Rachel’s Vineyard Retreats
For Healing After Abortion

Rachel’s Vineyard weekend retreats are a beautiful opportunity for any person who has struggled with the emotional or spiritual pain of an abortion. The retreat is a very specific process designed to help you experience the mercy and compassion of God. It is also an opportunity to surface and release repressed feelings of anger, shame, guilt, and grief. There are many exercises to help you grieve the loss of your unborn child and to receive and accept God’s forgiveness. The retreat concludes with a Memorial and Resurrection Service. The weekend will help your soul find a voice and transform the pain of the past into love and hope.

Testimonies
"I experienced a great inner healing as a result of attending the post-abortion retreat. I highly recommend this retreat to anyone who has felt the void and shame of the abortion experience. It is a wonderful way to forgive yourself, find the unconditional love of Christ and grieve the loss of your little child.”

“To any woman considering the need to reconcile her abortion, the retreat is a wonderful gift she could give to herself. You are able to experience the sadness, grief, and shame in the company of other women and men feeling very much the same. You are able to turn this pain into hope with the help of nurturing counselors and supportive caretakers. You are not rushed or hurried, but given time to reflect and become open to the healing process gradually. In the spirit of penance and reconciliation this retreat addresses the pain and suffering of women who feel the sin of abortion has [made them] outcasts from their church and their faith.”

"The Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat restored my life. I feel whole again, alive and capable of love.”

“I was terrified to take that first step forward and participate in Rachel’s Vineyard. It seemed safer to remain hiding in the darkness, keeping the pain locked up deep inside rather than to risk exposing my shame to another soul. Now I am grateful to have experienced God’s healing and forgiveness with other women in an atmosphere of complete acceptance and trust. Rachel’s Vineyard has been a blessing to me.”

“For 18 years I have been haunted with heavy guilt that no one could take away, tormented by thoughts of what my child would have been like. Through participating in Rachel’s Vineyard, I was finally able to forgive myself. I know that God has given me a peaceful mind, cleansed my heart, and has washed away my guilt.

“For the first time in 20 years, I was able to share my grief, my guilt, my anger. I was able to mourn the loss of my baby. But most important, I was able to believe that she now lives with Jesus. For a short time I could almost touch her and hold her and see her. For this, I will always be grateful. I felt Jesus calling, pulling me back. A feeling I can’t forget or deny.”

“Before this retreat I was spiritually dead. I was empty inside. I felt separated from the Church and from God. After this retreat, I now feel alive, and happy to be alive. I feel the love of God inside me.”

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For more information on post-abortive healing through Rachel's Vineyard visit their website
http://www.rachelsvineyard.com

Or call 877-HOPE 4 ME for their toll-free retreat information