MENTAL HEALTH

Emergency Assistance

  • Suicide and Crisis Hotline (24/7, toll-free): 988
  • Domestic Violence Hotline: 210-733-8810
  • Youth Hotline: 210-340-8090
  • Veterans Crisis Line: 800-273-8255 or text 838255
  • NAMI San Antonio Warmline (M-F 9 AM-5 PM CT): 210-734-3349
  • NAMI Helpline (M-F 9 AM-9 PM CT): 800-950-6264

Mental Health Care

ā€œWhoever suffers from mental illness ā€˜alwaysā€™ bears Godā€™s image and likeness in himself, as does every human being. In addition, he ā€˜alwaysā€™ has the inalienable right not only to be considered as an image of God and therefore as a person, but also to be treated as such.ā€ ā€“ St. John Paul II, Address to the International Conference for Health Care Workers, on Illnesses of the Human Mind, 30 November 1997

Catholic Mental Health Ministry Resources

ā€œCaring for others is not just a skilled job, but a real mission, which is fully realised when scientific knowledge meets the fullness of humanity and is translated into the tenderness that knows how to approach and take others to heart.ā€ — Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the second National Conference for Mental Health (Rome, 25-26 June 2021)

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ā€œThe role of those who care for depressed persons and who do not have a specifically therapeutic task consists above all in helping them to rediscover their self-esteem, confidence in their own abilities, interest in the future, the desire to live.  It is therefore important to stretch out a hand to the sick, to make them perceive the tenderness of God, to integrate them into a community of faith and life in which they can feel accepted, understood, supported, respected; in a word, in which they can love and be loved.ā€ā€”St. John Paul II, Address to the Participants in the 18th International Conference Promoted by the Pontifical Council for Health and Pastoral Care on the Theme of ā€œDepression,ā€ 14 November 2003.

If you are interested in starting a parish mental health ministry, please contact Lauren Stadelman, Pastoral Care Director, at [email protected] or 210-734-1632.

Questions or Comments?

Lauren Stadelman
Director for Pastoral Care & Hospital Ministry