Antoinette Bosco To Speak On Healing The Heart

WATERBURY — Author and speaker Antoinette Bosco of Brookfield will deliver the keynote address at “Healing the Heart,” a program sponsored by the Pastoral Care department of Waterbury Hospital at 6:30 pm June 16 in the Hospital’s Bizzozero Conference Room.

A panel discussion with Waterbury Hospital attending physicians Kert Sabbath, MD, an oncologist, and Joseph Morley, MD, a cardiologist, and hospital nurses will follow. A wine reception will also be provided. The program is open to the public. A $5 donation is suggested. Seating is limited and reservations are recommended by calling 203/573-7213, no later than June 14.

Ms Bosco, who lives in Brookfield, is the author of The Pummeled Heart: Finding Peace Through Pain, now in its fourth printing. A syndicated columnist for The Catholic Transcript and the author of seven books, Ms Bosco’s latest book is titled Coincidences, Touched by a Miracle. Ms Bosco is a former executive editor of The Litchfield County Times. An award-winning writer, her work has appeared in Woman’s Day, The Ladies Home Journal, Parade, and Readers Digest.

A mother of seven and grandmother of 15, Ms Bosco pursues what she calls “a personal ministry to help people who are suffering from loss.” The author has suffered the suicide of one son and the murder of another son and his wife.

She is a member of Survivors of Homicide and is an active worker in Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation. She also serves on the boards of Wisdom House in Litchfield and the Litchfield County Writers Project of the University of Connecticut in Torrington.

Ms Bosco will have two books published this spring, When Faith Falters, Holding on to Faith When God Seems Far Away and The Merciful Heart, A Mother of Murder Victims Please to End the Death Penalty.

“Loss and grief can take many forms – the loss of a loved one, the trauma of divorce, or the general sense of loss that can accompany growing older or coping with a disability,” said Father Richard Bollea, coordinator of Pastoral Care at the hospital. “We’re hoping to attract a wide variety of participants, from professionals who work with individuals living with loss, to the lay public who wish to get a better understanding of the issue.”