I know that when we are faced with grief and suffering in this Valley of Tears, it can be challenging to our faith. Our foundation is shaken, prayer feels hard, and God seems far away.
I understand this feeling first hand. In my own suffering and grief, I experienced trauma. I lost relationships. I felt ashamed. I wanted to hide my broken heart away from God, afraid that He was not trustworthy with my pain. I thought I had to get myself together and learn how to grieve "right" to be able to find comfort in my faith.
But I didn't have to figure it out or grieve the right way. I just needed to offer my messy faith and broken heart to God and ask Him for help and hope.
Learning to lean into the goodness, truth, and beauty that our Catholic faith has to offer helped me to do that, and now as a Catholic grief coach, I help others do this, too.
for women who have experienced pregnancy or child loss
Because pregnancy and child loss is part of my own experience, I understand the challenges presented by this painful loss. I offer retreats, coaching, and tools that address this unique loss to bring comfort and hope to your broken heart. Click below to learn more about my apostolate for women who have experienced pregnancy or child loss.
an online magazine and community for grieving Catholics
Those Who Mourn points people who are grieving to the abundant treasury of goodness, truth, and beauty found in the Catholic faith. Through personal stories, wisdom from the scriptures and Saints, glorious hymns and prayers, and beautiful artwork, we aim to help you lift your heart and mind towards the eternal and fix your eyes on Christ, the Source of our hope and comfort.
you don't have to figure it out on your own
As a certified Catholic coach, I have practical tools to help you work through your grief. My unique grief coaching program offers practical tools to address the many different areas that grief affects our lives, incorporating creativity, journaling, prayer, and more for a holistic approach to moving through the grieving process.
Learn more about working with me one-on-one by clicking the link below.
- Sonja Corbitt, Catholic "Evangelista"
My apostolate is under her patronage. Our Blessed Mother has walked the path of grief and sorrow before us with faith, hope, and love, and desires to give us the graces to do the same.
"I would recommend Eileen Tully’s Present in the Pain apostolate and retreat to any pastors who are looking to offer an incredible gift of compassion and healing to the countless unknown women in their parish who are silently suffering from loss of a child."
"After losing my [adult] daughter unexpectedly, my grief seems unending and unbearable. Eileen offered expertise, compassion, and many tools to help and heal the pain... I highly recommend any future retreats Eileen may offer. You won't regret it!"
After I lost my unborn daughter and experienced a life-threatening stillbirth, Eileen’s prayer book helped me to unite my seemingly unbearable pain with the suffering experienced by Our Lady. Her simple meditations on Our Lady’s sorrows are infused with profound understanding. Eileen offers all grieving parents a tool to rekindle hope and experience healing.
After I lost my son, I knew that getting pregnant again would be an important part of the healing process. However, what I did not realize was how stressful pregnancy after loss can be. I was filled with so many emotions (grief, fear and even a little bit of hope). I knew God was not responsible for my loss, but my trust in Him was weak. I needed someone to turn to who would understand what I was going through as well as guide me in my Catholic faith. Drawing on her personal experience, knowledge of the Catholic faith and expertise in coaching, Eileen was the perfect person to assist me in this. Eileen and I worked together one on one for several weeks in the middle of my pregnancy. During this time, I not only felt reassured that what I was feeling was “normal,” but I learned to trust God a little more and surrender my pregnancy to Him. Thank you Eileen. I could not have done this without you!
Eileen was the answer to my prayers! I am 12 years into my grief journey. I always wanted to find a platform that connected my grief of losing my baby with my Catholic Faith. And I stumbled upon her Ministry and I’m so grateful! The way she explains things made so much sense. So much of what I was thinking and feeling, I didn’t have words for, but listening to the podcast and attending her online retreat and the [in-person] retreat this past weekend, words connected with my feelings and I felt validated. Thank you Eileen for [your] voice! It helps those of us who can’t find the words!!
It was so amazing. I am not artistic at all, but just sitting with Jesus guiding my hand was so powerful. Sitting there with a pencil allowed me to see in a different way. Maybe this [art workshop] is a part of my prayer life I am missing. I can't thank you enough.
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