Walking with Moms in Need
About Our Ministry:
​Walking with Moms in Need is a process through which Catholic parishes and communities “walk in the shoes” of local pregnant and parenting women in need. Everyone should know how to help moms in difficult circumstances.
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While not trying to turn Catholic parishes into pregnancy centers, we can support local pregnancy centers where they exist, and we can also find and share other resources with pregnant and parenting women and fathers.
Who Are Moms in Need?
Pregnant and parenting women and men in need are in our parishes and our neighborhoods. As Pope Francis reminds us, our parishes need to be “islands of mercy in the midst of a sea of indifference.” Everyone in the parish community should know where to refer a pregnant woman and their men in need.
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Moms in Need support could include the following members of your community:
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Family Members
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Relatives
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Friends
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Neighbors
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Co-workers
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Students
Any woman who is pregnant or parenting or any man that is the father parenting in challenging circumstances.
Resources
Pregnant?
Financial
Emotional Support/Healing
Medical Health
Domestic/Safety Issues
Spiritual Support
Pregnancy Resource Center (3 Locations) (831)-475-2200
Grace Harbor Women’s Shelter (Watsonville)
(831) 761-3191
Sienna House (Santa Cruz) Women’s shelter for pregnant women.
(831) 425-2229
St. Vincent De Paul - St. Joseph's Capitola
831-475-8211
San Benito County 831-722-2675 Santa Cruz – 831-431-6939 Watsonville – 831-722-2675
Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) - Santa Cruz Health
844-637-6667
Or 831-454-4339
Monterey County
831-755-4950
Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) - Santa Cruz Health
844-637-6667
Or 831-454-4339
Monterey County
831-755-4950
STD's and STL's contact Nurse Family Partnership
Walnut Avenue Family and Women’s Center (Santa Cruz) ( Has safehouses)
(831) 426-3062
Human Trafficking Arukha Project and AAUW Santa Cruz
St. Joseph’s First Friday Rosary Mass in Partnership with Guadalupe Pregnancy Center.
PRAYERS:
Request Prayers for Pregnant Mothers Call Parish Office
831-475-8211
Adoption:
All Resource centers above have information on how to set up adoptions