My Favorite Support Resources
My Own Support Resources
My downloadable handout with 5 coping tips for infertility & pregnancy/infant loss. Click here to view and download the PDF!
Check out my free blog posts and podcast episodes here for educational and supportive content about navigating infertility, baby loss, or being single.
October infertility retreat in greater Tulsa, OK
I am pleased to join Springs in the Desert once again to help facilitate one of their signature infertility retreats! This time, I will be traveling to Oklahoma to help offer an overnight retreat Friday-Saturday, October 24-25 at Church of St. Benedict in Broken Arrow, OK in the greater Tulsa area. Springs' retreats offer powerful reflections, validation, encouragement, and community for the individuals and couples that attend them; I’ve seen it personally! I cannot recommend it more to anyone struggling with infertility in Oklahoma, the surrounding areas, or anywhere someone's willing to travel from! Share this retreat information with anyone who could benefit- we would love to have them! Visit this link for more information and to register!
Infertility Resources
Springs in the Desert is a Catholic infertility ministry providing nationwide social, emotional, and spiritual community and peer support. They are a place of respite, solidarity, and encouragement – wherever you are on the path of infertility, or in the experience of pregnancy loss. Check out their blog, podcast, online resources, small groups, and virtual and in-person events! I am a professional contributor to their blog, podcast, and events and I am proud to officially collaborate with them! Learn more about them here.
Catholic Infertility Resources- website and Instagram account (@catholic.infertility.coaching) run by Paula Gallagher, providing information, resources, encouragement, and community for Catholics with infertility & loss. Paula also offers coaching services as a peer who has extensive personal experience navigating infertility.
Recommended Infertility Books: When Expecting Hasn’t Happened by Dr. Marie Meaney, Under the Laurel Tree by Dr. Nicole Roccas, and Twelve Stripes Deep by Mary Bruno.
Pregnancy & Infant Loss Resources
Red Bird Ministries is a Catholic child loss support organization that systematically guides individuals and couples through the complexity and trauma of losing a child through miscarriage or stillbirth or as an infant, child, adolescent, or adult. They also serve families who have lost a loved one to suicide. They provide families of loss across the country with community, online and in-person support, grief education, and resources to find healing and restoration, and provide dioceses and parishes with training, programs, systems, and resources to help families navigate grief. Check out their offerings, including a grief support app, comfort calls, spiritual direction, a podcast and blog, bereavement gifts, small groups, local chapters, and more! I am a contributor to Red Bird Ministries’ small group offerings, trainings, and publications and I am proud to partner with them. Learn more about their lovely organization here.
Back In His Arms Again is a Catholic faith-based ministry that provides education, care, guidance, and financial services for families experiencing the loss of a baby (miscarriage, stillbirth, death after birth) or a child up to age 2. Located in greater Columbus, Ohio, they aid families with funeral and memorial service arrangements, burial assistance, financial assistance, peer support, memorial masses, and events. They also partner with Resurrection Cemetery in Lewis Center, Ohio to offer the Garden of the Holy Innocents, a place to bury babies under 20 weeks gestation or who have been cremated. Learn more about them here.
Morgan’s Place Cemetery is a faith-based support ministry that assists Ohio families through the grieving process when experiencing the loss of a baby. Located on an 80-acre farm in Sidney, Ohio, they help provide birth planning, funeral and burial services (including burial on the tranquil cemetery grounds), grave markers and memorial wall markers, handmade caskets, burial gowns, miscarriage kits, memory-making, and post-partum support groups and activities for grieving parents, all at no cost. Learn more about their beautiful work here.
Sufficient Grace Ministries is a Christian baby loss ministry based in Deshler and Toledo, Ohio (NW Ohio) providing support to families across Ohio who have lost a baby at any gestation or age. They offer perinatal hospice services for prenatal life-limiting diagnoses, 24/7 emergent doula support for families losing a baby (text, call, app), birth planning, memory-making materials available for worldwide shipment, remembrance photography, online and in-person support groups, and birth professional trainings. Learn more about their crucial services here.
The Precious Ones Mausoleum is a Catholic baby burial site and baby loss ministry of the Diocese of St. Augustine (FL), created to honor and bury children lost through miscarriage, stillbirth, early infant death, or abortion. Open to all families of loss regardless of religious affiliation, they offer no-cost baby burials in the San Lorenzo Cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida. At the peaceful mausoleum site, there is a garden and a bench for families visiting, and baby and family names may be printed on paver bricks. Additionally, an annual Catholic memorial mass is offered for families of loss each November in St. Augustine FL or High Springs FL, mass cards are available to remember babies in prayer, and burial swaddles and outfits are also available free of charge. Learn more about this ministry here.
Heaven’s Gain Ministries is a ministry based in Cincinnati, Ohio that provides support, education, and supplies for couples experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth, or early newborn death. They offer practical supplies such as miscarriage kits and baby caskets and urns, time-sensitive support through their hotline, and social support through peer support, support groups, and more. You may learn more about them here.
Recommended Baby Loss Books: Empty Arms by Pam Vredevelt, Hiding in the Upper Room by Kelly Breaux, A Catholic Guide to Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss by Abigail Jorgensen, and The Grief of Dads by Patrick O’Hearn and Bryan Feger.
Want a downloadable PDF version of my infertility & baby loss resource list? Click here to view and download!
Singles Resources
Catholic Singles Newsletter is a community that helps Catholics singles grow in their faith, have fun, and meet and share fellowship with other faith-filled Catholics singles. In addition to their biweekly newsletter, they offer engaging events and monthly speakers that offer practical faith-strengthening and relationship-building tools, as well as retreats, conferences, singles trips & pilgrimages, monthly socials, nightly Zoom rosaries, & more. Welcome to all single adult Catholics, from “ages 18-118,” whether never married or currently widowed, annulled, or divorced. Visit their website here for more information.
The National Catholic Singles Conference was founded to give single Catholics growth opportunities and encouragement in their faith. This annual conference features dynamic speakers, prayer time, and fellowship. Since then, the conference as evolved to add additional singles community opportunities including additional online and in-person events, an online platform and app, and small group discussions. They seek to support ongoing formation, connection, and fellowship for single Catholics of all ages. You may learn more about them here.
Sacred Spark is a Catholic dating and matchmaking platform and app launched in 2025 by popular Catholic dating speaker Emily Wilson Hussem and her husband Daniel (You may know Emily from her wildly popular social media matchmaking posts). Sacred Spark is a new, fresh approach to intentional dating with a blend of matchmaking, community, and formation to foster meaningful online connections for lasting offline relationships. The platform builds community, enables singles to invite trusted loved ones to act as personal matchmakers so to receive handpicked matches, and offers practical Christ-centered formation on how to date, communicate, and discern. It can be a helpful tool for those Catholics serious about finding a Christ-centered relationship and those disillusioned with the modern dating landscape. I recommend that you follow their Sacred Spark App social media accounts on IG, TikTok, or FB, as they have validating and uplifting content for Catholics singles that can help you feel seen and validated. Learn more about the app on their website here.
Recommended Catholic Singles books: Single and Catholic: Finding Meaning in Your State of Life by Judy Keane, The Catholic Girl's Survival Guide for the Single Years by Emily Stimpson, The Catholic's Guide to Being Single by CatholicMatch Institute, and The Catholic Playbook: Lenten Reflections For Singles by Christina Ries.