Grief to Grace  
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Corpus Christi, Texas

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Authors

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. Theresa and Kevin Burke 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.