Healing hearts. Restoring hope. Building up the Body of Christ.

About Merciful Love Ministries

A Christ-centered ministry providing pastoral counseling, grief support, inner healing, intercessory prayer and educational formation in the spiritual life, morality and ethics.

Our Mission

Merciful Love Ministries exists to be a conduit of God’s merciful love and healing for souls in the midst of suffering resulting from difficult family systems, inner wounds and loss.

Our Vision

We envision individuals and families discovering hope in Christ, receiving compassionate pastoral accompaniment, growing in their Catholic faith, and finding pathways toward spiritual and emotional healing.

Our Approach

  • Provide individual and confidential pastoral counseling and inner healing sessions
  • Offer a unique and comprehensive pastoral approach–
    • combining spiritual methods with counseling and trauma-informed scientific techniques
    • to fully address grief, inner wounds and traumatic memories
  • Deliver educational seminars
    • on the spiritual life, morality and ethics
    • according to Magisterial teachings of the Catholic Church
  • Support all outreach pastoral and education efforts with prayer through our intercessory prayer warriors

Link to the Sacred Heart

The spirituality of Merciful Love Ministries has a particular connection with the tender loving Heart of Jesus. Pastoral and iner healing sessions will provide opportunities for our clients to entrust all their cares, desires, heartaches and inner wounds into the most merciful heart of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and receive His comfort, forgiveness and healing graces.

Marianne Cano, founder of Merciful Love Ministries and Catholic pastoral counselor, smiling outdoors in autumn

Leadership

Marianne S. Cano, BCC, MA, MSPT
Founder, specializing in providing pastoral counseling, trauma-informed inner healing and formation in the area of spirituality, moral life and bioethics.

Marianne is presently acting as an Ethics Consultation Fellow with the National Catholic Bioethics Center (opens in a new tab) and as the Chaplain for Be Not Afraid (opens in a new tab) Ministry.

Marianne is also a member of CatholicTherapists.com (opens in a new tab)

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“We are companions on the journey;
walking together towards healing and wholeness through intimate union
with the heart of Christ.”

Ministry character

A place of compassion, prayer, wholeness and truth.

Real People. Compassionate Listening.
A Louder Hope.

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Christ-Centered

Every ministry path points toward encounter with Jesus Christ.

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Compassionate

People are welcomed with sensitivity, dignity, and respect.

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Catholic

Formation and pastoral care are rooted in Catholic faith and spirituality.

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Prayerful

Prayer surrounds both the visible and hidden work of the ministry.

“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and He saves the crushed in spirit.”

— Psalm 34:18