For the divorced, separated or widowed.
Beginning Experience is a peer ministry that provides support for people who are divorced, separated or widowed to facilitate the resolution of the grief from the end of a marriage or relationship and to promote healing.
Are you grieving the loss of a spouse through separation, divorce, or death?
Are you having trouble accepting that you no longer have a partner?
Is there some unresolved anger you need to deal with?
Have you run out of friends or family members to whom you can tell your story?
Are you wishing you could just move on?
Give yourself . . . a weekend away for a lifetime of change.
The San Jose Beginning Experience team is under the guidance of the San Jose Diocese and serves the counties of
The key program is a Beginning Experience Weekend that runs from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon.
After that, we offer six week post-weekend program called Continued Beginnings.
The next Beginning Experience Weekend sponsored by the San Jose team will be:
The Weekend will be conducted at El Retiro, a Jesuit retreat center located in Los Altos.
To receive a brochure with more information, including an application form for the next weekend, please send your mailing address to:
SJBeginExp@aol.com
The program was designed by and for Catholics, but it is open to persons of all faiths.
The The Beginning Experience Weekend is designed to be a time of closure on the past and renewed hope for the future. Those who come should be beyond the initial feelings of anger and despair that usually follow the loss of a loved one. You should be at a point of wanting a new beginning and ready to work to make that desire a reality.