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Healing Garden

Pinwheels are seen planted in the Chicago Healing Garden in this 2014 photo. Plans for a similar garden are underway at The Catholic University of America in Washington, with organizers hoping to raise $200,000 by spring 2027 to fund an area to include the flowers, shrubbery, seating, plaques and a prayer labyrinth. Such gardens can be found all around the country and aim to bring healing to victim/survivors of abuse. (OSV News photo/courtesy of St. Ignatius College Prep)

New national garden promises healing for abuse survivors and all Catholics

Katie Yoder|Apr 23, 2026|5 Min Read

Parishioners and survivor-victims of abuse joined Auxiliary Bishop Matthew Elshoff for the Jan. 2024 dedication of St. Bernadette’s healing garden on the corner of Don Felipe and Marlton in Baldwin Hills. (Pablo Kay)

LA archdiocese healing gardens continue bearing fruit for victims of abuse

Mike Cisneros|Apr 1, 2025|3 Min Read

Left to right: Deacon Frank Gonzalez, Joe Montanez, Father David Loftus, pastor of Our Lady of Refuge Church, Dr. Heather Banis, coordinator for the archdiocese’s Victims Assistance Ministry, Marge Graf, general counsel for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and Auxiliary Bishop Marc Trudeau pose in front of the new healing garden at Our Lady of Refuge on Nov. 17. (Mike Cisneros)

Final healing garden in LA archdiocese offers hope to abuse survivors

Mike Cisneros|Nov 19, 2024|4 Min Read

Father Michael Wakefield, pastor at St. Francis de Sales Church in Sherman Oaks, speaks to students after a morning Mass during Abuse Prevention Month on April 12. (Mike Cisneros)

What the LA Church has learned in the last 20 years of abuse prevention work

Mike Cisneros|Apr 25, 2024|4 Min Read

Father Leon Hutton, center, blesses the “Garden of Healing” at Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Ventura. The garden is the second one in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and was designed for those suffering from Church abuse and trauma. (John Rueda)

New 'Garden of Healing' in Ventura offers silent space for those hurt by abuse

Mike Cisneros|May 8, 2023|4 Min Read

Joe Montanez, a victim-survivor of sexual abuse by a now-deceased LA priest, speaks at the dedication ceremony for the "Garden of Healing" at the St. Camillus Center for Pastoral Care near East LA Oct. 26. (Victor Alemán)

Survivor helps inaugurate LA’s first ‘Garden of Healing’ for abuse victims

Tom Hoffarth|Oct 31, 2022|5 Min Read

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