RESOURCES ON BEREAVEMENT
Anthony, Nancy. Mourning Thoughts. Mystic: Twenty-Third
Publications, 1991. A collection of honest and sensitive poems that
poignantly express the range of emotions people feel when grieving.
Bozarth-Campell, AlIa R Life Is Goodbye; Life
Is Hello: Grieving Well Through All Kinds of Loss. Minneapolis:
Comp Care Publications 1982, rev. 1986. For losses of all kinds,
not just through death.
Bramblett; John. When Good-Bye Is Forever: Learning
to Live Again After the Loss of a Child. New York: Ballantine Books,
1991. A deeply moving and honest story of how the author and his
family coped with the nearly unbearable pain of losing their two-year-old
son.
Colgrove, Melba. How to Survive the Loss of Love.
Los Angeles: Prelude Press, 1991. Provides brief, helpful excerpts
that can be used to revive one's spirit at any time of day or night.
Curry, Cathleen L. When Your Spouse Dies: A Concise
and Practical Source of Help and. Advice. Notre Dame: Ave Maria
Press, 1990. Kaleidoscopic view of widowhood-the feelings, emotions,
and actions that crowd the bereaved. Establishes eight practical
guideposts for getting through the first year.
Davis, Deborah L. Empty Cradle, Broken Heart:
Surviving the Death of Your Baby. Golden: Fulcrum Publishing, 1991.
The heartache of miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death has a great
impact on families everywhere and the aftermath is difficult. This
book offers reassurance and ways to cope and survive.
Ford, J. Massyngbaerde. The Silver Lining: Personalized
Scriptural Wake Services; Mystic: Twenty-Third Publications, 1987.
Consoling prayers and readings for the bereaved.
Welcoming Heaven: Prayers and Reflections for
the Dying and Those Who Love Them. Mystic: Twenty-Third Publications,
1990. An inspirational blend of prayers, Scripture, and literary
quotations on death and dying.
Green, Carol Ann. A New Road to Grief Recovery
(video). Mystic: Twenty-Third Publications, 1996. In this six-session
video, viewers are helped to recognize obstacles to recovery and
are given suggestions on how to overcome them.
Grollinan, Earl A. What Helped Me When My Loved
One Died. Boston: Beacon Press, 1982. A collection of personal stories
of parents, wives, husbands, children, and friends who mourned the
death of a loved one.
Hayford Jack. I’ll Hold You in Heaven: Healing
and Hope for Parents of a Miscarried, Aborted, or Stillborn Child.
Ventura: Regal, 1990.Healing and hope for parents who have lost
a child through stillbirth, miscarriage, abortion or early infant
death.
Howard, Evan Drake. Suffering Loss, Seeking Healing:
Prayers for Pain-Filled Times. Mystic: Twenty-Third Publications,1996.
Inspirational prayers to console and inspire those who are grieving.
Koers, Shirley. The Eyes Are Sunlight: A Journey
Through Grief Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press, 1986. A widow’s
story.
Kreis, Bernadine, and Alice Pattie. Up From Grief:
Patterns of Recovery. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 1982.
A comprehensive compilation of experiences of bereaved people that
deals with many questions, generally ignored in the grief process.
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. On Death and Dying. New
York: Macmillan, 1970. Deals more with grief while someone is dying.
Kushner, Harold S. When Bad Things Happen to Good People. New York:
Avon Books, 1983. Provocative and comforting answers to the universal
question, "Why me?"
Lewis, C.S. A Grief Observed. New York: Bantam
Books, 1976. To defend himself against the loss of belief in God,
Lewis wrote this journal, an eloquent statement of rediscovered
faith.
Lord, Janice Harris. No Time for Goodbyes; Eugene
D. Wheeler, Ed Ventura: Pathfinder Publications, 4th ed., 1991.
Coping with sorrow, anger and injustice after a tragic death. An
invaluable book for those who grieve for someone killed.
Manning, Doug. Don't Take My Grief Away: What
To Do When You Lose a Loved One. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco,
1984. A simply written book on grief, with some helpful tools to
use.
MarshalI, Catherine. To Live Again, New York;
Avon Books, 1976. A poignant faith story written by a widow.
Meyer, Charles. Surviving Death: A Practical Guide
for Caring for the Dying and Bereaved. Rev. 2nd. ed., Mystic: Twenty-Third
Publications, 1991. Straightforward advice by a hospital chaplain
for coping with death and its aftermath.
Osgood, Judy, ed. Meditations for the Widowed
. Gilgal Publications, 1985. Written by thirty-three men and women
of all ages who have lost a mate. It offers help for turning hopelessness
to hope.
Parachin, Victor M. The Lord Is My Shepherd.:
A Psalm for the Grieving. Liguori MO: Liguori Publications, 1992.
Excellent brief reflections of encouragement for all kinds of grief
experiences.
Pearring, Joanne, ed. When Someone Dies; A Children's
Grief Workbook. Mystic Ct: Twenty-third, Publications, 1995. To
help children work through the grief process, and to become acquainted
with funeral and burial customs.
Pregent, Carol. When a Child Dies. Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press,
1992. Carol’s story of her grief and healing when her seventeen-year-old
daughter dies.
Sanford, Doris. It Must Hurt a Lot: A Chad's Book
About Death. Portland: Multnomah Press,1986. A child's book that
tells of a boy's grief when his dog dies. A teaching tool for parents/adults.
Schiff, Harriet Sarnoff. The Bereaved Parent.
New York: Penguin Books, 1978. Speaks to all those who have experienced
the death of a child, to let them know they are not alone and that
they will be able to live again.
Tangvald, Christine Harder. Someone I Love Died.
Elgin: David C. Cook. 1988. Provides a spirituality of death to
help parents.
Tatelbaum, Judy. The Courage to Grieve: Creative
Living, Recovery, and Growth through Grief. New York: Harper Collins,
1984. Written with sympathy and compassion. Contains many reasonable
and logical suggestions for handling with courage, our aching grief
over the death of a loved one.
Wolfelt, Alan. Helping Children Cope with Grief.
Muncie: Accelerated Development, 1990. Offers tools to help children
cope with death.
Wolff, Pierre. May I Hate God? Mahwah: Paulist
Press, 1979. Shows how the anger and hatred that separate us from
God can become the doorway to greater intimacy with God.
Wolterstorff, Nichols. Lament for a Son. Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987. This is a simple, honest, and poignant expression
of one man's grief. It helps open the floodgates for those who cannot
articulate their pain.
You may be able to find the following
titles at the library:
Armstrong, William H. Through Troubled Waters.
New York: Harper & Row; 1973. The author shares his simple but
poignantly told story of how he and his three small children endured
the troubled waters of the death of wife and mother.
Carpenter, Sue; et al. Learning to Live Again.
Detroit: Beginning Experience, 1989. A journey through grief for
the widowed and divorced.
Clarke, Jack. Life After Grief A Soul Journey
After Suicide. Pathways Publications, 1989. A true story of one
man's struggle to understand and survive his wife's suicide.
D'Arcy, Paula. Song for Sarah. Wheaton: Shaw Publications.
A young mother's journey through grief after her husband and baby
daughter are killed in a car accident.
Laz, Medard. After Your Loved One Dies. Liguori:
Liguori Publications. Gives spiritual guidance for people.
Levang, Elizabeth, and Ise Sherokee. Remembering
With Love. Minneapolis: Deaconess Press, 1992. An excellent all-around
resource for the grieving.
Parish-Harra. Handbook on Death and Dying . How
to cope and how to offer support to the bereaved.
Tengbom, Mildred. Help for Bereaved Parents. Minneapolis:
Bethany House. This booklet sensitively offers concern, help, and
suggestions for recovery' from grief to husbands and wives as they
support each other in their bereavement, based on the author's own
experience.
Westberg, Granger E. Good Grief. PhiIadelphia:
Fortress Press, 1971; 21st printing, 1982. A short book to introduce
people to the stages of grief.
Zanca, Kenneth J. Mourning: The Healing Journey.
Locust Valley: Living Flame Press, 1980. Goes through the grieving
process, which includes even anger at God. Shares his experiences
that led to eventual peace and faith in God's decision to call his
parents home.
Additional books:
A Treasury of Psalms;
Martin Manser, Hardcover. Bibles and Scripture Resources. A Treasury
of Psalms is a beautifully-illustrated, keepsake collection of psalms
that give voice to our deepest emotions. Find this book at Loyola
Press.
An Empty Cradle, A Full Heart:
Reflections for Mothers and Fathers after Miscarriage, Stillbirth,
or Infant Death. Christine O'Keeffe Lafser, Paperback Grief/Healing.
Short meditations that interweave feelings of bereaved parents with
Bible passages of hope. See other titles on grief and grieving at
Loyola Press.
A Catholic Funeral
-Patricia Rice - This booklet is intended to help readers
plan the funeral rites of someone they love, and also help those
who would le to plan their own funeral as a final gift to their
loved ones.
Blessed Are They That Mourn –
Zastrow
Harvesting Your Tears - Susan
Blum Gerding. Healing the Broken-Hearted -Terence P. Curley, DMin
- This book gives tips on how to organize a parish program to console
the grief-stricken.
Healing: Questions
& Answers for Those Who Mourn -Terence P. Curley, DMin
- The emphasis throughout is on the spiritual needs that must be
met and the comfort that come from a deep personal relationship
with the Lord when we suffer the loss of a loved one.
Helping Bereaved
Celebrate Holidays (Group) - James E. Miller - This book
guides you in planning and producing “preparing-for-the-holidays”
events for the recently bereaved. Topics include defining the needs
of your community, coordinating the event, handling marketing, and
overall design of the program. Many original and gathered ideas
for services of remembrance are provided.
How Will I Get
Through the Holidays (Ind.) – Miller. I Have Seen Your
Tears -Bernard Harding, CSsR - Notes of support from a fellow sufferer
who gives consolation to the sick and stretches out a helping hand
to those who look after them.
Order of Christian
Funerals: Study Edition - This Study Edition is a replication
of the official text used in the liturgy. It will allow the ministers
involved to aquaint themselves with the changes in the rite and
its multiple uses.
Planning The Catholic
Funeral -Terence P. Curley, DMin - This book clearly and
carefully takes the bereaved through the significant moments in
the ritual for funerals by providing an overview of the funeral,
as well as space to write down decisions while going through the
planning process.
Six Steps for Managing Loss, A Catholic
Guide through Grief -Terence P. Curley, DMin - This book
aids to managing the effects of the loss of a loved one rather than
to allow the loss to manage you.
The Ministry of Consolation
-Terence P. Curley, DMin - This book is written as a parish guide
for comforting the bereaved.
The Ministry of
Consolers -Terence P. Curley, DMin - The Ministry of Consolers
will help you find your place within the grief ministry, as well
as plan the ministry from first response to spiritual guidance.
Curley pays attention to all the factors contributing to a grief
minister’s multifaceted work.
Prayers of Christian
Consolation by William Storey. Leatherette prayer book that
has prayers to offer consolation for anyone who suffers from loss
reminding them that God is ever present to them. There are a variety
of prayers from Scripture, traditional Catholic prayers, poetry
and prayers from saints & mystics in the Church.
Handbook for Those
Who Grieve by M. Auz and M Lyons Andrews. This practical
book has tips for planning funerals, sample sympathy letters, “do”
and “don’t” lists, help for grieving children,
and a comprehensive list of grief-support resources.
When Hope is Tried
by Carol Winters. While living with cancer, Carol Winters
kept a journal. This book present brief meditations that depict
her movement from anger to trust in God before her death in 2001.
My Life with the
Saints by James Martin, SJ. This award winning book is an
inspiring memoir of spiritual self-discovery and an homage to the
Catholic saints. While this “technically” isn’t
a grief book, the inspiration of the saints helps us realize we
do not journey alone.
Parenting a Grieving
Child by Mary Deturris Poust. This guide for parents help
children through the grieving process. Grief-support resources and
helpful tips for preparing children for funerals are also included.
Longing For My
Child by Christine O’Keefe Lafser. Parents and siblings
celebrate the lives of infants, children, teenagers, and adult children
who are no longer with them. Accompanying Scripture versus offer
comfort.
Waiting with Gabriel
by Amy Kuebelbeck. In this powerful memoir, Kuebelbeck shares
the heartbreaking story of the brief life of her son, Gabriel, born
with a rare heart defect. Told in intimate, artful prose, this story
is not simply one of personal tragedy—it is one of deep parental
love and of cherishing life.
A Healing Walk
with St. Ignatius by Lyn Holley Doucet. Forty real-life stories
of spiritual, emotional and physical healing apply the wisdom and
practices of St. Ignatius of Loyola to modern issues. Reflection
and journaling questions in each chapter provide the individual
or group an opportunity for prayers.
When the Dying
Speak by Ron Wooten-Green. In a collection of poignant and
hope-filled stories, author Ron Wooten-Green gives us a glimpse
of the spiritual reality known only by those nearing death.
A Catholic Guide
to Caring for Your Aging Parent by Monica Dodds. While this
book is geared toward caring for an ill parent, it has a wonderful
prayer section that is helpful for anyone grieving the loss of a
parent.
All of the resources above can be found on www.loyolapress.com
(if you’d like to add them to your site & receive the
discount from the Partner Program you are in with Loyola Press,
that is also a very viable option.)
30 Days of Grief
Prayers by Tom McGrath. It’s a small “Elf Help”
book, and a very helpful grief resource.
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