St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, West Springfield
Parish Center at 89 Pine Street.
● This will be a safe space for talking about the pain of bereavement and how it is affecting you and ways to heal.
● You can find mutual support and encouragement for those who are going through the same thing as you.
● We will have tea, coffee, and some refreshments.
Bereavement Café will start on Thursday, February 27th. We will meet every other week and the time will be determined by the group majority.
Please contact Donna to sign up at [email protected] or call the Religious Education Office at 737-8267.
Ste. Rose de Limo Parish, Chicopee
600 Grattan St, Chicopee
Tel. 413-536-4558
For people who have experienced the loss of a spouse, partner, family member or friend. All are welcome! Join us at the Ste. Rose de Lima Pastoral Center, We meet every Monday except major holidays from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Moderators: Peggy Constant and Madelyn Korytko.
Support with Baystate Health
Baystate Hospice
30 Capital Dr., Ste. A
W. Springfield, MA 01089
David Arfa, Bereavement Counselor
Tel. 413-798-5167
Homicide Bereavement Program
Tel. 413-794-9816
Behavioral Health Network – Family Resource Center
78-80 Main St.
Ware, MA 01082
Kathleen Cordier
Tel. 413-351-1459, 413-277-6601
Empty Arms Bereavement
140 Pine St.
Florence, MA 01062
http://www.
Tel. 413-544-5922
The Garden (Cooley Dickinson Hospital)
168 Industrial Rd.
Northampton, MA 01060
Shelly Bathe Lenn, Program Director
Tel. 413-727-5749, 413-582-5312
The Garden offers grief support for grieving children and teens free of charge.
Forastiere Family Funeral and Cremation
Joanne Sullivan, Grief Specialist
413-733-5311
Grief Support Groups are available at no cost in East Longmeadow and West Springfield.
Firtion-Adams Funeral Home
Genesis Spiritual Center.
53 Mill Street, Westfield, MA 01085
Six-week Grief Support Group. The facilitators are: Jill C. Adams, MSW, LICSW and MaryAnn Rode, BA, MS.
Tel. 413- 562-3133 for more information session times/days.
The program is open to the public and is free of cost.
Pioneer Valley Hospice & Palliative Care
329 Conway St., Suite 2
Greenfield, MA 01301
Tel. 413-774-2400
There are support groups for adults, teens, and children free of charge. Pioneer Valley Hospice & Palliative Care also offers one on one support.
Loss and Grief Group
St. Anne Parish
30 College St. Chicopee MA
Tel. 413-532-7503
Rick’s Place, Inc
85 Post Office Park Wilbraham, MA 01095
Tel. 413-279-2010
https://ricksplacema.org/
Suicide survivor help
samaritanshope.org
Working to prevent suicide and support those who have lost someone to suicide.
Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention
https://berkshirecoalition.