Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola has established a grief support group called "GriefShare." A new series of GriefShare meetings will begin Thursday, Jan. 8. Meetings will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart in the St. Catherine's classroom on the second floor of the main hospital.

 The support group is facilitated by a bereavement educator who understands the experience of loss and offers comfort and encouragement to help others during a difficult time. A total of 13 GriefShare sessions will cover a variety of grief recovery topics. Sessions include videos of grief recovery experts who include well-known counselors, authors, speakers and pastors with years of expertise in this field as well as support group interaction. 

 The group is nondenominational; its philosophy of hope and support is based on Biblical teaching. While there are 13 sessions, each session is self-contained so that participants may join in at any time.

 The support group is free of charge; however, registration is required. To register, or for more information, please call (850) 416-7705.