Mental Health Ministry
Overview
Rooted in the Church’s mission to be present with people in their suffering, we help parishes foster communities of compassion, inclusion, and spiritual support to better accompany those experiencing mental health challenges.
What is Mental Health Ministry?
We equip clergy, staff, and volunteers to provide informed and integrated pastoral care through training, awareness, partnerships, and practical resources.
By supporting parishes in becoming places where individuals and caregivers feel seen, supported, and connected to a caring faith community, we help reduce stigma, deepen our spiritual response to mental health, and affirm the dignity and worth of every person. While we do not provide clinical mental health services, we help connect people with appropriate resources and support.
If you or a loved one is experiencing a mental health crisis, call 988 for immediate assistance.
Resources
Prayer for Mental Health Ministry
Lord, we pray that our brothers and sisters who suffer from mental illness and mental health challenges, and those who support them, are never alone or discriminated against, but instead are welcomed and supported in the Church.
We pray that mental health ministry becomes an integral ministry in the Church, and that every Catholic parish and community might have access to mental health ministries.
We pray that mental health ministries will help build communities of warmth and affection where those who face mental health challenges will, in the words of Pope Francis, “find support and a light that opens them up to life.”
St. John of God, pray for us.
Amen.
From USCCB - “Novena for Mental Health” Day 3
Contact
4885 Saint John Paul II Way, Vancouver, BC V5Z 0G3
Phone: (604) 683-0281 | Fax: (604) 683-4288
4885 Saint John Paul II Way, Vancouver, BC V5Z 0G3
Phone: 604 683 0281
Fax: 604 683 4288
The Archdiocese of Vancouver acknowledges that the land on which we gather and work is the traditional and ancestral territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of thexʷməθkʷəy̓əm(Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.