Kevin is a Bereavement Minister, author and a Peer Support Group Facilitator, at Stephy’s Place Center for Grief and Loss in Red Bank NJ.

 

Kevin currently facilitates 11 support groups at Stephy’s Place, which offers free peer support groups for adults who have lost partners, children, siblings, parents or someone to suicide. Kevin is also a Funeral Celebrant for several funeral homes. As former Roman Catholic priest, Kevin has walked with countless people who are grieving. It is, however, Kevin’s own personal losses that bring him to his current ministry: at age 20, he suddenly lost his father, and over the years he lost his sister and nephew to suicide, a niece to an overdose, and many other family and friends along the way, as he puts it, “too many to count.”

 

There are many kinds of losses in our lives that can derail us, finding support and comfort can be crucial during these difficult times of pain and suffering.

 

After discussing some of the misconceptions of grief in our culture, Kevin will offer training on supporting and companioning those who are grieving a loss.

 

There will be opportunities for sharing and discussion. Kevin will share and discuss tools that can be helpful in caring for ourselves in mind, body and spirit. He will also share some of his book, The ThresHold of Grief which includes practical tools to navigate through the holidays, anniversaries, birthdays and other difficult times in grief.

 

Kevin is excited to share his personal experiences of receiving signs from loved ones, as well as stories of the amazing signs experienced by people in his current ministry from all faith backgrounds or no faith at all.

 

Kevin will also recommend resources and other authors that people find most helpful.