Welcome to Tria Corda Ministry!
The mission of Tria Corda Ministry is to help Catholics receive and extend Christ’s healing love. We aim to create a Church where all in ministry are trauma-informed, and those who have experienced trauma are supported on their healing journey.
What We Do
For Ministry
Whether you work or volunteer in one of the Church’s ministries, the odds are high that many of the people you work with have faced or will face trauma.
Through our free online content, Tria Corda Ministry will:
- Provide you with information about trauma and its effects.
- Provide you with knowledge of trauma-informed practices and ideas for incorporating them into your unique ministry.
- Provide you with knowledge of factors that help prevent trauma’s potential negative impacts and ideas for promoting them in your unique ministry.
- Provide you with Catholic healing resources to refer people to should they disclose trauma to you.
- Provide you with resources to help you learn more about these topics.
For Individuals
At Tria Corda Ministry, we aim to help you know that you do not walk the healing journey alone. We seek to provide you with resources and encouragement on the healing journey.
Through our free content, Tria Corda Ministry will:
- Teach you how to build resilience, an ability that helps us better carry our crosses and bounce back after facing adversity.
- Provide you with lists of Catholic healing resources that could be helpful on your journey.
- Teach you about saints who also faced trauma so that you can learn from them and find some intercessors to walk with you on this journey.
About the Founder
Abby Albrinck is the founder of Tria Corda Ministry. Abby learned much about trauma and its effects throughout her graduate studies in psychology. One thought kept coming to her: The Church needs this. The fruit of that nudge by the Holy Spirit is Tria Corda Ministry.
Our Patrons
Tria Corda Ministry is named in honor of the three hearts (tria corda) of the Holy Family. The Holy Family faced much trauma throughout their lives, and today, they intercede for all of us on our healing journeys and in our ministry
Recent Posts
Fragile Resurrection: How Gospel of Mark’s Ending Can Help Us Understand the Trauma Healing Process
At the House of Peace, a Catholic domestic violence shelter in Chicago, women who stay there for several months do an interesting project at the end of their stay. This project is called a “resurrection story.” These women, who have survived domestic violence, have...
Blessed Laura Vicuna
Blessed Laura Vicuna was born in Chile in 1891. Her father, Jose, was an army officer and a noble family member, while her mother, Mercedes, was from a humble farming family. Jose’s family disapproved of him marrying someone from a lower class and disowned him. ...
How to Promote Counter-ACEs in Youth Ministry and Religious Education
To begin discussing how to promote counter-ACEs in youth ministry and religious education, we need to understand why counter-ACEs are important. In our work with children, whether it be in youth ministry, sacramental preparation, or religious education, it is more...
Women and Resilience: Keeping the Feminine Genius in Mind While Building Resilience
Before we discuss women and resilience, let's first recap what we know about resilience. Resilience is an ability that helps us to do three things: Heal from trauma Handle daily hassles well Thrive There are lots of ways to build resilience, and an easy way to think...
Blessed Elizabeth Canori Mora
Blessed Elizabeth Canori Mora was born into a noble, wealthy Roman family. At 21, she married Christoforo, a well-known lawyer in Rome. The couple had four children in their first five years of marriage, but only two survived infancy. On top of all of that,...
Trauma and Substance Use
Recent statistics suggest that substance misuse and substance use disorder are prevalent in the United States. In 2020, an estimated 40.3 million people had substance use disorder. Only 6.5% received treatment (1) In 2021, about 107,000 people died of drug overdoses...
Lessons for Ministry from It Didn’t Start With You
Imagine that you are a therapist. A man comes in struggling with severe insomnia, which has spiraled into worsening depression and dropping out of college. He has been to doctor after doctor for treatment, but nothing has worked. As you listen to the man tell...
Lessons for Ministry from What Happened to You?
The title of Oprah Winfrey’s and Dr. Bruce Perry’s book, What Happened to You?, represents the paradigm shift their book aims to create in the world. In this book, Oprah, herself a trauma survivor, and Dr. Perry, a trauma researcher, converse about the research...
Four Things The Body Keeps the Score Teaches About the Effects of Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk was the book that first taught me about the effects of trauma and helped me become interested in this topic. It is a great resource, so I recommend picking up a copy to learn more. You can grab a copy here. ...
Trauma Statistics
According to trauma statistics collected by WHO, around the world, around 70% of people will experience a potentially traumatic event at some point in their lives (1) When it comes to the prevalence of specific types of trauma, research has found the following...