Our Mission
The
mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families in the positive
resolution of grief
following the death of a child and to provide information to help others be
supportive.
Meeting
Information
The Rockland County Chapter of The Compassionate Friends meets
on the third Tuesday of every month.
Monthly meetings starting at 7:30 P.M. are held at:
The River
Church
(Formerly Neighborhood Alliance Church)
253 Ehrhardt Road
Pearl River, NY 10965
Rockland Chapter (845)398-9762
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Directions
Meetings are open
to parents, grandparents and adult siblings
of children who have died at any age or
from any cause.
OUR CREDO
WE NEED NOT WALK ALONE.
WE ARE THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS.
WE REACH OUT TO EACH OTHER WITH LOVE,
WITH UNDERSTANDING AND WITH HOPE.
OUR CHILDREN HAVE DIED AT ALL AGES
AND FROM MANY DIFFERENT CAUSES
BUT OUR LOVE FOR OUR CHILDREN UNITES US.
YOUR PAIN BECOMES MY PAIN
JUST AS YOUR HOPE BECOMES MY HOPE.
WE COME TOGETHER FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE,
FROM MANY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
WE ARE A UNIQUE FAMILY
BECAUSE WE REPRESENT MANY RACES AND CREEDS.
WE ARE YOUNG, AND WE ARE OLD.
SOME OF US ARE FAR ALONG IN OUR GRIEF,
BUT OTHERS STILL FEEL A GRIEF SO FRESH
AND SO INTENSELY PAINFUL
THAT WE FEEL HELPLESS AND SEE NO HOPE.
SOME OF US HAVE FOUND OUR FAITH
TO BE A SOURCE OF STRENGTH;
SOME OF US ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND ANSWERS.
SOME OF US ARE ANGRY, FILLED WITH GUILT
OR IN DEEP DEPRESSION;
OTHERS RADIATE AN INNER PEACE.
BUT WHATEVER PAIN WE BRING TO THIS GATHERING
OF THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS,
IT IS PAIN WE WILL SHARE
JUST AS WE SHARE WITH EACH OTHER
OUR LOVE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
WE ARE ALL SEEKING AND STRUGGLING
TO BUILD A FUTURE FOR OURSELVES,
BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING THAT FUTURE
TOGETHER AS WE REACH OUT TO EACH OTHER IN LOVE
AND SHARE THE PAIN AS WELL AS THE JOY,
SHARE THE ANGER AS WELL AS THE PEACE,
SHARE THE FAITH AS WELL AS THE DOUBTS
AND HELP EACH OTHER TO GRIEVE AS WELL AS TO GROW.
WE NEED NOT WALK ALONE
WE ARE THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS.