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Spiritual First Aid

Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at 1:15pm

Inspired by her training in Mental Health First Aid, Dr. Lombardi has created a program of spiritual care designed to bring relief to those experiencing spiritual distress. She will walk us through the seven actions of Spiritual First Aid (VICTORY): 
Vent
Investigate
Christ-centred
Truth, Goodness and Beauty
Ora (Pray)
Read widely
Yield (to God’s will)

More about Dr. Lombardi:

  • Dr. Lombardi is a regular presenter at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. She has keynoted at major conferences in Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver, Ottawa, and in the USA.
  • She is facilitating a series of webinars for the Year of Prayer for the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
  • Archbishop Fisichella, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, prepared the foreword for her book, On Earth as it is in Heaven. Jubilee Edition. (Novalis, 2023)
  • Sister Nathalie Becquart, Vatican Undersecretary for the Synod on Synodality, prepared the foreword for her book, Marian Approaches to Synodality. (Paulist Press, 2024)