Project Rachel/Project Joseph is the diocesan program to support and provide healing to women and men who are suffering the emotional, psychological, and spiritual pain of a decision to have an abortion.
In the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, our Project Rachel program includes:
Referrals to retreats and one-on-one mentorship, including:
Project Rachel in the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas
Rachel's Vineyard
Found & Woven
Referrals to priests for spiritual direction and confession
Referrals to mental health professionals for mental health healing
*please note: as of 2024, Project Rachel in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph does not offer our own one-on-one mentorship, but is ready and available for accompaniment, referrals, and prayerful support.
Prayer & Worship Opportunities
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Start or join a parish prayer group. Pastoral care leaders will periodically email or text updates and requests for prayers to parish prayer group leader(s). These communications can then be sent to individual parish email/text list or shared at regularly-scheduled parish prayer group meetings.
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Implement a parish prayer chain
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Gather the parish for a dedicated monthly rosary or Adoration hour for Project Rachel intentions
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Use the prayer guides available at the national Project Rachel website
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When a mom or dad comes forth in your parish who is post-abortive, first pray with that person
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Volunteer with the diocesan Project Rachel ministry to host a holy hour for the ministry
Leadership & Volunteer Opportunities
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If you are a priest or mental health professional, contact the Office of Life & Justice if you would like to be a referral and receive training in Project Rachel ministry
Pastoral Care Opportunities
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Facilitate parish, school and group presentations on unplanned pregnancy, abortion, and post-abortion syndrome and healing
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Assist with development of additional presentations on unplanned pregnancy, abortion, and post-abortion syndrome and healing
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Serve as diocesan resource for questions from groups on the Church's teaching on unplanned pregnancy, abortion, mental health, post-abortion healing, and economic justice for moms in need
Fundraising & Promotion
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Put Project Rachel pamphlets in your parish/high school entrances. Include information regularly in your parish/high school bulletin
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If possible, post Project Rachel information in the bathroom stalls of the parish/high school; this allows privacy for a woman or man who finds the information and contacts the ministry
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While the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph does not offer retreats or one-on-one mentorship at this point, your donation allows us to print materials, offer presentations, support other local post-abortion ministries with which we partner, and in the future, as needed, train Project Rachel volunteers. You may donate online or by sending a check made payable to:
Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph
Office of Life & Justice
20 West Ninth Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
Please note “Project Rachel” on the memo line of your check. Thank you!
Upcoming Calendar Items
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Nearby retreat opportunities:
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Project Rachel: St. Louis: March 2025​​
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Rachel's Vineyard is a safe place to renew, rebuild and redeem hearts broken by abortion. Weekend retreats offer a supportive, confidential and non-judgmental environment where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful post-abortive emotions to begin the process of restoration, renewal and healing.
Rachel's Vineyard can help participants find their inner voice, experiencing God's love and compassion on a profound level. It creates a place where men and women can share, often for the first time, their deepest feelings about abortion. They are allowed to dismantle troubling secrets in an environment of emotional and spiritual safety.
Prayer & Worship Opportunities
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Pray for each upcoming retreat and the retreatants.
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Start or join a parish prayer group. Pastoral care leaders will periodically email or text updates and requests for prayers to parish prayer group leader(s). These communications can then be sent to individual parish email/text list or shared at regularly-scheduled parish prayer group meetings.
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Implement a parish prayer chain
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Gather the parish for a dedicated monthly rosary or Adoration hour for Rachel’s Vineyard intentions
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When a mom or dad comes forth in your parish who is post-abortive, first pray with that person
Leadership & Volunteer Opportunities
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View leadership and volunteer opportunities at https://www.rachelsvineyardkc.org/support.htm
Pastoral Care Opportunities
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Facilitate parish, school and group presentations on unplanned pregnancy, abortion, and post-abortion syndrome and healing
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Assist with development of additional presentations on unplanned pregnancy, abortion, and post-abortion syndrome and healing
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Serve as diocesan resource for questions from groups on the Church's teaching on unplanned pregnancy, abortion, mental health, post-abortion healing, and economic justice for moms in need
Fundraising & Promotion
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Make a donation in support of Rachel’s Vineyard ministry to cover the fee for a retreatant, retreat costs, supplies, training, resource materials. Please make checks payable to Rachel's Vineyard Kansas City, and mail to:
Rachel's Vineyard
8101 E. 134th Terrace
Grandview, MO 64030