Grace Thompson

Grace Thompson is a Hospice Chaplain and Grief Specialist in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more than 30 years, she has provided Chaplain support to the dying and their surviving families; she also has led workshops of hope for those experiencing grief or loss throughout the US. Grace has a master’s degree in world religions and practices, is a graduate of the Jesuit-sponsored Emmaus Laity Ministry Program in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is certified as a Grief and Bereavement Counselor. As part of her outreach, Grace leads weekly Lazarus, Unwrap Your Grief with the Holy Spirit! community grief group sessions throughout the Archdiocese of Las Vegas — based at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, and she works with the UNLV Becoming Catholic Program and Newman Center Feed My Sheep Street Ministry Program. Grace also is active in the Womb to Tomb program, ensuring that veterans do not die alone or not buried alone in the Veterans Cemetery.