Healing, in the fullest sense, involves far more than treating physical symptoms in isolation. Many individuals carry emotional, psychological, and spiritual burdens alongside physical ailments, yet the professional services that could help address these deeper needs, counseling, therapy, and complementary treatments, often remain financially out of reach for lower-income families.
Maryknoll supports a holistic healing ministry that provides access to counseling, acupuncture, group therapy, and broader emotional support for individuals who otherwise could not afford these services. By offering a range of complementary approaches under one program, the ministry allows participants to engage with whichever form of support best suits their particular needs and circumstances.
Treating counseling, therapy, and complementary care as a unified whole reflects the Catholic Social Teaching principle of the Life and Dignity of the Human Person, understanding each individual as a unity of body, mind, and spirit rather than a collection of separate needs. This ministry also embodies Maryknoll’s charism of integral human development, addressing the full person rather than isolating physical symptoms from the emotional and spiritual burdens that so often accompany them.
Gifts to this project provide access to counseling, acupuncture, and group therapy that help participants find healing, hope, and renewed strength across every dimension of their wellbeing.
