Accompanying People in Pain Webinar

While pain and suffering are an unwelcome part of our lives, for Christians, these realities are seen as redemptive. In other words, experiences of pain and suffering can become opportunities for encountering grace. In this webinar, explore how to accompany people in pain. We’ll look at pain caused by aging, grief, addiction, and anxiety, and our panelists will explain how entering into people’s pain is the first step toward encountering the healing grace of Jesus Christ.

Our panelists are:

• Maureen Lyons Andrews
• Jean Heaton
• Barbara Lee
• Anne Kertz Kernion

Accompanying People in Pain Webinar

About Our Panelists

Maureen Lyons Andrews is the founder of her local parish’s grief recovery program, and she served as an active member of several bereavement programs in the south suburbs of Chicago. She authored Handbook for Those Who Grieve: What You Should Know and What You Can Do During Times of Loss.

Jean Heaton is a blogger, writer, speaker, teacher, and a workshop and retreat leader. She is both the mother and the spouse of recovering addicts and has worked her own twelve-step program. Heaton is the author of Helping Families Recover from Addiction: Coping, Growing, and Healing Through 12-Step Practices and Ignatian Spirituality.

Barbara Lee is a practicing spiritual director who lives in New York City. She is a retired attorney, a former U.S. magistrate judge, and a long-serving member of the Ignatian Volunteer Corps. She is the author of God Isn’t Finished with Me Yet: Discovering the Spiritual Graces of Later Life, Answering God’s Call, and Praying Through Pain.

Anne Kertz Kernion, founder of the inspirational greeting card company Cards by Anne, is an international lecturer and retreat leader and holds an MA in Theology from Duquesne University. She is a former adjunct faculty member at Carlow University and author of Spiritual Practices for the Brain: Caring for Mind, Body, and Soul. Anne teaches yoga and enjoys biking and hiking. She and her husband Jack have three grown children and six grandchildren.