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Take a few minutes to pray the prayer printed below. Stand in solidarity with those who often feel excluded and alone. We are all part of one family. This week especially may we extend our love and prayers to our members with mental illness.
If you are interested in volunteering with some of our members, in one-on-one relationships or prayer or Scripture-study, we are working with nearby Clarendon House, a day program for persons with mental illness, to develop a program here at St. Charles. Contact Dan Marrin, Social Justice Minister, 703-527-5500, or Jan McDonald, 703-524-0238 to see how you can help!
We also offer pastoral counseling services at St. Charles.
Anyone with an interest in mental health and recovery, or with family who need support, should take a look at the excellent photo exhibit currently at the Arlington Central Library "Nothing to Hide," about family experiences with serious mental ilness.
St. Charles Lifts up the Issues of Mental Illness The community of St. Charles says to those people who suffer from the symptoms of a mental illness, and to their family members: You will not go through this alone. Prayer O Lord, you have searched us and known us You know when we sit down and when we rise up, And know our innermost thoughts. You search out our paths and know all our ways. Before we speak you know our words. When we were knit together in our mother’s womb You knew us as woman, as child, as man. Wherever we go, Your hand will lead us. So guide us along the pathways to hope, that night becomes bright as day. So lead us on our walk together, that darkness is lifted from our hearts. So encourage us that our sisters and brothers Who have mental illness shall know that they never walk alone. Amen
We will walk with you. And God walks with you.
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Revised/reviewed October 7, 2003