The following excerpt was written by one of our women’s program spiritual directors, Annie Karasinski as an email shared to the congregation of St. Andrew’s Church: On Division Avenue, across the street from the Cathedral, is Guiding Light, a program dedicated to the recovery and restoration of people suffering from addiction. Many people I love, … Read more
AN EXCERPT FROM OUR FIRST WOMEN’S FOUNDATIONS GRADUATE “Hello everyone. My name is Selena, and I am honored to be here with you all today to celebrate Thanksgiving here at Guiding Light. I am grateful for my sobriety and a new way of thinking. The woman that I am today is not the same woman … Read more
Did you know that researchers suggest that only 9% of Americans who make resolutions for the new year complete them? That’s not a great success rate. Here at Guiding Light, we know a bit about resolutions, willpower, and change. The men and women who come to us have had years of making promises, vows, goals, … Read more
When Guiding Light was preparing to open two sober-living homes for women, Tori learned about an opportunity to manage one of them. The idea made her nervous. But things were different now. She had achieved years of sobriety after finally breaking free from cycles of recovery and relapse into heroin addiction. And she liked what she saw when a staff member invited her to Thanksgiving dinner at Guiding Light.
Guiding Light was launching a residential recovery program for women, Kendra’s House. But it needed a place where clients could go during the day to day to attend class, meet with life coaches, therapists and spiritual directors.
Elisha Ash is all too familiar with women in addiction, Now she is helping to write the next chapter of Guiding Light as our new women’s program manager.
The journey from darkness to light is long, made up of many steps – each of them a miracle. With grace and time, these miracles begin to add up. And every day at Guiding Light, we get to witness the result: a movement from despair to hope. From death to life.
Over the past year, Guiding Light has reflected on how best to serve the needs of our changing community, and we are excited to announce plans to expand our life-saving recovery program to include the women of Grand Rapids.
In the waning days of 2022, Guiding Light signed the ink on the purchase of two homes to provide sober living to women in the Grand Rapids area.
We are honored to name one of our Women’s Recovery homes after long-time Guiding Light Spiritual Director Kare Ruth Devos.
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