Serving Christ in the Mothers We Help

One of my tasks as a new intern has been to spend a day at the office shadowing our Mother’s Help Co-ordinator, Michelle. My role helping her, involves a wide range of things such as sorting through baby clothes, helping her with admin work, or sitting in on her counselling sessions.

My greatest privilege on these days is sitting in on Michelle’s counselling sessions with the women. Michelle works to provide practical support to the mothers, after they have decided to keep their baby.

Through these sessions, and learning more about the different women they currently help, I have been amazed to see the extent of the practical help which The Good Counsel Network offers to women.

They never just say no to someone. For example, even if the mother is not currently considering an abortion, they will not just turn her away saying, ‘We only deal with abortion-vulnerable women.’ Rather, they will carefully and compassionately assess every woman’s individual situation to understand exactly what help she needs and how they can best assist her. Even if they cannot directly help her on certain issues, they will try and direct her to places where she can receive support in the specific area, providing her with references if needed. No woman will leave the office without being offered real help (or being directed towards it) that will better her present circumstances.

The Good Counsel is charity in action. Here, I have witnessed how each woman is truly treated as Christ come knocking at the door. With every woman they strive to see how they can best serve Him through her.

The women arrive with visible distress written on the faces and in their body language but, as the session progresses and they are offered real, practical offers of support, they slowly begin to relax, sitting more comfortably in their chair and beginning to make more eye contact. By the time they leave there are smiles upon their faces and they thank you repeatedly – and you can see they really mean it. Through you, Christ has given them a glimmer of light in the face of such great darkness: ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life’ (John 8:12).                                                                                                                                                                           Jacinta

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