Mental Illness Awareness Week
Building Community, Taking Action
( October 5-11, 2008 )
National Day of Prayer
for
Mental Illness Recovery and Understanding
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The NCPD Council on Mental Illness, an outreach program of the National Catholic Partnership on Disability (NCPD), is encouraging Catholic observance of the National Day of Prayer for Mental Illness Recovery and Understanding on October 7, 2008. This national effort is designed to promote pastoral sensitivity to, and inclusion of, individuals and their family members who are affected by mental illness. It is an opportunity for dioceses and parishes to raise awareness about this important issue, to educate Catholics about mental illness, and to help reduce the unfortunate stigma often associated with mental illness.
Click here for a press release describing the history of this event.
Resources for observing these days of prayer:
NCPD Council on Mental Illness is hosting a Web seminar during Mental Illness Awareness Week. The topic is "Come to the Table: Nurturing the Sacramental Life of People with Disabilities." It will be on Monday October 6, 2008 at 1 p.m. EDT. Please review the valuable webinar resources which are available now for viewing and printing. Click here.
Valuable resources available through the
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, click here.
Link to sample bulletin articles
Link to NCPD Council on Mental Illness home page
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