Rachel's Vineyard weekends for healing after abortion are offered throughout the year in locations across the United States and Canada, with additional sites around the world. Rachel�s Vineyard is a ministry of Priests for Life.

The program is an opportunity to examine your abortion experience, identify the ways that the loss has impacted you in the past and present, and helps to acknowledge any unresolved feelings that many individuals struggle with after abortion. Because of the emotional numbness and secrecy that often surrounds an abortion experience, conflicting emotions both during and after the event may remain unresolved. These buried feelings can surface later and may be symptoms of post-abortion trauma.

Married couples, mothers, fathers, grandparents and siblings of aborted children, as well as persons who have been involved in the abortion industry have come to Rachel's Vineyard in search of peace and inner healing. The weekend is a lot of work but yields a fruitful harvest for all who are willing to labor there.

For more information, visit the "About Us" page on the National Rachel's Vineyard web site.

To read powerful testimonies written by women and men that have participated in a retreat weekend, visit the "Testimonies" page.





To participate in a retreat weekend, the first step is a confidential in-person or over-the-phone interview with a local team member to determine if the retreat is the best option for you. To find out more, just call (951) 325-7702 or email rvtemecula@verizon.net to speak to Dolores.

The second step to participating in a Rachel's Vineyard weekend is to download, print, fill out and mail in the following form:

• Participant Agreement (.pdf)

NOTE: If you cannot open the document, you many need to download and install Adobe Reader (which is free).