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BarbaraTherese
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Sure, here they are:
Ordinary Insanity 1987
Passion for the Possible 1989
Psychiatry, Science or Sacrilege 1989
Mental Illness: Fact and Fiction 1997
Ordinary Sanity 2008
Emma Pierce also started a group called ‘Faithrough’. This was after she had gone through the program with ‘GROW’ (an international community mental health movement which began in Sydney, Australia in April of 1957).
Here I quote from the website of faithrough (link:faithroughinc.org.au/about.asp) as to what this group aims for:
Faithrough – a Way Forward
"To that end, that is to say, to understanding mental health, I have developed what might be called an educational programme made up of six sessions. Each session explores an issue vital to mental health as the term ‘mental health’ has evolved out of the experience, not just of mental illness, but more importantly out of the experience of recovery from mental illness. That is to say the issues explored are those the mentally ill who have recovered deem to be significant. These are: interpretation, faith, spirituality, relationship, morality and freedom.
Each session is addressed, firstly in a manner and language that is concise and precise. Secondly it is addressed in a manner that is more indepth. It is suggested that interested communities attain copies of the book Faithrough – Stage 1 (see Book Orders). In each of six sessions the subject matter under the ‘Extended’ presentation needs to be discussed and even debated. There are no ‘experts’ in the field of understanding human nature. Every person is human. Every person has insights to contribute. We learn from one another."
The Stage One, Session One ‘Interpretation - A Concise Presentation’ is a paper that is available on the net: faithroughinc.org.au /docs/Faithrough_Stage_1_Concise.pd
This area of mental health is such a concern in our day - so many people are affected in varying degrees - this forum is certainly testament to this. My own mother has gone through a very similar experience to Emma’s, 30 years ago, came through, but has fallen back worse in this past year with little hope from the doctors. Unfortunately, she never returned to her faith and the Catholic Church, not having found what she was needing at the time. She still believes, but this has become mostly entangled and lost within a New Age lifestyle of the past 30 years. It is so hard to reach her in her despair now, her memory fails her and her anxiety and depression are her devils. That is why this work Emma is doing is vital to the voice of the mentally ill, for the voice of the ‘witness’. She declares that so many minority groups are represented (eg. feminist theology, liberation theology etc…) but the mentally ill have no voice. The medical community simply keep on drugging them into numbness, and theology submits it all to prayer. Emma Pierce has begun a long overdue dialogue between all these parties, understanding that pastoral care, with the emphasis on love, is vital in this process of healing. The church really needs to take this onboard seriously.
Sorry about the long post, but I get so passionate about this topic, as so many people I know are afflicted with it.:console:
Dont be concerned about passionate about the sufferers of MI cause, Wayne…I can get absolutely passionate about it too. I must admit I am weary of trying to get The Church here to really move on the subject…we, the sufferers of MI, are treated with strained politeness, condescension and patronization with fancy words and articles if the subject happens to come up in media headlines andi s a hot topic. After that, swept under the carpet again and the problem is that sufferers are unwilling to speak up, justly fearful of victimization…and they have enough on their plate without that.
I hope that your mother will find her way to wellness and stability again. Anxiety and depression are cruel. Will keep you both and your family and friends, your intentions, in prayer.
Thank you for the booklist and also the link the Emma’s site.
Barb
Ordinary Insanity 1987
Passion for the Possible 1989
Psychiatry, Science or Sacrilege 1989
Mental Illness: Fact and Fiction 1997
Ordinary Sanity 2008
Emma Pierce also started a group called ‘Faithrough’. This was after she had gone through the program with ‘GROW’ (an international community mental health movement which began in Sydney, Australia in April of 1957).
Here I quote from the website of faithrough (link:faithroughinc.org.au/about.asp) as to what this group aims for:
Faithrough – a Way Forward
"To that end, that is to say, to understanding mental health, I have developed what might be called an educational programme made up of six sessions. Each session explores an issue vital to mental health as the term ‘mental health’ has evolved out of the experience, not just of mental illness, but more importantly out of the experience of recovery from mental illness. That is to say the issues explored are those the mentally ill who have recovered deem to be significant. These are: interpretation, faith, spirituality, relationship, morality and freedom.
Each session is addressed, firstly in a manner and language that is concise and precise. Secondly it is addressed in a manner that is more indepth. It is suggested that interested communities attain copies of the book Faithrough – Stage 1 (see Book Orders). In each of six sessions the subject matter under the ‘Extended’ presentation needs to be discussed and even debated. There are no ‘experts’ in the field of understanding human nature. Every person is human. Every person has insights to contribute. We learn from one another."
The Stage One, Session One ‘Interpretation - A Concise Presentation’ is a paper that is available on the net: faithroughinc.org.au /docs/Faithrough_Stage_1_Concise.pd
This area of mental health is such a concern in our day - so many people are affected in varying degrees - this forum is certainly testament to this. My own mother has gone through a very similar experience to Emma’s, 30 years ago, came through, but has fallen back worse in this past year with little hope from the doctors. Unfortunately, she never returned to her faith and the Catholic Church, not having found what she was needing at the time. She still believes, but this has become mostly entangled and lost within a New Age lifestyle of the past 30 years. It is so hard to reach her in her despair now, her memory fails her and her anxiety and depression are her devils. That is why this work Emma is doing is vital to the voice of the mentally ill, for the voice of the ‘witness’. She declares that so many minority groups are represented (eg. feminist theology, liberation theology etc…) but the mentally ill have no voice. The medical community simply keep on drugging them into numbness, and theology submits it all to prayer. Emma Pierce has begun a long overdue dialogue between all these parties, understanding that pastoral care, with the emphasis on love, is vital in this process of healing. The church really needs to take this onboard seriously.
Sorry about the long post, but I get so passionate about this topic, as so many people I know are afflicted with it.:console:
Dont be concerned about passionate about the sufferers of MI cause, Wayne…I can get absolutely passionate about it too. I must admit I am weary of trying to get The Church here to really move on the subject…we, the sufferers of MI, are treated with strained politeness, condescension and patronization with fancy words and articles if the subject happens to come up in media headlines andi s a hot topic. After that, swept under the carpet again and the problem is that sufferers are unwilling to speak up, justly fearful of victimization…and they have enough on their plate without that.
I hope that your mother will find her way to wellness and stability again. Anxiety and depression are cruel. Will keep you both and your family and friends, your intentions, in prayer.
Thank you for the booklist and also the link the Emma’s site.
Barb