EQUIPPING THE CHURCH TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING
SANCTUARY SPOTLIGHT: LEVI THE POET
Introducing Sanctuary Spotlight: a monthly feature celebrating artists, creatives, thought leaders, and friends whose art responds to and illuminates themes of mental health and faith.
This month, we’re turning the spotlight on Levi the Poet, a touring spoken word artist, published author, creative coach, and mental health advocate. His writing, performances, and keynote speaking reflect a passion for inclusivity and the inherent belovedness and dignity of each and every human being.
SANCTUARY SPOTLIGHT: LEVI THE POET
SANCTUARY SPOTLIGHT: LEVI THE POET
Introducing Sanctuary Spotlight: a monthly feature celebrating artists, creatives, thought leaders, and friends whose art responds to and illuminates themes of mental health and faith.
This month, we’re turning the spotlight on Levi the Poet, a touring spoken word artist, published author, creative coach, and mental health advocate. His writing, performances, and keynote speaking reflect a passion for inclusivity and the inherent belovedness and dignity of each and every human being.
THE HOPE OF CHRISTMAS
Sanctuary's Hope of Christmas campaign has wrapped! This year we focused on the hope that Jesus brings and the hope that we can offer to each other in the midst of mental health challenges. Our resources also offer hope to communities in need of ways to support mental health and wellbeing.
We are raising funds so we can reach more people with resources that offer this hope. Our goal was to raise $150,000 by December 31, and thanks to your help, we surpassed this goal! You can learn more about the campaign below.
OUR GOAL: $150,000
SANCTUARY SONGS
NOW STREAMING ON ALL PLATFORMS
Sanctuary and The Porter's Gate have created an album about mental health and faith, titled Sanctuary Songs. It centres around the lived experience of people who are often marginalized in churches, and models life-giving and healing ways for congregants to talk (and sing) about mental health challenges,
You can learn more about the album by clicking below. The album is available to stream on all platforms.
SANCTUARY SONGS
NOW STREAMING ON ALL PLATFORMS
Sanctuary and The Porter's Gate have created an album about mental health and faith, titled Sanctuary Songs. It centres around the lived experience of people who are often marginalized in churches, and models life-giving and healing ways for congregants to talk (and sing) about mental health challenges,
You can learn more about the album by clicking below. The album is available to stream on all platforms as of Friday, September 15.
This eight-session course explores the realities of mental health and illness, as well as the vital need for faith-based community conversations about these topics. The sessions are accompanied by compelling films that feature the stories of Catholics living with mental health challenges, along with the insights of archbishops, theologians, and psychologists.
The Sanctuary Course for Catholics and The Sanctuary Course para Católicos (Español) are available for free on our online resource portal.
This eight-session course explores the realities of mental health and illness, as well as the vital need for faith-based community conversations about these topics. The sessions are accompanied by compelling films that feature the stories of Catholics living with mental health challenges, along with the insights of archbishops, theologians, and psychologists.
The Sanctuary Course for Catholics is available on our website and through partner distributors, and The Sanctuary Course para Católicos (Español) is available on FORMED.
JOIN ALONGSIDE
Sanctuary's monthly donor club
If you're passionate about supporting mental health and wellbeing, then Alongside is for you. By joining Alongside, you join a community of people who want to ensure that the Church is a place where all can experience a sense of belonging.
We welcome you to journey with Sanctuary and every person who is impacted by our resources. Perhaps you're moved to come alongside due to your own lived experience or that of a loved one. Whatever the reason, we look forward to partnering with you in our mission to equip the Church to support mental health and wellbeing.
WHEN A LOVED ONE DIES BY SUICIDE
NOW AVAILABLE
Sanctuary's newest resource, When A Loved One Dies By Suicide, is series of eight films designed for use in grief support groups, created by and for Catholics who have experienced suicide loss. Others may also find it helpful and informative as mental health challenges and suicide impact many people. Listening to these stories of loss can help us extend empathy, compassion, and loving service to those who are grieving.
THE HOPE OF CHRISTMAS
Sanctuary's Hope of Christmas campaign has wrapped! This year we focused on the hope that Jesus brings and the hope that we can offer to each other in the midst of mental health challenges. Our resources also offer hope to communities in need of ways to support mental health and wellbeing.
We are raising funds so we can reach more people with resources that offer this hope. Our goal was to raise $150,000 by December 31, and thanks to your help, we surpassed this goal! You can learn more about the campaign below.
OUR GOAL: $150,000
THE LATEST PROJECTS FROM SANCTUARY
In the film below, Rev. Anne Baxter Smith shares about her loved ones who live with mental health challenges and their experiences in the Church. She also discusses the impact that The Sanctuary Course had on her church.
The excellent quality of the course materials made facilitation of the course easy. The videos alone elicited rich discussions amongst our group. Without exception, the participants praised the experience and asked "what next?!"
Our group participants range in age from mid twenties to late sixties, and from students to retirees. Everyone is finding the material relevant and helpful. Small churches like ours often don’t have the financial or personnel resources to offer such high quality programming. Your gift to us is so generous.
I’m loving the range of lived experience that we have been introduced to, the sensitive way that people have been invited to tell their stories, and the way their stories have been framed by information from other sources. I find it really rich, very engaging, meaningful, and I’m going away each week with a spiral of thoughts continuing on, influencing my conversations later in the week, or how I hear those conversations, particularly with people I see in my practice as a massage therapist. It has been a gift.
