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Learn about what parishes can do to support people with mental illness, suicide prevention, mental illness and addiction, the "four legs of recovery," and the work of NCPD's Council on Mental Illness.
Read this resource from the Committee on Divine Worship Newsletter, October 2012.
Dr. Miguel Romero is assistant professor of Religious & Theological Studies at Salve Regina University (RI), and NCPD Board member. His published work is in moral theology, Catholic social teaching, theological method, and the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Catechists and Catholic School teachers learn varied ways of evangelizing persons with disabilities.
When I think back to my own First Reconciliation and First Communion, I don’t recall as much as I’d like. I remember Sister Ann, and her kindness and light, but my relationship with the Church and my faith was different than the relationship that I see growing in my girls. So approaching these sacraments with my daughters was touching, and I felt myself relearning and connecting to the Church right alongside them. However, it was not until my daughters received the sacraments that I realized how moving the experience would be.
Washington, D.C. - The National Catholic Partnership on Disability is pleased to announce the ratification of the Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments with Persons with Disabilities, Revised Edition, (Guidelines) by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) at their semi-annual meeting held June 14 and 15, 2017, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Guidelines passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 180 - 1. These revised and expanded Guidelines supersede the previous version issued by the USCCB in 1995.
When you think of accessibility, do you first see dollar signs? Are ramps and elevators the fix-all solution to accessibility? NO!!! Accessibility is much more than ramps and elevators. Accessibility is a new way of thinking and sometimes involves little or no cost.
Cuando usted piensa en accesibilidad, ¿Lo primero que ve son signos de dólares? ¿Son las rampas y ascensores toda la solución que considera para solucionar la accesibilidad?
NO!!! La accesibilidad es mucho más que las rampas y ascensores. La accesibilidad es una nueva forma de pensar y que a veces implica poco o ningún costo.
Estos son algunos ejemplos de bajo costo para hacer su parroquia más accesible a todas las personas:
A few strategies for teaching students with Autism Spectrum Disorder!
