The Compassionate Friends NZ
TCF Credo
A Statement of Beliefs and Aims
- We need not walk alone.
- We are The Compassionate Friends.
- We reach out to each other with love, with understanding, and with hope.
- The children we mourn have died at all ages and from many different causes, but our love for them unites us.
- Your pain becomes my pain, just as your hope becomes my hope.
- We come together from all walks of life, from many different circumstances.
- We are a unique family because we represent many races, creeds, and relationships.
- We are young, and we are old.
- Some of us are far along in our grief, but others still feel a grief so fresh and so intensely painful that they feel helpless and see no hope.
- Some of us have found our faith to be a source of strength, while some of us are struggling to find answers.
- Some of us are angry, filled with guilt or in deep depression, while others radiate an inner peace.
- But whatever pain we bring to this gathering of The Compassionate Friends, it is pain we will share, just as we share with each other our love for the children.
- We are all seeking and struggling to build a future for ourselves, but we are committed to building that future together.
- We reach out to each other in love to share the pain as well as the joy, share the anger as well as the peace, share the faith as well as the doubts, and help each other to grieve as well as to grow.
- We Need Not Walk Alone.
- We Are The Compassionate Friends.
We are here to help
When you are ready to reach out we are here to listen
Regular Events
We welcome all visitors to any of our regular sessions around New Zealand
Coffee, Care and Chat Meetings Whanganui
Yellow House Cafe, Dublin Street
Feel free to join us; You are welcome.
Coffee, Care and Chat Meetings Christchurch
Addington Coffee Culture, Lincoln Rd.
Feel free to join us; You are welcome.
Spring Blossom Memory Tree Decorating
Join us at the Aramoho Cemetery to place, gifts and mementos.
