Second Chance Ministry is a Catholic outreach founded by Rev. Vincent Heffernan sfm, and a lay couple, Walter and Angelina Steenstra, in 1990.

We offer support to those struggling with emotional and psychological effects of abortion, sometimes known as post abortion trauma or post abortion syndrome.

Healing happens in the context of a journey, when one faces the past, the grief, the guilt and the anger. By addressing these and other areas, and the root cause of abortion, one can move into the acceptance of the lose; then into forgiveness and reconciliation with the child and self; with others and God, and thus into freedom. Thus through one-to-one prayer counselling, and through the sacraments of reconciliation and Eucharist one can be restored in their relationships.

There is hope. There is mercy and forgiveness. There is peace and freedom.

If you or someone you know has had an abortion, or has helped someone to have an abortion, know that help is available through,

• a trained lay person
• a priest
• a referral to a therapist if necessary
• and/or with the
  help of a weekly support group.

SYMPTOMS OF POST ABORTION TRAUMA