maria Wolfs, lgwtoronto@proton.me
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18) Saint Augustine (FL)
Program: Retreat
Contact: Mike Day at mday@dosafl.com
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19) Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in Saint Louis (MO)
Contact: Ryan Martire at ryanmartire@kenrick.edu
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20) Southern California - Dioceses of San Diego, Orange, and Los Angeles
Program: Retreat
Contact: Janelle Peregoy, jperegoy@sdcatholic.org for San Diego, Linda Ji, lji@rcbo.org for Orange, and Julie Monell, JMonell@la-archdiocese.org for Los Angeles
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21) Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa
Program: Retreat
Contact: Fred Shellabarger, Fred.Shellabarger@materdeisc.org
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22) Diocese of Harrisburg, PA
Program: Retreat
Contact: Melissa Maleski, MMaleski@hbgdiocese.org
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23) Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota
Program: Retreat
Contact: Brad Gray, brad.gray@fargodiocese.org
Chapters in Development:
University of Maryland Catholic Campus Ministry Center
Program: Retreat
Contact: MJ Richard at mj@catholicterps.org
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Archdiocese of Indianapolis
First Retreat, May 3 to 5, 2024
Contact: Gabriela Ross, gross@archindy.org
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Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Waterbury, CT (Archdiocese of Hartford)
First Retreat, June 7 to 9, 2024
Contact: Aurora Daly at info@waterburybasilica.org
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Archdiocese of Detroit
First Retreat, September 13-15, 2024
Contact: David Grobbel, Grobbel.David@aod.org
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New York City
Upcoming Retreat, October 4-6, 2024
Contact: Fr. Boniface Endorf, OP, boniface.endorf@opeast.org