The Association for Catholic Mental Health Ministers (ACMHM) is a Lay Association of the Christian Faithful whose members are called to be a healing presence in the lives of people with mental illness. Members of the ACMHM work to make mental health ministry an integral ministry in the Church that is available in every Catholic parish and community throughout the world. ACMHM members see persons living with a mental illness as unique individuals who are not defined by their illness.  They have much to offer the Church and the community because living with an illness gives them unique insights into suffering, humility, compassion, friendship and love.   ACMHM members work to eliminate the stigma and discrimination that people living with a mental illness encounter in the Church and in human society.

If you are interested in learning more about the ACMHM and would like to become a member (it’s free to join), please go to our web page at www.catholicmhm.org  or send us an email at info@catholicmhm.org or write to Deacon Ed Shoener, Cathedral of St. Peter, 315 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, PA  18503.