Priest Portal
Spiritual
Mental Healthcare
Recommended Counselors - Recommended catholic counselors practicing in the Diocese of Toledo.
Catholic Therapists - The goals of CatholicTherapists.com are to help those seeking therapy and coaching, or even those just seeking to learn more about the emotional life, to find professionals who are Catholic and faithful to the magisterium of the Church as well as to find psychological information that is consistent with Catholic Church teaching.
Catholic Psychotherapy Association Directory - the Catholic Psychotherapy Association supports mental health practitioners by promoting the development of psychological theory and mental health practice which encompasses a full understanding of the human person, family, and society in fidelity to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) -
In-Network Providers - Find a health care provider covered by the diocesan insurance program.
Medical Providers
In-Network Providers - Find a health care provider covered by the diocesan insurance program.
Virtual Health Care - Virtual health care option provided by the diocesan insurance program.
MyCatholicDoctor - MyCatholicDoctor is building an alternative for the millions of patients and their physicians who know there is a better way, a way consistent with the highest principles of our faith, a way that seeks not only to cure the sick with the best available medical care, but also to help the sick realize that their suffering is redemptive, and in their suffering they have come close to the Kingdom of God.
Catholic Wellness Coaching
Fit from Faith - Fit From Faith offers customized whole-person health coaching centered on Christ that will meet the demands of your vocation. Each program offering includes lessons, accountability, prayer, and practical application to help you form sustainable habits to reach your goals long term. Our goal is to empower you to create real-life changes under real-life circumstances.
Reform Wellness - Reform is a Christ-centered wellness Apostolate and Functional Health Practice rooted in Christ with a team of doctors, educators, creatives, and religious, who are dedicated to helping you reclaim health as the state of your body and soul.
Catholic Exercise Apostolates
Soul Core - A movement born from the desire to nourish body AND soul through prayer and core strengthening, functional movements.
Pietra Fitness - By combining stretching and strengthening exercises with Christian prayer and meditation, Pietra Fitness workouts enrich your body, mind, and soul so you can glorify God with your entire being.
Complementary & Alternative Care
Turning Point Chiropractic - Turning Point Chiropractic offers alternative healing through natural chiropractic care offering services ranging from Upper Cervical Chiropractic care, onsite X-rays, and gentle CranialSacral Therapy.
Sancta Familia Center for Integrative Medicine - Sancta Familia Center for Integrative Medicine LLC focuses on helping patients achieve optimal wellness by utilizing integrative and functional medicine to restore health to the mind, body, and spirit.
Personal
Hallow App - Free Lifetime Access for Priests, Deacons, and Religious - Hallow is the #1 Christian prayer app in the world. The app includes meditation, music, daily prayers, the rosary, Bible stories, a nightly Examen, and much more.
Retreat Options
Amoris Christi Retreats - The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola - 30, 8, 5, and 3 Day Retreats at The University of St. Mary of the Lake Conference Center (Mundelein, IL).
Broom Tree Retreat and Conference Center - All are invited to experience a personal encounter with God through a balance of communal prayer, inspirational talks, silence and solitude, natural beauty and the sacramental grace. This sacred time brings renewal for your body, mind and spirit.
Camp DeSales Hermitages - The hermitages are Oblate buildings connected to the novitiate's private well. They are used by priests, religious and Oblate guests for private retreats at DeSales Center.
Joseph and Mary Retreat House - The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola - The rich opportunity to come away and enter into silence to taste and see the goodness of the Lord is offered in the ministry of the Spiritual Exercises. The retreat participant engages in meditation and contemplative prayer rooted in the Sacred Scriptures and the Ignatian Tradition.
Retreat House Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament - The Retreat House, provided and prayerfully supported by the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, is for Priests, Deacons, Seminarians and Religious Brothers to spend quite time resting, reflecting and recharging in an atmosphere of peace, brotherhood and sacramental grace.
St. John’s Hermitage - A sanctuary that provides a place of refreshment, hospitality, contemplation, fraternity, and recreation for Priests and Deacons.
St. John Vianney Retreat House - The Retreat House is an oasis of prayer and silence, perfect for an annual retreat. Located in Southeastern Indiana, surrounded by several exceptionally beautiful churches and perpetual adoration chapels.
Transfiguration Center - The mission of the Transfiguration Center for Spiritual Renewal is to help people encounter the living God through the beauty of nature, the peace of prayer and the richness of the Catholic spiritual tradition. The Transfiguration Center seeks to achieve this mission by offering retreats, educational programming, and prayerful meetings meant to assist people in encountering Christ and leading to conversion, renewal, and transformation.
Spiritual Direction
Ministers for Priests
Rev. George Wenzinger - gwenzinger@toledodiocese.org
Rev. John Peter Lazaar, SAC - jlazaarsac@toledodiocese.org
Seek Direction - Seek Direction believes that the Holy Spirit reaches the faithful through spiritual direction in order to renew the Church. Their mission is to ensure that every Catholic has access to quality spiritual direction. Seek Direction does computer-based matching of spiritual directors and those seeking direction.
Wellness
Legal/Taxes/Living Will/Trust
Charles D. Rittenhouse - Attorney at Law - An attorney with experience in filing taxes with clergy and estate planning for individuals and families.
Lifelong Formation
Institute for Priests and Presbyterates - Ongoing Formation - offers workshops and programs of ongoing formation to keep priests and presbyterates holy, healthy and successful in various ministry settings and stages of life.
Institute for Priestly Formation (IPF) Hearts on Fire for Christ - programs dedicated to assisting seminarians, priests, and bishops to grow in holiness so they may draw others to Jesus Christ.
Institute of Continuing Theological Education (ICTE) - at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, has led the way in offering programs for the continuing education and formation of Catholic Priests.
Mount St. Mary’s Seminary & School of Theology Continuing Formation - Summer Conferences for the ongoing formation of priests.
St. Paul Center Conferences and Resources - research and study tools— from books and publications to multimedia and online programming that promotes life-transforming Scripture study from the heart of the Church.
Senior Status
Institute for Priests and Presbyterates - Encore Priests - A workshop designed for priests in their 60s & 70s or approaching retirement, preparing for the transition from full-time ministry into a retirement that is meaningful and vital.
International Priests
World Priest Workshop - This workshop conducted at Saint Meinrad assists international priests in their transition into diocesan ministry in the United States with accent training and an introduction to the cultural context of the Catholic Church in the U.S
Language, Culture & Church for International Priests (LCCIP) - programs helping international priests to better understand and to be better understood in their service to the American Catholic Church.