Just as Guest House’s treatment services have grown within the last decade, so too has its service to the Church’s leadership in the area of education. Recently, in an effort to consolidate, focus and accelerate our education efforts, we created the Guest House Institute.

The mission of Guest House Institute is to promote health and spiritual wellness of Catholics by providing educational services regarding alcoholism and other addictions, and by promoting and providing research in alcoholism and other addictions affecting the Catholic Church. The Guest House Institute is responding to the needs of the Catholic community by:

• Developing training and educational opportunities for Church hierarchy, clergy, religious and laity regarding addiction;

• Working with seminarians, universities and dioceses and religious congregations to facilitate on-going education and training for those who are studying for ministry;

• Engaging in research to help prevent addiction among those who minister, as well as providing professional intervention and improving treatment for impaired clergy and religous;

• Offering retreats, seminars, and family seminars for those impacted by addiction;

• Providing a resource for information, educational materials, curriculum development, both online and in printed materials and audio-visuals;

• Providing confidential consultation to those in leadership and ministry who are dealing with potential or actual addiction concerns;

• Working with those in parish ministry to implement programs that address the needs of parishioners, becoming welcoming communities for those afflicted by addiction;

• Facilitating education and training for Catholic professionals who are faced with the complications of addiction in their work and ministry.