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Widows Norma Pérez and Olga Pallares.

2 widows at Jubilee of Consolation: Our husbands ‘are with God, in a joy not of this world’

Sep 17, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Norma Pérez, a widow for five years, and Olga Pallares, a widow for two, have experienced the piercing visceral pain... Read more

Widows who are members of the Widows of Prayer gather together in community in various parts of the country. The group is headquartered in the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and has grown since its founding in 1994 from five widows to 60, with eight candidates currently in discernment.

Widows of Prayer: How women who have lost their husbands are keeping the faith

Dec 22, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, has approved the establishment of an Order of Widows, a private association of the faithful. Read more

Members of St. Monica Widows Group pray during Mass at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Ojolla Parish in the Archdiocese of Kisumu in Kenya.

Widows group in Kenya rescues Catholic women from polygamy, ‘wife inheritance’

Oct 7, 2024

By Agnes Aineah

St. Monica Widows Group was started in 1984 in the areas served by the Archdiocese of Kisumu in Kenya to... Read more

Indian wedding.

Catholic Church in India launches website to help widows remarry

Nov 20, 2019

The Catholic Church in Kerala is hoping to help widows in India - who often suffer from social stigmas -... Read more