The Casa Veterans Ministry provides a safe place where service members, veterans and their families join in community to find healing from their wounds of service.
Deep Relaxation: Stress Reduction Techniques for Veterans– February 13
St. Francis: Journey of a Wounded Warrior Retreat– March 8-10
Healing of Memories Workshop– May 17-19
For information on upcoming events or the next ministry meeting, email casaveteransministry@thecasa.org
Purpose: The purpose of the Casa Veterans Ministry is to respond to the spiritual and emotional needs of service members, veterans and their families offering a welcoming and compassionate environment.
Mission Statement: The mission of the Casa Veterans Ministry is to take concrete actions to assist service members, veterans and their families with healing and education programs, and with events and services designed to support their spiritual and emotional needs.
Project Areas
1. Healing of Memories: We offer Healing of Memories Workshops for veterans and service members. We partner with the Institute for Healing of Memories to bring these to Arizona. Click here to read more.
2. St. Francis Retreats: We offer St. Francis Retreats, which are designed to offer healing insights from one of the most beloved but misunderstood saints. Click here to read more.
3. St. Joseph Baskets for Homeless Veterans: Donations are accepted for the St. Joseph Baskets – a welcome basket that includes kitchen, bedroom and bathroom supplies for recently housed homeless veterans. Click here to read more.
4. Moral Injury Education: We provide educational opportunities for the community to understand moral injury/moral repair. Ministry members have done presentation to Mesa Police Department, local emergency medical service (EMS) providers, and homeless and housing providers. Click here to read more.
5. Community Engagement: We offer a variety of events to bring veterans together with each other and with our civilian community. This includes Vets Reconnect, Veterans Day Picnic, Memorial Day Rosary and Veterans Day Stations of the Cross. Click here to read more.
The Casa Veterans Ministry was featured in an article in in November addition of the St. Anthony Messenger Magazine. Click here to read the article.
Two of our signature retreats, Healing of Memories for Veterans and St. Francis : Journey of a Wounded Warrior, were featured in the August 2017 issues of Combat Stress magazine (stress.org). See pp 25-55. Click here.
Thank you to following organizations who have partnered with or supported our work with veterans.
Thursday January 17th 2019 - 6:30pm
Sunday January 20th 2019 - 9:00am
Wednesday January 23rd 2019 - 6:30pm
Friday January 25th 2019 - 6:00pm
Saturday January 26th 2019 - 9:00am
Sunday January 27th 2019 - 12:15pm
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