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Theresa Burke, Ph.D., NCP, LPC
Theresa is the founder of Rachel's Vineyard Ministries and
the author of The Rachel's Vineyard Weekend Retreat Manuals for both Catholic and interdenominational settings. She
is also the author of the 15-week support group model Rachel's Vineyard - A Psychological and Spiritual Journey
of Post Abortion Healing with Barbara Cullen. (Alba House). The Rachel's Vineyard TM support group and retreat
models are now offered in forty-seven states. The international outreach of Rachel's Vineyard is now growing in
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Africa, South America, Ireland, England, France, Portugal, Scotland, Spain,
Taiwan, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Jamaica, Poland, Philippines, Singapore and Russia with new translations in
progress for Japan and China.
Theresa has facilitated the Rachel's Vineyard weekend for women and men throughout the country, training retreat
teams in the method and process. She has lectured and trained professionals internationally on the subject of
traumatic-reenactment. Her books include Forbidden Grief - The Unspoken Pain of Abortion with David C.
Reardon (Acorn Books) and The Contraception of Grief - The Genesis of Anguish Conceived by Abortifacients and
Sterilization. Theresa published a new program specifically designed for those who have suffered abuse
entitled Grief to Grace - Reclaiming the Gift of Sexual Dignity. This new retreat model will soon be available
throughout the United States and internationally to offer healing to victims of abuse, including those who
have survived sexual abuse from clergy. Theresa serves as a Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and for
the newly formed Apostolic Society - Missionaries of the Gospel of Life. She is frequent guest on EWTN and
served as host of the television series Making Abortion Rare. She has appeared on PBS, the Religion and
Ethics News Weekly, Focus on the Family, Sky Angel's Defending Life with Fr. Frank Pavone and has been
interviewed for numerous radio, television, print magazine and news stories.
Theresa's counseling work has focused on women's issues, bereavement, pregnancy loss, sexual abuse, eating
disorders and anxiety management. She is the co-administrator and founder of Covenant Family Resources, a
licensed Children and Youth Agency which supports couples as they build families through adoption. Theresa
and her husband ran Mother's Home, a crisis pregnancy residence, which provided housing and computer job training
for women in crisis pregnancy and their children. Theresa holds an undergraduate degree in English Communications
with a concentration in social work. Theresa went on to earn a master's degree and doctoral degree in Counseling
Psychology. She is a Nationally Certified Psychologist, a Certified Diplomat of the American Psychotherapy
Association, a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Diplomat of the American Board of Forensic Counselors.
She holds membership in the Society for Catholic Social Scientists, the American Counseling Association and the
American Association of Christian Counselors. Theresa is the proud mother of five children.
Kevin Burke, MSS/LSW, MEV
Kevin is a licensed social worker, Co-Founder of Rachel's Vineyard
Ministries, a Pastoral Associate of Priests For Life and a lay member of the Missionaries of the Gospel of
Life. He is a graduate of The Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work. Kevin's presentations address the
effects of abortion on men, couples and families, The Healing Team Model for Clergy, Servant Leadership
in Post-Abortion Healing and Marriage and Family Issues. Kevin is the co-author of Redeeming A
Father's Heart-Men Share Powerful Stories of Abortion Loss and Recovery and Sharing The Heart of Christ:
Safe and Effective Post Abortion Ministry for Clergy and Counselors.
Kevin and Theresa composed the Grief to Grace Model and Contemplating the Shroud: Meditations on the Passion
and Resurrection of Jesus (Pauline Books and Media). Kevin participates regularly in radio interviews and has
been a guest on EWTN and Fr. Frank Pavone's program "Gospel of Life" on the Sky Angel Network. He has
contributed to and authored articles on post-abortion healing and marriage and family life. Kevin formerly
served as the administrator of Mother's Home, a crisis pregnancy residence that provides housing, computer
job training and programs for women and their children. Kevin also worked as a clinical social work supervisor
for Catholic Social Services in Philadelphia. Kevin and his wife Theresa have worked together in marriage
and family counseling and established Covenant Family Resources, a licensed children and youth agency that
supports couples as they build families through adoption. They also spent 15 years working in youth
ministry. Their development of high school retreats and youth programs earned them the "Apostle to Youth"
Award, which recognized their contribution to the spiritual growth of the teenagers in Philadelphia. Kevin
greatest blessing is his wife Theresa and their 5 wonderful children.
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